On Aug 15, 10:17 pm, Big_Jake wrote:
On Aug 15, 3:08 pm, Dottie wrote:



On Aug 15, 1:19 pm, "Art" wrote:

A ridge vent should be obvious from the ground even if it is a nail over
type as most are these days.

Inspectors are mostly useless in my experience.

After you get that fixed make sure you have adquate soffit vents.

"Dottie" wrote in message

ups.com...

I had a new roof installed and one of the changes made at that time
(to make it stronger in case of hurricane) was to cover the vents at
each end of the attic with plywood. The old tile roof was removed and
a new shingle roof with ridge vent was put on. The house has seemed
hotter than before but my neighbor said her house was cooler after the
same changes. Today I got on the ladder and looked up at the attic.
Where the ridge vent is supposed to be - I can see about an inch and a
half on each side of the gable that has no wood....but I can see
black. It is either the tar paper (felt) or the shingle. I think I
should be able to see the mesh of the ridge vent. Before I make a
call and complain about this, I need to know more. Is it possible
they left off the ridge vent and just covered it with shingle?

It was inspected and passed inspection....would something like this
be apparent to an inspector? Anyway I can tell just by looking? I am
far too old to actually climb up in the attic.
Thanks.

I do have soffit vents. I am trying to find out what kind of ridge
vent was used. I talked to a man in the building dept. and he said
that there are new ridge vents that have been approved that are not
wire mesh kind. They are made out of a "breathable" foamlike material
that may appear to be a "fat shingle" from the attic side. I am
trying to get in touch with the person who inspected my roof to see if
he remembers anything about it.

My ridge vent is black, and is a molded plastic type. It sits up
pretty high, but I wanted function over beauty. There are styles that
resemble a long, black, "scotch-brite" pad. That may be what you
have.

JK



I found out that mine is a Cobra ridge vent. I saw one up close and
it doesn't look like what I expected. Anyway, I was told by the man
who installed it that that was the kind I have. It is made out of the
"breathable" stuff and is not rigid the way I had expected. From the
bottom it just looks black.