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| TOPIC | POSTED BY | REPLIES | LAST POST |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventilation & A-frames | Karl Waldeck | 5 | 2/9/11 9:30 PM |
| Square hip roof. | Brad Kvanbek | 4 | 1/13/11 9:24 AM |
| metal roof condensation | tom anderson | 6 | 1/6/11 9:00 AM |
| metal roof condensation | tom anderson | 2 | 1/6/11 5:23 AM |
| Major venting issues possibly?? | Andy Hollinger | 4 | 12/14/10 4:01 PM |
| No soffit vents; Need adequate intake vents | Guest User | 2 | 11/22/10 12:15 AM |
| Ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 10/3/10 9:09 AM |
| Vented ridge - z bar with drilled holes - proper vent volume? | Guest User | 1 | 9/23/10 10:40 AM |
| Failed inspection/lack of venting | Guest User | 2 | 8/30/10 9:32 PM |
| ventilation, roofing, insulation | Guest User | 2 | 8/30/10 12:34 PM |
| Ridge Vent AND power turbines | Sylvia Luft | 3 | 8/27/10 11:45 PM |
| ventilation | Guest User | 3 | 8/25/10 6:13 PM |
| Old building problems | john deahl | 2 | 8/19/10 12:24 AM |
| Proper Ventilation in a low-slope, car-deck roof with poly-iso foam | Guest User | 2 | 8/9/10 12:32 PM |
| metal to metal: steel joists and metal roof | harry sawyer | 2 | 7/7/10 10:34 AM |
| metal roof installed on home, confused on do I need a ridge vent | Guest User | 3 | 7/5/10 11:10 AM |
| unobstructed ends to metal roofs?? | Guest User | 2 | 6/24/10 8:01 AM |
| Standard slant 60 shingle vents OK on metal roof? | Guest User | 2 | 6/15/10 11:52 PM |
| Attic Ventilation | Guest User | 10 | 5/23/10 9:04 PM |
| Hip Metal Roof with Cupola | Guest User | 1 | 5/12/10 4:32 PM |
| Ridge vent in High Snow areas | Guest User | 4 | 4/17/10 9:44 PM |
| Vented attic meets non-attic roof space...what to do? Contractors disagree. | Guest User | 8 | 4/12/10 2:44 PM |
| Icynene insulation | Bill Durch | 7 | 4/7/10 3:22 PM |
| venting air conditioned metal building in machine shop | Guest User | 2 | 3/29/10 8:57 PM |
| Ridge Vent, no holes, how does it work | Doug Hawkins | 1 | 3/6/10 4:58 PM |
| Baffkes | ammours ammours | 2 | 3/5/10 8:18 PM |
| Ventilation | green Farmer | 2 | 3/2/10 9:25 AM |
| range hood vent | Guest User | 2 | 1/25/10 2:32 PM |
| Underlayment..Ventilation..Batten System... | Guest User | 4 | 12/30/09 6:45 AM |
| condensation in a metal roof | martin scott | 3 | 12/19/09 8:30 AM |
| ridge vent | Guest User | 21 | 12/11/09 10:07 PM |
| SIP roof | Guest User | 7 | 12/2/09 8:59 PM |
| Ridge venting on asphalt shingle roof | Guest User | 2 | 11/15/09 9:15 AM |
| Contolling bugs entering through vents | Guest User | 6 | 9/20/09 7:23 AM |
| VENTILATION | Rob Rodriguez | 8 | 8/24/09 7:11 PM |
| Metal roof condensation | Guest User | 4 | 8/18/09 10:43 PM |
| Ceiling condensation...IN THE SUMMER? | Guest User | 3 | 8/16/09 3:05 PM |
| attic venting | Guest User | 3 | 8/13/09 10:00 AM |
| Metal Roof Ventilation | Guest User | 4 | 8/7/09 8:32 PM |
| Underlayment for an unventilated roof | Greg Brainerd | 2 | 6/1/09 3:47 PM |
| Roof vents | Guest User | 2 | 5/10/09 3:30 PM |
| Correct method of installation. | Guest User | 2 | 5/8/09 7:44 PM |
| enough ventilation? | Guest User | 8 | 5/2/09 10:26 AM |
| Moisture on exterior wall below metal roof | Bernard Head | 4 | 4/29/09 6:17 AM |
