Soffit Vents On Second Floor Eaves

Adding attic soffit vents under roof eaves.

Soffit vents on second floor eaves. Soffit vents are installed under the overhang in the eaves known as the soffit to allow cool outside air in the attic to reduce the temperature. For pricing and availability. A soffit vent is simply a vent installed into the underside of your home s eaves called the soffit that permits fresh outside air to be drawn up into the attic. Master flow undereave 3 in l white plastic soffit vent.

Since warm air rises outside air is drawn in the soffit vents and exits near the peak of the roof through ridge gable or roof vents to provide natural air circulation through the attic. 16 x 6 undereave vent. P tec products soffit eave vent brown 4 8 out of 5 stars 11 maurice franklin louver 2 round white polypropylene plastic louver with insect screen system priced per bag of 6. Although soffit vents are not specifically mentioned as required both the international residential code irc and residential edition of the florida building code fbc r806 2 require an attic ventilation area of at least 1 150 of the area being ventilated which works out to be about one inch of ventilation opening for every square foot of attic area and not less than 40 percent and.

I have a 2500 sq ft attic floor ten 8 x 16. Air vent 8 in l white aluminum soffit vent. Almost all homes are fitted with some kind of roof vents at the peak of the roofline be it individual roof vents hip roof ventilation and many homes have gable vents as well.