Roof and Attic Ventilation in Utah

Roof ventilation matters because a badly ventilated attic bakes shingles from underneath in summer and feeds ice dams in winter. It also traps moisture, which is how you end up with mold and damp insulation on a roof that never actually leaked. Ventilation quietly decides how long a good roof lasts.

An attic has a ventilation problem when frost forms on the underside of the roof deck in winter, or the space is brutally hot in summer. Damp or compressed insulation says the same thing, and so do ice dams that return every year on a sound roof. Shingles ageing far faster on one slope is another sign worth checking.

• Frost on the underside of the deck in winter
• Damp, compressed or moldy insulation
• Ice dams returning every year on a sound roof

Roof ventilation work means balancing intake and exhaust across the attic. Most problem attics have exhaust vents but no working intake at the soffits, so nothing actually moves. We assess what you have, calculate what the attic area needs, and correct both ends rather than just adding another vent.

• Intake and exhaust balance assessment
• Ridge venting sized to the attic
• Clearing or adding intake vents at the eaves
• Sealing attic air leaks from the living space

Fixing a ventilation problem starts by working out the attic's square footage and the airflow it actually requires, which is a calculation rather than a guess. In practice the fix is usually opening blocked intake vents under the eaves and fitting correctly sized ridge venting, so cool air enters low and warm air leaves high. Most attics we look at have exhaust and almost no intake, which leaves the attic pulling air out of your house instead of from outside.

1. Measure what the attic needsAirflow requirement comes from the area, not guesswork.
2. Check what is really thereBlocked soffits are the usual culprit, not missing ridge vents.
3. Correct intake and exhaustBoth ends have to work or neither does.
4. Seal leaks from belowWarm indoor air in the attic undoes the ventilation.

Courtland Roofing is a family-owned, licensed and insured Utah roofing company led by Coury Lloyd. Ventilation is the least glamorous part of a roof and one of the most consequential, so we check it on every replacement rather than leaving it as somebody else's problem.

Why homeowners pick us:

• We check intake, not just exhaustMost problem attics have vents at the ridge and nothing working at the soffits.
• Sized to your atticAirflow requirement comes from the area, not from adding another vent and hoping.
• Checked on every replacementWe assess the ventilation as part of the job instead of leaving it for someone else.
• Ventilation protects the roof you just paid forBad ventilation ages good shingles from underneath.

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Courtland Roofing provides roof ventilation across 89 cities and communities in Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah Counties, plus nearby areas including Tooele, Park City, Heber City, Morgan and Brigham City. We correct roof and attic ventilation in all of them.

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