Installing Attic Vent Cover

Butt a cardboard template against the fascia and mark your soffit hole locations to begin soffit vent installation.

Installing attic vent cover.

7 00am 4 00pm ct. Installation first requires a wood frame made of 2x4s installed from the attic between two studs. The shutter will open when the electric gable vent is operating. Choosing a whole house fan.

If you widen existing holes widen them toward the fascia but no closer than 3 in. Make the vent hole 1 2 in. Finish by securing it in place. Power gable vent shutter is automatic 20 in.

Cover the entire flange with shingles to integrate it better into the roof. Place a line of roofing tar or caulk on top of the vent s flange or its bottom flap using a caulk gun. Cut the sheathing out along that line and place your vent in your hole over the peak. Once the vent cover is installed you can h.

Nail the lower corners with roofing nails and tar the heads. Constructed of white aluminum that can be painted. Static vents often protrude from roofline thanks to. Cut a hole that equals the size of your vent s throat.

When working with a roofline or turbine vent remove any shingles or felt paper between the two rafters where you ll be installing the vent. Smaller on each side than the vent you re installing. Slide the vent under the shingles so they cover the top half of the vent flange. Your roofer will build this frame just a little larger than size of the vent leaving 1 8 inch of extra room on each side.

7 00am 9 00pm ct sat. Glue down shingles to cover the bottom of the vent. From the fascia to avoid waves and ripples in the soffit plywood. Press new shingles onto the caulk and use nails at the top of each shingle to fully secure them to the roof.

Rather than being installed on the roof gable vents are installed on the exterior side wall of the home near the roof ridge. Apply a bead of asphalt roof cement on the bottom of the vent. The lower half of the flange sits on top of the shingles. Power gable vent shutter is designed to be used with master flow egv pg series electric gable fans.