Fight Ice Dams Before They Start
Clearing the Hurdles to an Attic Ventilation Upgrade
Mistakes Caught on Camera
Focused on Proper Residential Attic Ventilation, Roofing Contractors Documented These Mistakes
Attic Airflow is a Roof's 'Insurance Policy'
Vent Those Hot Attics Carefully
What good are Attic Exhaust Vents? They're Not Without Proper Intake Vents.
Roofing Contractors 'Vent' About Homeowners
Air Vent's Traveling Air Show Reaches Roofing Contractors
Focused on Attic Airflow
Top Ten Air Vent Tips for Roofers From the Field
Mixing Exhaust Vent Types is Problematic
Clearing the Air – Considerations for Attic Ventilation
Understanding Product Certifications
Sharing Best Practices Benefits EVERYONE - 20th Anniversary of Educating the Industry
The effects of household humidifiers on attic moisture accumulation
2018 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings
How Roofing Contractors Can Help Clients with Insurance and Attic Ventilation Upgrades
Attic Ventilation Best Practices for Steep Slope Asphalt Shingle Roof Systems
Five Frequently Asked Questions about Ventilation
Attic Ventilation in Accessory Structures
Selling Attic Ventilation to Homeowners
Standing Out in a Crowded Market
The Attic Needs Ventilation but How Much Exactly?
2015 International Residential Code for Attic Ventilation
Ice Dams vs. Roofs
Recommendations for Installation of Asphalt Roofing Shingles in Cold Weather
How Short-Circuiting Happens: An Article by the ARMA Ventilation Task Force
Attic ventilation mistakes caught on camera
Family Saves Money in Energy Bills Using Solar Powered Fans
Top 5 Attic Ventilation Qs Handled by the Roof Assembly Ventilation Coalition
Attic Ventilation Calculations Made Easy: An Article by the RAVC
Can The Edge Vent be Used with Gutter Protection Devices?
The Benefit of Attic Inspections: An article by the RAVC
This is what we’ve learned about roofing contractors over the years
Vent Or Seal The Attic?: An article by the RAVC
Roofing Contractor magazine featuring Edge Vent and Hip Ridge Vent successes
Why Attic Ventilation Makes Good Sense: An article by the RAVC
Hip Ridge Vent Success Stories in Roofing Contractor Magazine
Hip Ridge Vent Passes Miami-Dade County’s Wind-Driven Rain Test
Water Ponding with The Edge Vent is a Non-Issue
Rethinking How We Target Consumers: An article by the RAVC.
How to Minimize Buckling of Asphalt Shingles
Attic Ventilation is NOT Just a Summertime Concern
The Edge Vent Passes 30-Day Ice Dam Test
International Residential Building Code Changes for 2012 Announced
Rooftop-Installed Edge Vent Solves Various Intake Ventilation Problems
Air Vent’s Five Attic Ventilation Traps to Avoid
University of Florida Research Confirms Attic Ventilation Reduces Moisture Buildup in Hot, Humid Climates
Air Vent has partnered with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ARMA Ventilation Task Force
Air Vent Case Study: Balanced Attic Ventilation vs. Unbalanced Attic Ventilation
Tales from the Attic: Managing attic moisture during cold weather
Attic Ventilation - 5 Most Frequently Asked Questions
Check the Intake Ventilation
Balancing Ventilation: Intake vents are important to achieve proper ventilation
Ventilation: Doing the Math for Proper Attic Ventilation
Attic Ventilation Installation Techniques
Articles
By Paul Scelsi, Air Vent Inc., published in Roofing Elements Magazine, March 2021.
Featured on the cover of the premiere issue of Roofing Elements Magazine, we outline how to use ...
By Paul Scelsi, Air Vent Inc., published in Roofing Magazine, November/December 2020.
We asked roofing contractors who have attended our best practices in residential attic ...
In this industry article, published in Roofing Contractor Magazine, roofing contractors share photos of residential attic ventilation mistakes they spotted in the field—and ...
In this industry article, published in Roofing Magazine, we show some of the submissions to our 'Found in the Field' series of real world examples of attic ventilation ...
