03-05-2019, 09:33 PM
Hi all! I'm getting a few quotes for reroofing our Church and I brought up a question on venting. Shingle manufactures want there to be soffit vents and ridge vents (exact amount of "free air" varies). Rather than replacing the painted over round push in soffit vents, we'll be going with Hicks vent, which is a venting drip edge. However; the structure is an old post and beam frame, and the roof sheathing boards are basically touching the top corners of the ridge beam making a traditional shingle over ridge vent useless. Does anyone know of a product that will address this problem? There are some surface mount roof vents there now, but they're way too low on the roof. And they look ugly too! I don't know if a Shingle Vent, or Edge Vent can be installed in the field about a foot down from the ridge.
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