| Sealing a vent | Ken Redfearn | 3 | 4/25/09 2:25 PM |
| Install Ventilation for kitchen hood and bathroom fan for metal roof | Guest User | 2 | 4/18/09 9:16 PM |
| Metal Roof Venting In Texas | Guest User | 4 | 3/29/09 6:51 AM |
| Metal Roof Ridge Vent - No "Vented Closure Strips" | Guest User | 5 | 3/9/09 7:56 AM |
| Metal Roof over Old Bermuda Roof | Ed Sanden | 5 | 2/7/09 7:35 PM |
| ventilation | Guest User | 3 | 1/29/09 9:00 AM |
| Ventilation:required or not? | Guest User | 3 | 1/21/09 8:26 AM |
| Ridge venting | Guest User | 2 | 1/20/09 11:49 PM |
| 1-1/2'' Type B vented Metal roof deck | Jessica Lampuri | 1 | 1/7/09 12:12 PM |
| Eave vents for 11x3 storage room | Guest User | 2 | 12/23/08 5:51 AM |
| Vaulted ceiling condensation problem? | Guest User | 4 | 11/27/08 7:28 AM |
| closure strip | Guest User | 2 | 11/13/08 11:10 PM |
| ridge vent without sofit vents | Guest User | 7 | 11/3/08 7:03 PM |
| Help needed on non vented vs vented | 2 | 10/26/08 10:07 AM | |
| Adding Ventilation | Brandon Devotie | 5 | 10/15/08 3:34 PM |
| unventilated roof | JACK DARMON | 2 | 10/10/08 9:56 PM |
| ShingleVent II | Guest User | 2 | 10/9/08 6:12 AM |
| Ventialtion on a curved metal seamed roof | Guest User | 3 | 9/15/08 9:28 PM |
| Chimney roof penetration problem | Guest User | 1 | 8/28/08 9:42 AM |
| Roof-mounted attic fan ("dome" fan) w/ metal roofing? | Guest User | 4 | 8/26/08 5:40 AM |
| Metal Roof Ventilation | Guest User | 4 | 8/12/08 9:25 PM |
| ventilation | Guest User | 3 | 8/9/08 10:08 AM |
| hot spots | Guest User | 2 | 8/5/08 10:14 PM |
| O'hagin vents and ridgevent | Guest User | 2 | 7/20/08 7:50 PM |
| Florida Metal Roof Ventalation | Guest User | 6 | 7/13/08 5:25 PM |
| Too Much Ventilation in Winter? | Lelia Graf | 2 | 7/12/08 9:24 PM |
| vents | James Roth | 2 | 6/22/08 5:28 AM |
| Eave Ventilation | Guest User | 4 | 5/15/08 9:13 PM |
| vent flanges | debbie albritton | 2 | 5/10/08 6:55 AM |
| ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 4/27/08 10:00 PM |
| ventilation | Tammy currier | 5 | 4/27/08 8:51 AM |
| Passive Venturi Ventiliation | Rod J | 2 | 4/7/08 8:29 PM |
| Ventalation | Guest User | 3 | 3/1/08 11:41 AM |
| Ventilation for metal roof on a garage | Guest User | 2 | 2/22/08 5:06 AM |
| Power Roof Vent | Guest User | 11 | 2/6/08 8:05 AM |
| mobile home roof vent | Guest User | 2 | 1/26/08 10:16 PM |
| ridge ventilation | Jim Thomas | 4 | 10/20/07 3:58 PM |
| no venting in a standing seam metal roof? | Penny Neiman | 2 | 10/20/07 3:55 PM |
| Ridge venting | dartlin africh | 2 | 10/8/07 10:09 AM |
| Maker of Closure Vents | Guest User | 2 | 8/23/07 9:56 PM |
| Ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 8/13/07 4:02 PM |
| venting metal roof | Guest User | 4 | 8/5/07 9:41 AM |
| self venting metal roof | Guest User | 2 | 7/29/07 7:42 PM |
| Ventilation | Guest User | 10 | 7/11/07 5:39 AM |
| metal roof ventilation | Margaret Fields | 2 | 6/15/07 7:20 PM |
| no soffit ventilation | Lisa Riley | 2 | 6/2/07 5:30 PM |
| Metal roof on shed | Guest User | 4 | 5/29/07 3:48 PM |
| snow in my attic | Guest User | 6 | 5/13/07 8:04 AM |
| Ice Dams | Guest User | 2 | 4/7/07 9:50 AM |
| Baffled Ridge Vent | Guest User | 2 | 3/31/07 7:20 AM |
