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adding gable vents to bump out

5 years ago

Hi all, I have a small house bump out with full size doors on either side of it so it's air locked. I wanted to get some airflow in there so I purchased two 10x10 gable vents. Do you for-see any issues with installing them? I know you can actually have too much air flow with vents.

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Charles Ross Homes
5 years ago
Hi, Eric,

Soffit vents and ridge vents are preferred for venting attic spaces. Does the bumped out feature not have them?
Eric Noar
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5 years ago
Hey Charles, it doesn't have either unfortunately.
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3onthetree
5 years ago
If you are talking about attic venting, much more info would need to be provided. But, there are a bunch of things that can be done, like cutting into the adjacent vented attic if it is an add-on bumpout to the main house, adding soffit vents, box vents, the gable (have 2?), possibly a ridge vent, etc but methods depend on looking at what's existing and what opportunities there are.

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