Low Pitch Roof Vent

About 12 x 18.

Low pitch roof vent.

Installation is important when it comes to putting a single ply roofing system on a building. Smartvent can be modified to provide intake ventilation for new roofs or re roofs through the fascia board for low slope roof with less than a 4 12 pitch. The top of the roof meets the wall of the house and the 2 sides also meet walls. The universal dormer vent can be used as an air intake vent or as an air exhaust vent depending on where you install it on the roof.

Click here to view our roof pitch diagram chart. But the taller profiles like standing seam and pbr shown below can be installed on roofs with as low as 1 4 or 1 2 in 12 pitch. Roof pitches ranging from 0 12 0 degrees to 21 12 60 26 degrees. Because of the shallow height of the undulating ridges of the 5v and corrugated profiles and the use of exposed metal fasteners to screw the metal to the roof deck they are limited to a slope that will shed rain quickly.

I m trying to vent a 1 12 roof that has not been vented. Videos have been put together for many of these details and can be found below. The universal dormer vent is a low profile off ridge roof vent that is designed for a pitched roof of 3 12 slope or greater. November 19 2014 9 08pm 1.

For this design to work well on a low sloped not dead flat roof an outside air inlet is provided by a soffit or roof overhang built at the low end of the roof and a roof cavity air vent outlet is provided along the high or up slope end of the roof using a built up half ridge vent. There are over 150 variations of details available from carlisle syntec for epdm roofing systems. Active ventilation products. Look at our fasciavent which has been designed more specifically for metal roofs and provides the intake ventilation for flat to 16 12 pitches.

Click here to see fasciavent. The universal design looks great on a shingle roof.