| Low sloped roof ventilation | pat man | 4 | 3/4/07 10:06 AM |
| Ridge vent question | Jonathan H | 13 | 3/2/07 5:29 AM |
| Ridge vent for corrugated galvalume roof? | Bob Blythe | 2 | 12/30/06 8:21 PM |
| venting attic space with metal roof in Florida | Guest User | 4 | 8/31/06 7:55 AM |
| OK to add a new bathroom vent to existing Metal Roof ? | Guest User | 2 | 8/31/06 7:54 AM |
| WANTED: Old Metal Clad Roofing | Guest User | 2 | 8/25/06 7:43 AM |
| Ridge Vent on standing seam | Guest User | 6 | 8/1/06 8:53 PM |
| METAL ROOF VENTILATION | JOHN TORO | 4 | 6/20/06 7:43 AM |
| Vent cap | Guest User | 2 | 6/5/06 7:33 AM |
| Metal over Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) - ventilation? | John Rogers | 4 | 3/1/06 7:42 AM |
| New steel roof on A-Frame House | Guest User | 2 | 2/21/06 1:11 PM |
| Metal Roof Condensation | Guest User | 4 | 2/21/06 5:59 AM |
| No tarpaper on new metal roof?? | Guest User | 2 | 2/21/06 5:57 AM |
| Unvented attics | Jon Erlandson | 4 | 2/14/06 10:09 PM |
| How do I vent a temperary flat roof | Randy Trulson | 2 | 1/23/06 8:30 AM |
| metal roof sweats | Guest User | 4 | 1/16/06 8:40 PM |
| New Metal Roof and Sheathing, Insulation Profile Condensation | Darrell Pittman | 4 | 1/5/06 8:14 AM |
| ventilation | tom curtis | 2 | 11/30/05 7:03 PM |
| bathroom ventilation | Guest User | 10 | 11/25/05 9:39 PM |
| Venting a shed roof addition | Guest User | 2 | 11/24/05 8:26 AM |
| Metal roof condensation up at the top of seiling. | Guest User | 6 | 10/19/05 3:42 PM |
| Bathroom Vent | Martha Kelley | 4 | 10/14/05 7:22 PM |
| Venting a single slope standing seam roof | Guest User | 2 | 10/4/05 5:46 AM |
| detail of vented ridge intersections on a hip roof | Guest User | 2 | 9/11/05 2:26 PM |
| Structure Supporting Metal Roof for a 2/12 Shed Roof | Guest User | 2 | 9/10/05 9:31 PM |
| Flashing around power vents | chris nigel | 4 | 8/27/05 8:04 PM |
| Vent Pipes | Guest User | 5 | 8/25/05 8:13 PM |
| Proper order of roof materials/venting? | Guest User | 2 | 8/16/05 10:06 PM |
| Venting every third opening | Guest User | 4 | 8/12/05 6:26 PM |
| Stove or Bath (gooseneck) vents for Standing Seam | Guest User | 4 | 8/3/05 7:41 AM |
| Metal Roof Ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 8/1/05 1:35 PM |
| New (green) construction | Don Dieckmann | 2 | 7/29/05 9:20 PM |
| How to vent part of roof withoout soffits? | Guest User | 2 | 6/28/05 7:40 AM |
| Polynesian ridge vent | Guest User | 2 | 6/28/05 7:37 AM |
| critters in the ridges | diane eckhoff | 2 | 6/25/05 10:51 AM |
| Ventilation need for metal roof in New Construction | Guest User | 4 | 6/17/05 7:52 AM |
| Ridge Vents | Ronnie Mechler | 14 | 5/12/05 9:12 PM |
| Ventilation & Insulation | Sonya Harris | 2 | 4/28/05 8:38 PM |
| non vented roof | Guest User | 7 | 4/27/05 8:41 PM |
| ventilation of existing standing seam metal roof in barn | Megan Bardrick | 2 | 4/18/05 7:54 AM |
| bathroom exhaust vent | 2 | 4/18/05 7:48 AM | |
| metal roof bathroom vent cap | barbara moore | 2 | 3/30/05 3:23 PM |
| how do you vent a metal roof | Guest User | 3 | 3/4/05 8:12 PM |
| metal roof venting | Guest User | 2 | 12/12/04 2:05 PM |
| Installation of Stacks | Guest User | 2 | 12/5/04 4:25 PM |
| Metal roof, no sheathing, insulation/ventilation | Guest User | 4 | 12/3/04 11:14 PM |
