hip roof ridge closures?: "Hi, My contractor installed a metal R-Panel style roof over ..." - Guest User (4/6/2010) | Installation Process | Archive

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Hi, My contractor installed a metal R-Panel style roof over 1x4 purlins over existing shingles on a hip roof. The top ridge has vented ridge cap, but the hip ridges are not vented. There is wide butyl tape running down the hip ridges with a ridge cap on top. My question is that since a substantial area of the roof surface peaks at the hip ridges, shouldn't they be vented just like the top ridge?		Guest User 4/6/2010	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/14634/find/
They can be. The key is to balance air intake at the eave with air exhaust at the ridge/hip.		Ken Buchinger NCI Building Systems, Inc. 4/7/2010	Share Or copy this URL: https://www.metalroofing.com/spirit/comment/14635/find/