Roof Vs Gable Bathroom Vent

Mar 2 2007 location.

Roof vs gable bathroom vent.

Our house is built of thick masonry block. Installation and maintenance the gable fan is more difficult to install than the roof fan unless an existing gable vent is already in place. It s a one story ranch in maine so we have cold snowy winters. The idea of roof vents existed for hundreds of years with natural vents employed in chinese buildings during the tang dynasty natural ventilation ducts in the buddhist monks caves and wind catchers incorporated in arabian architecture.

Discussion in hvac heating cooling started by staceyneil oct 5 2009. This is the same as venting through a ridge vent or through the roof. The point of a bathroom exhaust vent or any vent really is to remove hot moist air from the house. Should we vent bath fan through roof soffit gable end.

If you re going with a hot roof there will be no ventilation. Condensation will run down and rust the fan and stain the ceiling. Hot air exhaust vents located at the peak of the roof allow hot air to escape. The building codes and building science for.

These roofs are classic for a reason by shunting off precipitation they resist mold mildew and rot. Not fun to drill through. Certain gable models also utilize solar power but they receive less sun exposure and so are far less efficient. Gable vents are located in the front of the gable roof and facilitate airflow in and out.

Venting the bathroom through one of the existing roof vents tells me that he plans on venting it through a gable vent. The first order of business is determining how or if your new roof will be vented. Taking advantage of this natural process referred to as passive ventilation is the most common way to vent an attic. Most ventilation systems are strategically placed on unseen areas of a roof but gable vents offer an interesting accent to a home s exterior plus all the functional benefits of other exhaust openings.

And while both a roof vent and an overhang vent perform this task there is one big difference. To do so means that the duct would be run up to the vent. Vent roofs with steeples towers or cupolas can be found in different buildings from barns to cathedrals.