A gable is the triangular portion of the wall in an attic that is between the edges of a sloping roof.
House wrap gable ends of attic.
Gable end vents is a roof ventilation system that is placed on either side of a gable roof that assists in cooling down your attic or roof.
The fully adhered membrane wrapped down over the cut back roof deck to tie into the wall water control layer and air control layer photograph 11.
My framer will not put tyvek house wrap on an gable wall where there is no conditioned air.
Attic ventilation works on the principle that heated air naturally rises primarily utilizing two types of vents.
If the attic floor doesn t have a solid surface for you to walk on put enough 2 by 12 boards into the attic opening to create a walkway to use to get to the gable.
You install an attic fan through the roof and flashed under the shingles.
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Open the attic access door.
It is a great ventilation system for your attic or roof on a budget.
On the gable ends this was pretty easy.
Gable fans are installed at the very top of your gable end walls and vented through the walls outside.
The size and shape of a gable wall depends on the structural layout of the attic but all attics have some type of gable end.
On the front of the roof edges the original roof deck sheathing was cut back flush with the wall and the fully adhered membrane folded down around the rafter tails to catch the wall water control layer and air control layer.
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These vents allow for a cross breeze through your attic blowing out the warm air and replacing it with cooler less humid air.
Non living space above the house.