How does ventilation protect the roof over your head?

From winter cold to summer heat, your roof may have to withstand the wide extremes of temperature that New Hampshire and Maine provide. This constant exposure to the elements must be taken into account when designing your roof and this article from the DIY Network offers a good explanation how ventilation affects a roof and the preventative steps that you can take to ensure your roof’s safety.
One of the best ways to ensure a long life for your roof is to make sure that it’s properly ventilated, which is important for a couple of reasons:
•    From the standpoint of the interior of a home, every home builds moisture. If there’s no place for the moisture to vent out in the attic, what it will do is retain on the surface of whatever insulation that you have there and cause more moisture damage in the long term.
•    Excessive heat buildup in an attic can damage roofing shingles and tiles.
For proper ventilation, traditionally off-ridge venting has been used and you can identify that by the metal vents that are along the horizontal ridge of the roof, which is meant to have the air flow out of the attic space.
By using off-ridge ventilation on the roof, you will be able to vent out damaging moisture from your home. It will also help prevent excessive heat buildup in your attic that can damage roofing shingles and tiles.
For the best results, talk to a New Hampshire or Maine roofing contractor and builder about the necessary ventilation for your roofing. Again, doing this ahead of time will save you time and money in the long run.

Les Bodwell

I have 20+ years experience in the roofing industry. Throughout that time I have worked with numerous amounts of clients on the design, decision making, and pricing involved in their projects. I also help oversee all day to day operations. Throughout our time in business we have gone through many changes but one thing that will never change is our devotion to customer satisfaction. One of our top sources for referrals is word of mouth from our previous customers. That alone says a lot about the quality of the service our customers receive.