The best way to ventilate a finished attic is rafter venting. Rafter vents, or insulation baffles, are installed in an ...

Instead, use rafter vents (insulation baffles) to maintain a ventilation channel for airflow between the insulation and the roof sheathing. These air vents are easy to install and are placed under ...

Baffle vents are also called rafter baffles, attic baffles, channel vents, vent chutes, proper vents, and a boatload of other names. Say them three times fast! Try this: Install Styrofoam rafter ...

Recessed lights that protrude through the ceiling must either be IC-rated (insulation contact) or must have baffles ... Install foam attic vent chutes between every pair of roof rafters in ...

I have five roof vents and some areas of the attic ... staple into the space between rafters where the rafters contact the top wall plate. The baffles create an air channel between the underside ...

And for one reader, cold weather produces indoor rain. “We installed a Rheem attic AC system into a typical rancher, with the vents in the ceiling,” he writes. “Along with the AC we ...

Most manufacturers state that a ridge vent should not be installed on a roof with a pitch (slope) of 3-1/2 in 12 or less. The slope is calculated by measuring the rise of a roof rafter for every ...