In this industry article, published in Roofing Contractor Magazine, we explain how by covering attic ventilation costs, insurance companies are protecting both their money and the ...
In this industry article, published in HVAC & Refrigeration Insider, we explain how proper attic ventilation can impact the effectiveness of the air conditioning ...
In this industry article, published in Roofing Contractor Magazine, we explain how including intake and exhaust ventilation can lead to positive results for both homeowners and ...
This industry article, published in Roofing Contractor Magazine, Air Vent asked roofing contractors to share the one message they’d like to say to a homeowner before ...
This industry article, published in Roofing Contractor Magazine, provides an inside view of Air Vent's Ask the Expert™ Seminars™—occuring annually from ...
Roofing Pros Insist Attic Ventilation is a Core Part of their Overall Business
Often an afterthought and sometimes ignored completely during a residential roofing project, ...
Top Ten Air Vent Tips for Roofers From the Field
Who knows better how well (or not so well) a residential attic ventilation system will perform than the actual installer ...
Mixing Exhaust Vent Types is Problematic
In this industry article, published in Roofing Magazine, we examine the problems caused by mixing different types of exhaust vents, ...
This article supports Air Vent's longstanding recommendations to roofing professionals when considering residential attic ventilation: 1) Keep the airflow balanced with INTAKE and EXHAUST regardless ...
what do attic ventilation product certifications mean to our customers?
A closer look and understanding/appreciation for what the various product certifications mean in the market. ...
Sharing Best Practices Benefits EVERYONE − 20th Anniversary of Educating the Industry
In this industry article, published in CRCA Today, we outline our ...
A word of caution about humidifiers
Thanks to Gary Bell, Pilesgrove, NJ – an attendee of the Air Vent “Attic Ventilation: Ask the Expert Seminar™” we have this word ...
Every 3 years the International Residential building Code (IRC) releases code updates. 2018 is a cycle year. Below is the attic ventilation section. Key notes/changes:
The minimum amount ...
"After the Storm"
The weather forecast looks poor. Strong winds, heavy rain and the possiblity of hail — golf-ball sized or larger — could hit the area. The storm strikes, ...
This technical bulletin "Attic Ventilation Best Practices for Steep Slope Asphalt Shingle Roof Systems" is the result of the work of the ARMA Ventilation Task Force. It highlights important ...
Since Air Vent started testing Attic Ventilation: Ask the Expert™ in March 1998, we have gone to every major market in the United States with over 240 seminars ...
The 2015 International Residential Code and International Building Code, published by the International Code Council, include requirements for attic ventilation to help manage temperature and ...
What’s a residential roofing contractor to do if he knows his potential customer’s attic needs better ventilation (or ventilation period!) but the homeowner disagrees? What if the ...
For residential roofing contractors, there are multiple excellent reasons to conduct an attic-ventilation inspection — as long as it’s safe and practical to do so. Perhaps none of them ...
Good news, roofing contractors: You do not have to be good with numbers nor do you have to enjoy math to be able to quickly—and accurately—calculate the amount of attic ventilation needed ...
The code minimum ratio is 1/150:
2015 International Residential Code for Attic Ventilation
Mother Nature usually wins, but these roofing contractors put up a good fight on behalf of homeowners
Ice Dams vs. Roofs
Asphalt shingles have been used successfully in cold climates for over one hundred years. Improved applicationefficiency, and more importantly, enhanced long-term shingle performance, can be achieved ...
This is why mixing two types of vents on the same roof is a mistake:
How Short-Circuiting Happens: An Article by the ARMA Ventilation Task Force
Roofing contractors share the mistakes they find in the field:
Attic ventilation mistakes caught on camera
Solar Powered Fan Testimonial—Updated with 2014 Data
In September 2011, the Whisenhunt family in Longmont, CO wrote Air Vent a letter expressing how pleased they were with the performance of ...
Increasingly roofing contractors have attic ventilation on their minds:
On the surface attic ventilation may not appear to be a “top of mind” concern for contractors working on ...
