"Red Green" wrote in message
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How do they attach it to the roof? Nails or screws? The ones that
were nailed down here in Florida came off the roofs easily during the
hurricanes. Do you have enough openings in the soffit to allow for
good air flow?


Do you have enough openings in the soffit to allow for
good air flow?


Not only a good Q but a critical one!

If you want to be sure you need to do some legwork and research so you
can talk to them with ammo. You need to calculate your roof area and
existing vent opening space. Read this.

http://www.gaf.com/Content/Documents/20402.pdf

Then go the GAF/Cobra site for additional info.


http://www.gaf.com/Content/GAF/RES1/...iewer=&module=

Then when you talk to roofer you can ask if it includes upping (if
necessary) the vents. If not, you have yourself a roofer who would have
done an inadequate install had you not got educated. OK, you may catch
him and he'll up the bill for additional venting but what else are they
messing up on that you don't know about?

You EXPECT the roofers to put soffit and gable vents in ??? I suppose you
expect them to repaint everything as well....And I guess if it's a cathedral
you expect them to put staging up inside remove the drywall , remove
insulation install rafter vent if it's missing and make sure there is enough
circulation , put the insulation back up ,put new drywall back up , tape and
repaint as well....You don't have a clue...Roofers do ROOFING....If you feel
there are more problems call a General Contractor to check things out first
and correct any other problems...GESH , it's you that need an
education...LOL....If you call a roofer to put in ridge vent , that's what
they will do..They aren't responsible for the original builders mistakes or
installing gable and soffit vents or checking the cathedral...They might
recommend you get the soffit or gable vents installed but it is NOT their
job...