how far apart do you install soffit vents?
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You will get better responses if you will chnge the title to soffit vents or similar. Unfortunately you will have to re-post the question because the title can't be changed.
I don't know.
Do it right, or do it twice.
Depends on their size...but a minimum of one vent per rafter bay. A continuous vent would be best.
Well, that certainly shows what I know...somehow he did change the the tile from'General Discussion' to 'Soffit Vent'. Makes me feel inferior..gonna go in a corner and pout...Do it right, or do it twice.
You need to look to the building code for that. Here in Las Vegas, we use UBC and now IBC. Using the method there in the code you determine the amount of free air you need to ventilate the attic. Then you determine how many vents you need. That tells you how far apart to place them. Soffit vents can be found on the web and the area of venting is given.
I was building in South West Florida during one of Illinois 's building reccession's and was told never to vent soffitt above doors or windows . It was a local fire code , that stated during a fire when windows are broken or knock out the vented soffitt acts as a natural chimney to allow the fire to spread rapidly into the roof. If anyone knows about this code it would be interesting to read.
This is interesting. It got me to looking at flat roof buildings, of which there are a lot around here. Many of them have the vents positioned mid-way between top floor windows. It might not be a code requirement, but the reason makes sense, so it sounds like a good idea.
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