There’s no need to fear the math any longer when it’s time to calculate a balanced attic ventilation system:
Attic Ventilation Calculations Made Easy: An Article by the ...
It depends on the design of the gutter protection device:
Can The Edge Vent be Used with Gutter Protection Devices?
Attic Ventilation Inspections:Good For Customers And Good For Business:
The Benefit of Attic Inspections: An article by the RAVC
Fifteen years of attic ventilation seminars can teach you a lot about roofing contractors:
This is what we’ve learned about roofing contractors over the ...
Ease of Installation Is Only One of Several Variables That Support Venting.
Vent Or Seal The Attic?: An article by the RAVC
Check out what others are saying about Edge Vent and Hip Ridge Vent.
Roofing Contractor magazine featuring Edge Vent and Hip Ridge Vent successes
If you have ever been in an attic, you know how hot such spaces can get. The primary source of heat is direct sunlight. Solar heat is transmitted through the roofing material and radiated to the ...
Check out this collection of successful Hip Ridge Vent applications.
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The Hip Ridge Vent passed a very difficult Miami-Dade County wind-driven rain test in winds up to 110 MPH—allowing insignificant water infiltration. By passing this water leakage test conducted ...
On the shallowest possible roof pitch on which The Edge Vent can be installed—a 3/12 roof pitch—the amount of water it allows to pool or pond is 1/3 of an ounce (the equivalent of 2 ...
With the housing market on what appears to be a slow path toward improvement, the growth potential for roofing contractors in the coming year will be largely dependent upon reroofing projects and ...
Of all the residential roofs in the U.S., 95 percent are sheathed with wood structural panels. This is because the panels are easy to install and form an excellent substrate for finished roofing, ...
Balanced Attic Ventilation Helps Fight Wintertime Moisture and Ice Dams
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The Edge Vent withstood a stringent 30-day ice dam test conducted at PRI Construction Materials Technologies in a simulation designed to give further confidence to roofing contractors using the ...
The International Residential Code for 2012 has been published and is ready for local municipalities to adopt effective January 2012. It includes attic ventilation changes that resulted from the ...
One of the leading causes of attic ventilation problems is insufficient or incorrectly installed intake ventilation. To work efficiently an attic ventilation system must be balanced with intake and ...
Use the right type of attic vent for the right project and roofing contractors can expect efficient performance and energy savings from the attic ventilation system. But sometimes, roofing ...
Data collected at the University of Florida Energy Park (Gainesville,FL) under the guidance of Dr. Wendell Porter and Barrett Mooney supports the benefits of a balanced attic ventilation system. The ...
Air Vent has partnered with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in constructing energy efficient homes as part of the ZEBRAlliance—an alliance maximizing cost-effective energy efficiency in ...
The ARMA Asphalt Roofing Ventilation Task Force acts as the voice of the roof ventilation community to identify the sound theory and scientific data supporting roof ventilation.
Air Vent partnered with Risk Management and Engineering to study a house in Mansfield, TX (a suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex) analyzing temperature readings in 30 different attic and living ...
By Paul Scelsi, Air Vent Inc., published in Mold & Moisture Magazine, Jan/Feb 2006.
Proper attic ventilation can help prevent costly problems resulting from moisture build-up ...
In this industry article, published in Roofing Contractor Magazine, we thought you would find it helpful to hear answers to the five most frequently asked questions about attic ...
By Paul Scelsi, Air Vent Inc., published in the ASHI Reporter, July 2003.
Too often overlooked. It's time to focus on intake vents and their overall importantce in the ...
By Paul Scelsi, Air Vent Inc., published in Professional Roofing Magazine, February 2003.
If you are not convinced about how important intake vents are to attic ventilation ...
By Paul Scelsi, Air Vent Inc., published in Architectural West Magazine, Sept/Oct 2001.
Doing the math with the audience has been one of the best-received sections of our ...
By Paul Scelsi, Air Vent Inc., published in Florida Forum Magazine, July 2001.
In this article we share some of the challenges and concerns roofing pros are experiencing ...