How To Install Ridge Roof Vent

Start by removing the nails holding the ridge cap shingles in place.

How to install ridge roof vent.

Install a ridge vent preparing for ridge vent installation. Center the vents on the peak of your roof so the sides of the vent lay flat on the roof. Use enough vent pieces to fill the length of the slot you cut. Follow these steps to remove cap shingles.

Using a circular saw with a carbide tip blade one of the roofers plunges the saw into the ridge at the ends and then follows the chalk line. Position a section of metal ridge cap over the peak of the metal roof with the end of the ridge cap flush with one end of the roof peak. Cost was less than 100. Begin by removing all cap shingles along the entire.

Install new field shingles. This video shows clips of a reroofing job which included ridge vent installation. Install the ridge vent shingle over style install the ridge vent aluminum. Insert an end plug into a section of ridge venting and align the end with the end of the roof.

5 add sections to. If you need to cut the vent to fit at the end of your roof use a utility knife to make it flush with your home. Below we ve compiled some helpful tips on how to install a ridge vent for metal roofing. Installing a ridge vent to ventilate the attic.

Remove the shingle caps. Set the ridge vents on top of the slot. Time was about 1 hour and 15 minutes with 2 men. To begin the ridge vent installation they measure down 3 inches from the top of the ridge and snap a line to cut the opening for the ridge vent.

Nail the section down by driving 2 inch roofing nails through the holes provided. Cut the ventilation opening. For most asphalt shingle ridge caps there are two.