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tarstrip
Anybody had any experience with using "The Edge" intake vent at the edge of the roof and below the firewall to vent the roof?
Hiscrive
"The Edge" approach seems to offer a more streamlined and discreet solution by leveraging the natural airflow patterns along the roofline.
Hiscrive
I'd also be interested to know if "The Edge" vent system requires any specialized installation or maintenance procedures, or if it can be relatively straightforward to incorporate into a DIY roofing project.
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Mike34
The ideas are given, I will try to absorb and try to follow
Lefty1
You can put Smart Vent where ever you need it. We have installed it a foot below the ridge. Once we needed intake 12' from the eave.
I have not used the product you are using, but it should work.
tarstrip
No.A cinder block firewall,it butts up against the underside of the roof deck.
tarstrip
Thanks for the replies.I agree most people do not want to spend the extra $$ to open up the soffit's.I will say that we have used The Edge on a number of jobs (in Ohio) the last few years, the product has worked and we have had not one leak call back.I was just wondering if any one has used it near a firewall,where ridge vent is not a ventilation option?Or what do you think is a good way to vent the roof where the firewall is?
natty
Old School Said: It works, and it is not that hard to do.I love doing things that work. There is no doubt it works. The problem is getting paid for the work. Unless the property is so neglected that it needs to be rebuilt anyway, I rarely get to do it the right way. We live in an era of the gun and run roofer. In my area, more and more roofers are selling ridge vents. But they are rarely installed correctly and there is never enough soffit vents. The hardest part is convincing the property owner that the ventilation is necessary and that the price is justified. I am not trying to gouge them or upsell them. I do more work than the other guys say they will do.
natty
Old School Said: Just My Humble Opinion! You need to have carpenter skills to do the necessary work at the soffit to fix a roof that is not breathing.
Not only that, you must have a property owner willing to PAY do to the necessary work. I have used The Edge twice both on 12/12 pitches and both on houses that had no soffit. They advertise that they are a zip to install. Ha! In the time it took to cut them in and square them up, I could have had the entire side of the house roofed.
Lefty1
We use Smart Vent. Use more every year. Been about 15 years since we started using it.
