Monday, October 30, 2023

Why choose a metal vent?

Or even better…why choose an aluminum attic vent?

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Simple metal attic vents are usually galvanized.

This means rust and continuously repainting.

Aluminum for a metal does not rust and the pre painted surface is pretty durable throughout the years.

Primed white can easily be painted any color wanted to match the home's paint.

Or choose the color wanted and the vent will come that color so no painting needed.

This is much better than wooden vents rotting and falling out or vinyl vents dry rotting and cracking.

Sunday, October 29, 2023

40 X 40 X 2 Square Front Flange Loft Air Exhaust Vent

Sandstone color from Certain Teed has a soft creamy hue yet still brightens the home's appearance.

When using vinyl siding on a home or even getting a window install with window wraps, the louver vents can be custom made to match.

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Square loft air exhaust vents

2 inch deep vents provide excellent ventilation due to the 1 1/2 inch spacing of the louvers.

There are too many advantages of a custom aluminum louver vent to mention, but we'll try to highlight a few.

2 inch louvers stand strong for wider vents.

The vent"s squareness is held by the louver ends and the rail system aluminum framing.

From the rear, the front flange extending from the face of the vent is visible.

This nail fin or trimming is a full 1 1/2 inch of wall coverage.

The vent wall is tough enough to use for mounting.

Just apply screws through the vent wall behind the louver faces if you want to not damage the face trim and have it as a finish trim.

Turn this custom vent around to the back and see what screen was chosen.

This one has aluminum insect screen.

This is an aluminum screening with less than 1/8 inch holes.

It is so fine of a screen blocking almost no air flow, yet more than strong enough to block insects from entering the attic through the vent.

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Vent Size			receive	receive	apx
if you choose...	order width	order height	vent width	vent height	net free
opening size	40	40	39.5	39.5	703
tip to tip of vent	40	40	40	40	722
tip to tip including flange	40	40	37	37	612

Depth: 2 inch vent wall

Finish Color: All Aluminum Coil Colors

Nailer Type: Front Flange

Made Of: .019 Aluminum

Screen Options: Aluminum, Metal back, Vinyl, Aluminum

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Louvered functioning vents are a thing of the past. Everyone wants the current thing thing, power vents. Until they discover their thermostats stick, burn out and start fires.

These Certain Teed Sandstone vents are now at home in Richmond Virginia 23231

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Friday, October 27, 2023

15 X 28 X 6 Square Front Flange Attic Air Exhaust Vent

Why choosing a custom sized aluminum louver attic vent can be so much more beneficial than buying off the shelf and having to cut a larger wall opening or use larger trim to cover excess gappage.

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What is a fixed louver vent versus a operable louver vent?

These are fixed louver vents.

Operable louvers will open and close on hinges as heat escapes like a dryer vent.

One advantage of a fixed louver vent is the slats will never move and there are no hinge pins to loosen or bend and cause the slats to stop operating or fall out.

What is a front flange vent? Why do some vents have nail fins?

Usually a nil fin is located on the face of the vent to fasten it to the wall.

We offer all 4 flange locations and even custom sizing.

This front flange vent has a 1 1/2 inch nail fin surrounding the face of the vent appearing as trim so once it is installed, there is no extra trim needed.

This flange also covers and hides the imperfections in the cut opening for a finished look and excellent water protection.

The nail fin may be used in a lot of cases as the fastening point but as a triple wall vent, the fasteners can be hidden behind the slats through the vent wall leaving the face flange as a finish trim.

What is the difference in tip to tip and opening size of a custom louver vent?

When ordering, the vent size is the only measure used.

The flange is an add on so it is not measured.

Tip to tip measures mean the vent itself, if naked from any flange or nail fin, will be those measures.

This is commonly used if the opening has not yet been cut into the wall.

Opening size will be measured as the entire opening in the wall.

Then, the vent will be sized down by a quarter of an inch per side of the vent.

This 15w x 28h x 5.5d vent was ordered opening size so it now measures 14.5 x 27.5 x 5.5 so it will slide into the opening easily.

This leaves a quarter inch gap on all 4 sides for adjustments.

If the opening isn't perfectly squared or an unseen protrusion blocking the opening as well as allowing for the wood framing to expand and contract without choking or sqeezing the vent.

Vents should never be too tight in the opening as this can cause excess stress on the vent frame and pop rivet fasteners and shorten the life of the vent.

What is a lock corner?

Along with pop rivets holding the corners together, the metal corners are tabbed and turned to lock them together.

The other option would be to trim these off.
But turning these tabs and locking the corners together makes for a stronger flange as well as stiffening up the vent a little more.

What is the vent depth?

This vent is commonly called a 6 inch deep eventhough it is physically 5 1/2 inches deep.

This common 6 inch deep is from the same framing language as a 2 x 6 wall.

The actual board size of a 2 x 6 is 1 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches.

Thus the common 6 inch vent name refers to a vent that is 5 1/2 inches deep.

From this angle, the deeper depth really shows.

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What is a box end vent or a box base vent?

Box end means the bottom of the vent is squared off like the sides and top.

These are used for wall inserts.

The squared bottom allows the vent to be set into place without sliding back out.

Angle base is used on roofs.

Roof vents sitting on the roof angle should have an angle matching the roof pitch.

Using a roof vent in a wall, the angled base will be difficult with the weight of the vent having nothing to brace it from sliding out during install or worse, falling out.

This is why having the correct custom louver vent is very important to ease and speed up the install process.

What holds the corner of the aluminum vent together?

Again, instead of trimming the excess metal length, it is bent and turned over and pressed to lock the metal corners together.

Small attention to detail type actions can prolong the vent life tremendously and the appearance will look just as good as the day it was delivered.

What bug screen is the best?

The suggested screening for evicting bugs from an attic is the aluminum screen.

Fiberglass or vinyl screen actually can be chewed through by wasps, hornets, grasshoppers, etc.

Aluminum is a more permanent solution.

Depending upon the weather conditions of the home's area, the aluminum screen has the capability of lasting 20 to 50 years.

Vinyl and fiberglass usually is beaten up by wind and eaten by insects within 5 to 10 years.

One last note about vent screening...

If the home is in a high dust area, the screen may need cleaned annually.

This can be accomplished by using a shop vac to suck the dust from the holes in the screen.

Do not wet the screen as this will cause the dust to cling worse.

Stronger Squared Gable Roof Vent

Vent Size			receive	receive	apx
if you choose...	order width	order height	vent width	vent height	net free
opening size	15	28	14.5	27.5	239
tip to tip of vent	15	28	15	28	253
tip to tip including flange	15	28	12	25	172

Depth: 5 1/2 inch thick

Color Options: Any Aluminum Coil Color

Type of Flange: Front Flange

Material: Aluminum, Metal

Screen: Aluminum, Solid metal back, Black aluminum screening on back, Vinyl screening

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