Our 30-year-old house has ridge vents only over the front entrance and garage. But the main roof peak, running the length of the house, doesn’t have ridge vents.

I took an infrared image of my own roof three years ago, and the surface temperature was 155 F! Ridge vents do little or nothing to lower the temperature inside an attic.

Ridge vents do little or nothing to lower the temperature inside an attic. In fact, they would have to break the laws of physics to work. Hot air rises, it doesn’t go down. To exit a roof ridge ...

If you’re a handy homeowner who has experience working on roofing projects, you can buy the ridge vent material for $155 and install it yourself, saving 67 percent, a nice reward for your work.

The ridge vent is only half of the venting if that’s the vent system you’re going to use. A ridge vent needs a continuous air supply from the bottom of the roof edge on both sides of the roof ...

When having a roof replaced, make sure the roofing contractor understands the problems associated with mixing types of vents and either removes or seals unwanted vents if a ridge vent is to be ...

If you're a handy homeowner who has experience working on roofing projects, you can buy the ridge vent material for $125 and install it yourself, saving 69 percent.

If you’re a handy homeowner who has experience working on roofing projects, you can buy the ridge vent material for $125 and install it yourself, saving 69 percent, a nice reward for your work.

Best type of roof vents for Michigan homes? Published: Sep. 05, 2007, 12:41 a.m.