| 摘要 |
A ridge vent for ventilating a building enclosure having one or more main body sections, each body section having a width, a length and a height and being configured to be secured end to end over a ventilation slot opening along a ridge of a roof. Each of the main body sections defines an air flow passageway between the ventilation slot and the outside through the main body to permit air to vent from under the roof and to prevent weather and pests from passing into the building enclosure though the vent. Each of the main body sections has fastener receiving slots along opposed sides for fastening the body sections to a roof deck on opposed sides of the ridge. Each of the main body sections is sized and shaped to have a row of cap shingles carried along a middle of the body when the main body sections are installed on the roof peak and the cap shingles are secured by fasteners along either side of the middle of the vent body. Each of the body sections including a fastener gripping means carried in the vent body above the roof on either side of the middle for retaining the fasteners used to attach the cap shingles to the main body whereby the cap shingles can be secured to the vent body instead of the roof deck to permit the air flow passageway under the cap shingles to be unconstrained by a length of the fasteners. A method of installing such a roof vent is also comprehended. |
