Retrofit Attic Vent

Attic ventilation for cathedral and vaulted ceilings require attic baffle vents with v baffe s design you can quickly and easily retrofit cathedral and vaulted ceilings that would otherwise have been next to impossible.

Retrofit attic vent.

Vent these fans through the roof or soffit. These vents allow outside air to enter the attic at the lowest point of the roof along the underside of the eave. Install rectangular roof vents on both sides of the roof. Once the existing soffit vents are removed or the new vents are cut out installing the v baffle is just as easy from a soffit vent as it is from the attic.

The only thing that you ll need to know in advance is the length of the cathedral or vaulted ceiling and the depth of the existing attic insulation to determine how many v baffles will be needed. Soffit vents come in several sizes and styles including small round discs and rectangular grilles. The honeycomb matrix along with the screen mesh sold together can be used in a variety of retro fit applications. Aura solar fans are a perfect replacement for turbine vent heads.

Inside the attic behind existing gable and eave vents the matrix can be cut to size and fastened to the existing 1 4 screen. Turbines frequently slow or stop turning entirely due to wear corrosion or damage from high winds. The aura gravity vent retrofit does not need to spin in order to provide excellent ventilation. A perfect replacement for whirlybirds roof wind turbines which frequently slow down or stop turning all together because of corrosion damage or just wear and tear.

When installing roof tile vents on the front and rear sides of a roof some staggering in height and horizontal positioning should ideally take place to prevent wind tunneling. They re most effective when used in conjunction with a continuous ridge vent. The aura solar fan retrofit models are designed to replace existing roof vents. The aura solar attic fan retrofit will exhaust air continuously by using solar and wind power for optimum ventilation performance.

Rectangular roof vents installed on one side of the roof only. Kitchen and bath fans vented into the attic. Gravity vent retrofit models available in an array of sizes. Rectangular roof vents work best when the wind blows over the top of them rather than into them.

Our retrofit kits and matrixes are available simply for existing installations where removal of current hardware is unrealistic. Active ventilation products aura solar attic fan retrofit product line is designed to fit over a turbine ventilator roof base. By mike guertin issue 278 november 2018.