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Venting metal roof over shingles.
Please recommend a vent system without cutting holes in the metal roof there are several options available to provide ventilation to your attic without cutting holes in your metal roof including gable vents and a vented ridge.
This is what it looks like when you install a steel shingle roof system over an existing asphalt shingle roof.
Bjorn asks i have a new house with a metal roof and without a ridge vent.
This is what it looks like when you install a steel shingle roof system over an existing asphalt shingle roof.
A metal roof typically does not increase nor decrease the need for ventilation.
Ventilation that meets code requirements is adequate for any type of roofing material including metal.
Ventilation basics roof ventilation depends on the simple scientific.
If it s slightly windy keep the steel downwind from you so a gust of wind doesn t knock you over.
Venting the eaves to vent the roof holes are cut in the old roof above the soffit which pulls air through the soffit vents underneath.
Metal roof over shingles condensation.
Metal roofs must be laid flat on a vapor barrier because steel will condensate if there s any air space underneath it.
Venting the eaves to vent the roof holes are cut in the old roof above the soffit which pulls air through the soffit vents underneath.