How To Install Retrofit Roof Baffles
Remove the ceiling drywall under the baffle area and install the baffles from below.
How to install retrofit roof baffles. With a low sloped roof trying to work within the confines of the attic will be very difficult. The gable of your house must have openings to allow fresh air to enter and stale air to exit. Baffles and insulation keep air moving below a roof deck to expel the air outside. How to install attic rafter vents and baffles.
This particular house didn t have any access from. In this video we show you how to retrofit a cathedral ceiling from the attic with vbaffle s attic baffle. Two obvious but invasive ways are to. If your finished attic includes knee walls along the lower sections of the space you only need to install baffles to the area where drywall will be attached directly to the roof rafters.
Rafter vents should be placed in your attic ceiling in between the rafters at the point where your attic ceiling meets your attic floor. Without this air movement any moisture that gets into. To install the rafter vents staple them directly to the roof decking. In this video we show you how to retrofit a house that has strip vents for soffit vents with attic baffles.
This particular install only required one vbaffle per rafter cavity.