Since february 1997 active ventilation products avp has been a supplier of roof vents roof jacks and whole house fans for fema federal emergency management agency housing hud united states department of housing and urban development housing and for those in the modular commercial and residential markets.
Flat roof breather vent installation.
Another common flat roof vent is the mushroom vent.
Today the majority of flat roof con structions are carried out as unven tilated flat roof without a ventilation level for thermal insulation.
3 subsequent ceiling level condensation.
2 expansion and contraction stress on the weathering membrane.
The conical shape and wide base opening allows for greater performance than standard cylindrical designed vents allows for easier installation and a better performing flashing detail.
The breather vent allows for this moisture to escape while eliminating any moisture from entering.
Roof vents need to be built tall for flat roofs because flat roofs drain water poorly and slowly compared to steep sloped roofs.
It has been common practice in recent years to install breather vents in an attempt to remove moisture from wet insulation.
They work with multi layer and three layer roofing systems helping to reduce the build up of moisture.
Ventilated flat roof ventilated flat roofs two part cold roofs provide a functional roof.
Klober breather vents can be installed in both cold and warm flat roofs if needed and their design enables them to ventilate between the layers.
They are suitable for use with almost all single ply and multi layer flat roof systems and provide essential airflow between the flat roof structure to reduce the build up of condensation and other forms of moisture which can occur in unventilated flat roofs.
Flat roof ventilation should be accomplished when you have equal amounts of air exhaust with air intake.
They operate with a billow that opens and closes according to the moisture content within the attic area.
Our flat roof breather vents are specifically designed as a means of ventilating insulated cold deck roof designs.
In order to avoid a steam bubble with mois ture trapped inside breather vents are used.
3 mushroom roof vent.
A simple identification feature distinguishes the one way vent from the two way breather allowing for roof inspections to be completed quickly and thoroughly.