Avoid cutting the vent hole between your primary and secondary exits off the roof. When cutting your ventilation hole, a good technique to use is the "798" cut.

Vertical ventilation of flat roofs is critical to open cockloft space, to allow engines to make the push on the seat of the fire. Sometimes, ...

Mike Dugan reviews the various types of flat roofs that a truck company firefighter can encounter, then provides a step-by-step approach to venting a flat roof.

The vent the roofer installed is a couple of feet tall and has a cap on it. It sounds like you might have one of the small caps that is intended for a through-the-wall vent which, as you now know, won ...

Bathroom exhaust fans need a vent. Here's how to install a vent cap on the roof and connect it to your fan. The post How To Install a Bathroom Roof Vent appeared first on Family Handyman.

Q: I recently had a new roof installed, and the roofers included a ridge vent at the peak of the roof. Now I understand a ridge vent should not have been installed because I already had the flat ...

Q: I recently had a new roof installed and the roofers included a ridge vent at the peak of the roof. Now I understand a ridge vent should not have been installed because I already had the flat ...

Now I understand a ridge vent should not have been installed because I already had the flat roof vents, gable vents and overhang vents. Should I be concerned? A: The main problem you might ...

We are designing a pitched roof for our 1950s-era home that has an almost-flat torch-down roof. We want to update the look and get a better roofing system. The engineer and construction company ...