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If you Have Ridge Vents, Check Your Attic
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:02 pm
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Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:04 pm to CHEDBALLZ
That is wild
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:06 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Um. If I don't go check will that mean that I don't have snow in my attic?
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:07 pm to WylieTiger
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Um. If I don't go check will that mean that I don't have snow in my attic?
Schrodingers snow?
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:07 pm to CHEDBALLZ
He sure it didn't come in that broken gable vent?
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:15 pm to csorre1
Yeah I've always had ridge vents, been through lots of snow. It doesn't just pile up in the attic.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:23 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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A. Mike Keogh, a specialist in energy conservation and ventilation from Campbellford, Ont., responds: Upgrading existing ventilation when reroofing is a smart move -- an opportunity that is missed all too frequently. But should you add a ridge vent to a roof with gable vents? No way -- that's a prescription for disaster. Gable vents will alter the air flow around the ridge vent and, especially when wind is parallel to the ridge (at right angles to the gable), can actually reverse air flow through the ridge vent, pulling rain or snow into the attic
Wow, what a mess.
Id get up there with some plastic totes and a dust pan and start removing that before it melts. Probably a wet/dry shop vac (no filter) too.
This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:28 pm to CHEDBALLZ
A few years ago wind blown snow accumulated between the whirly thing and fireplace....became a block of ice, melted and dripped onto the ceiling near the fireplace
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:34 pm to CHEDBALLZ
This baw stores tools on his attic walls?
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:11 pm to tLSU
Let me guess, our homeowners insurance excludes this damage
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:14 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Annnnnd the frustrating side of snow begins......
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:15 pm to OysterPoBoy
That's his shed where the stairs to the attic are
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:16 pm to nicholastiger
This is all just another reason for Homeowners Insurance to continue to rise in South Louisiana. Brutal!!
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:27 pm to Woolfpack
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Wow, what a mess.
Id get up there with some plastic totes and a dust pan and start removing that before it melts. Probably a wet/dry shop vac (no filter) too.
Follow this baw's advice.
I had some snow blow in through my ridge vents at our previous house. Didn't know it until I started seeing water stains on my ceiling. After I crawled my arse up there to see what was going on, I removed the snow that hadn't melted and started painting my ceilings after everything dried out.
GET THE SNOW OUTTA THERE BEFORE IT STARTS MELTING!
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:31 pm to Woolfpack
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Upgrading existing ventilation when reroofing is a smart move -- an opportunity that is missed all too frequently. But should you add a ridge vent to a roof with gable vents? No way -- that's a prescription for disaster. Gable vents will alter the air flow around the ridge vent and, especially when wind is parallel to the ridge (at right angles to the gable), can actually reverse air flow through the ridge vent, pulling rain or snow into the attic
Well this just solved a problem I’ve been trying to figure out
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:40 pm to wfallstiger
quote:old timers wrap their whirly gigs in winter.
whirly thing
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:14 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Well, I wasn't considering climbing into the attic tonight, but I just did!
No snow in our attic!
No snow in our attic!
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:18 pm to CHEDBALLZ
that not due to the ridge vents, that due to bad construction and install. Your ridge vents should still have covers on them.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:37 pm to AubieinNC2009
So funny story.
I have cellulose insulation.
I almost had a heart attack at first glance going into the attic after reading this thread.
I have cellulose insulation.
I almost had a heart attack at first glance going into the attic after reading this thread.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:48 pm to White Bear
I use to....too old of an old timer to have my caboose up there.. lol
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