"benick" wrote in
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"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/....asp?viewer=&m
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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...



Some roofers will actually do it (they do have saws you know) and some
won't. Depends on where you are. Ridiculous in one area is BAU in
another. Your basing your comment on limited exposure. GESH , it's you
that need an education...LOL....