Turtle Vent Roof

Since the roof ridge is the highest point of your roof it allows for the optimal exhaust of air and moisture.

Turtle vent roof.

As air comes in through the eaves the warmest air will rise up to the ridge and out through the turtle vent. This type of vent is extremely easy to install or add to an existing system. Turtle vents also known as louvers are installed as close to the ridge as possible. The vents will take the air passing through soffit vents and allow it to escape at the highest point of the roof.

Roofers will cut the underlayment and install the vents which act passively and cover small sections of a roof. As air comes in through the soffit vents the warmest air will rise up to the ridge. This is just pure physics. The turtle vent works best if it is installed close to the roof ridge.

Turtle vents are relatively inexpensive and easy to install. Turtle vents are also called box vents or louvers. If your roof s ventilation isn t up to par adding turtle vents could solve the problem. The turtle vents installed work to remove the moisture in your home at times when humidity is high in the atlanta area.