Low Pitch Roof Vent

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.

Low pitch roof vent.

Since most low slope roofs are not vented ice dams are much more likely to occur and cause extensive damages to the roof and the interior of the house as it is a lot easier for water to travel upward on a low pitch roof. Look at our fasciavent which has been designed more specifically for metal roofs and provides the intake ventilation for flat to 16 12 pitches. The top of the roof meets the wall of the house and the 2 sides also meet walls. Click here to see fasciavent.

About 12 x 18. So it is essentially boxed in on 3 sides. Active ventilation products. 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. There are over 150 variations of details available from carlisle syntec for epdm roofing systems. For example a ridge vent on a low pitch roof will allow the wind driven water to enter the attic. I m trying to vent a 1 12 roof that has not been vented.

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. 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. The universal design looks great on a shingle roof. Click here to view our roof pitch diagram chart.

November 19 2014 9 08pm 1. 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.