| stove ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 11/29/04 9:59 PM |
| DORMER RIDGES | Guest User | 2 | 11/21/04 2:31 PM |
| vents on metal roofs | Guest User | 4 | 10/27/04 1:50 PM |
| Roof Ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 10/19/04 12:19 AM |
| ROOF VENTILATION | Guest User | 2 | 10/18/04 9:45 PM |
| Bats and other | Guest User | 1 | 10/1/04 7:29 AM |
| Unvented roofs | bryce reichardt | 2 | 9/26/04 12:44 PM |
| ridge vent | Guest User | 5 | 9/24/04 3:15 PM |
| Battenless install of steel shake roof | Guest User | 2 | 9/6/04 12:03 PM |
| Metal Roof Ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 9/1/04 12:01 PM |
| Defective vapour barrier problem | Guest User | 1 | 8/24/04 10:24 AM |
| ventilation installing on existing lathe | Guest User | 1 | 7/27/04 5:29 PM |
| Another ventilation Question | Guest User | 4 | 7/26/04 1:30 PM |
| venting and insulation | jerry klim | 2 | 7/22/04 3:19 PM |
| less than 2/12 pitch with existing ridge vent | Guest User | 2 | 5/31/04 11:12 PM |
| ventilation/vapor barrier on remodelling | Guest User | 7 | 5/30/04 10:56 AM |
| Vented Cap | Guest User | 3 | 4/10/04 5:54 PM |
| Ridge Ventilation | Guest User | 4 | 3/14/04 8:47 PM |
| installation & ventilation on gambrel roof | Scott Chubon | 2 | 3/6/04 10:30 AM |
| ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 2/26/04 10:21 PM |
| vent manufacturers? | Guest User | 2 | 2/15/04 9:59 PM |
| hip roofs | Guest User | 2 | 2/13/04 6:06 AM |
| ventilation using cellulose insulation | Guest User | 1 | 2/10/04 1:58 PM |
| How do I vent it? | Guest User | 2 | 1/21/04 8:52 PM |
| closure strips | Guest User | 3 | 12/10/03 7:58 AM |
| metal roof vent question | Guest User | 7 | 11/12/03 4:09 PM |
| roof vent | Guest User | 2 | 11/1/03 1:50 PM |
| angled lath for ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 10/15/03 1:02 AM |
| Vaulted Ceiling Ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 10/9/03 4:27 PM |
| Ventilation Requirements | Guest User | 3 | 8/19/03 9:28 PM |
| length of metal sheet | Guest User | 2 | 7/18/03 10:11 PM |
| Ventilation and Ridge venting | Guest User | 3 | 5/17/03 10:19 PM |
| McElroy in the MRA??? | Guest User | 3 | 4/19/03 10:06 PM |
| re-roof ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 4/12/03 10:42 AM |
| Ridge Vents | Guest User | 4 | 4/1/03 10:25 PM |
| ridge cap ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 3/21/03 1:53 PM |
| Ventilation | Guest User | 4 | 1/24/03 12:37 AM |
| Closure vents for metal roofing | Daniel Housley | 2 | 1/15/03 8:59 PM |
| Vent installation on new metal roof | Guest User | 2 | 12/7/02 2:43 PM |
| carport roof | Guest User | 2 | 10/14/02 8:20 PM |
| Attic ventilation and vapor barriers | Guest User | 5 | 10/12/02 9:28 PM |
| Rattle from Exhaust vent | Guest User | 4 | 10/11/02 3:25 PM |
| Hot Roofs | Guest User | 5 | 8/24/02 10:48 PM |
| Metal Roofing / Asphalt Shingles / No Ventilation | Guest User | 8 | 7/8/02 7:52 AM |
| How should a ridge vent appear inside the attic? | Guest User | 4 | 6/28/02 8:44 AM |
| How Much Ventilation | Guest User | 2 | 5/8/02 8:31 AM |
| Mid-roof ventilation | Guest User | 5 | 8/27/01 7:29 AM |
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