Roof vent installation

[cbuell]

anyone besides me find this vent installation odd?

[Dale Duffy]

Very odd, maybe the guy sells them?

What was in the attic below the vent?

You get much snow in your area?

[Doug Edwards]

Possibly "high" side down. In other words it may have been installed back*****wards.

[rwand1]

I think its installed the right way, but perhaps the vent is a little to high in relation to the ridge.

Raymond Wand
Alton, ON

[cbuell]

There were six vents installed the same way. Here is another picture----two of the vents are out of the picture. I can't tell you anything about the inside of the attic. I saw the vents just driving by, and just had to take the pics.

[ekartal5]

The only thing I noticed is that there are more vents then I usually see for a home that age.

Erol Kartal
ProInspect

[ckratzer]

Doug is correct. It's bass ackwards.

[rgallahorn]

Not backwards, just installed on the wrong side of the gable..

[Dale Duffy]

http://www.famcomfg.com/pdfOUTput/jvinst.pdf

[Doug Edwards]

Just another observation is they are all installed on the front of the house. Typically, we would install them on the rear side of the roof (along with any plumbing stacks whenever possible) on the back side of the roof to give a clean roof line. Judging from the second photo, it would be my guess this may be a homeowner installed "setup". If he had just gone over the ridge and installed them they would be installed properly. Oh well, I can't see them from my house so its okay.

[Jay Moge]

i also beleive it's installed correctly, and all we see is the weather cap over a much smaller vent and roof penitration. the angle on the low side acutualy helps water from pitching on a negative angle as it would if that were 90*. i've seen several styles that all share the same ideas.

[rgallahorn]

From a manufacturers installation instructions
http://www.lomanco.com/public.lomanc...ofVent/800.pdf

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by dedwards

Possibly "high" side down. In other words it may have been installed back*****wards.

Take "possibly" and "may" out and you're good to go.

[Doug Edwards]

Larry,
Concur, but never having seen this particular roof vent for myself I could not be 100% certain. It simply looks to be upside down to me . Logically it only makes sense to me for the sloped end to be on the top rather than the bottom. If installed with the sloped end at top the hot air isn't trapped under the cowling as it will be if the 90 degree end is at the top. The sloped end will be parallel to the ground while at the same time keeping the rain out. This looks like a static vent not a power vent. I just didn't want to come off as a smart butt know it all.

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by dedwards

Larry,
Concur, but never having seen this particular roof vent for myself I could not be 100% certain. It simply looks to be upside down to me . Logically it only makes sense to me for the sloped end to be on the top end rather than the bottom. Didn't want to come off as a smart butt know it all.

Gottcha...no problem.