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TOPIC: Installation

Attic & Fan vents

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Ok I am putting on 3 rib galvalume on my mfg house. The mafg gave me 6 gooseneck vents for the attic vents ...... not one person has a consensus on how these should be installed. 1)Some say cut a panel and drop over with flashing above and caulk. 2)Others say screw backend of vent in then notch a lower panel slide under the front of the vent. then notch another panel and come down over the vent sides and overlap the bottom panel 2 seems like the more plausible one but it leave a gap in the front cause the vents are on top of a corregation to me wind will blow the rain up there , yes there will be caulk but still dont caulk your way into trouble. secondly that gap will catch wind......... Im lost
Eric Haskins

4/18/2017
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Each manufacturer will have very specific instructions and consumables (i.e. underpans in many cases) to work with your venting requirements. Have you considered a full width ridge vent? Eric Novotny
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4/25/2017
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