Double Wide Roof Vents

Advantages of proper roofing ventilation.

Double wide roof vents.

The installation of roof vents is a crucial part of roof design because it allows for proper attic ventilation which may help prevent condensation and early aging of your roofing materials. There are four low profile vents on the roof. Because the roof isn t in play here it doesn t matter how many hips valleys dormers or gables there are. A shingle roof will require new shingles to successfully repair the leak.

The roof is one of the home most important elements of a mobile home or any home for that matter. Since february 1997 active ventilation products avp has been a supplier of roof vents roof jacks and whole house fans for fema federal emergency management agency housing hud united states department of housing and urban development housing and for those in the modular commercial and residential markets. These 3 common questions about mobile home roofs cover some of the most popular questions and issues for both flat roofs and pitched roofs that we ve received over the years. I pulled the ridge caps cut back the shingles and installed the ridge vent over said gap.

Are there vents in the gable ends. A healthy roof is a healthy house. If the double wide has a shingle roof look for discolored or loose shingles. In mixed climates ventilation serves either role depending on the season.

Ventline plastic plumbing vent for 1 1 4 pipe 2 49 ventline bath ceiling exhaust fan roof cap for pitched roof 22 99 black foundation vent with damper 9 69. Round outlet for both. Although there are many different types of roof vents to choose from ensuring you have the right number of both. Inspect the flashing around the roof s perimeter around vents skylights and any pipes that exit the roof.

On a double wide there is often a double ridge board so getting a ridge vent cut in can be tough. You may need to go to some sort of off the ridge vent which may be better anyway if your roof is lower pitch which is not uncommon on double wides especially of that era. Vent 4 1 8 above roof line 5 8 below roof line v2005 00 8 37. Made of galvanized steel.

Ok just for the record a double wide this one anyway has about a 3 gap between the ribbon that the rafters are nailed to. Past that there is a small maybe 12 diameter gable vent at the far other end of the house. A key benefit of venting the attic is that the approach is the same regardless of how creative your architect got with the roof. In the image below the red one vents the bathroom the yellow one vents the kitchen stove hood and the two blue ones one in front and one in back where you cannot see it vent the attic.

Metal roof vent for round vent range hoods or as attic ventilator for flat roofs.