You want your home to be well-insulated to reduce the cost of heating and air conditioning. Equally important is the need for proper ventilation to ensure that moisture and heat can escape from your attic to avoid problems with mold and/or ice dams. Ridge vents (also called roof vent systems), …
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Gable Vents for Ventilation
If you had to draw a picture of a house, most likely you'd draw the roof with two sloping sides that meet at the top of the roof to form a triangle. The triangles at the front and back of the house (or on the sides of the house) are called the gable ends of the house. Older homes have gable …
Why You Need Soffit Vents
Our homes need to breathe, and that includes your attic. Soffit vents are found below the eaves of your roof, to allow fresh air from outside to flow into your attic and replace the air there. The process of exchanging attic air is called ventilation. In addition to soffit vents, your house …
Attic Rafter Vents
When you have insulation in the attic, you have to be sure it doesn't block the flow of fresh air from the soffit vents below the eaves, up and out through the ridge vent (or gable vent in older houses). Attic rafter vents (also called insulation baffles, baffle vents or proper vent) are used to …
Today’s Housing Industries 10/9/22: What Homeowners Should Know
Welcome to my first weekly news brief, sharing important articles published about the housing industries. Please leave a comment about any newsworthy items I missed so they can be included next week. Hurricane Ian recovery continues to dominate the news. What's fascinating is how this event is …
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Today’s Housing Industries 10/2/22: What Homeowners Should Know
Welcome to my first weekly news brief, sharing important articles published about the housing industries. Please leave a comment about any newsworthy items I missed and maybe I should include: Current federal funds rate as of 9/22/22 - 3% to 3.25%Average mortgage rate as of 9/30/22 - 7.534% for …
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