LEARN MORE ABOUT PROPER VENTILATION! Use the power of the sun to vent your home's attic, shed, garage and Conex shipping containers. Our solar-powered fan ventilation solutions boost the effectiveness of a normally passive vent whenever the sun is out to help expel the hot/moist air more efficiently. The actual vents themselves are industry standard roof vents that will always work passively throu
gh the science of convection as hot air will always rise. But when the sun is shining, our solar-powered vent fans allow the sun itself to get rid of its own hot air a lot faster! Designed by a career roofer who recognized a problem with his customer's attics (rotting wood, mold and other issues) that were not a result of his own workmanship on the roof but rather a lack of continual air flow in their attics. The multiple industry standard vents weren't doing a good enough job of removing the summer's hot air and the winter's moist air. So he designed a fan and solar panel that could be attached to the metal vents that are used by roofers every day. Over many years, he has continued to develop more and more solar-powered vent/fans for all sorts of applications. On homes with attics, the key to good ventilation is uniform air movement across the entire attic space. Air will come in through the eave vents (intake vents are needed for proper ventilation of any space), and will help push up the hotter air to escape out of the exhaust vents such as our Solar RoofBlaster vents. In order to achieve the uniform air movement across the entire attic area, multiple vents are needed. Any roofing website, including our own, has venting calculators to help you figure out how many vents your home, shed or garage needs. In general, we suggest a vent every 6-8 feet along your ridge. Because you want your fan working all year long any time the sun is shining, our vents do not require a thermostat. Ideally, you want your attic temperature to mimic your outside air temperature. This will prevent condensation from forming in your attic during winter months when the outside air is much colder than your attic (think of a pop can and what happens when you take it out of a fridge). And during the summer months, when your attic can reach temperatures of 140-150 degrees on a 90 degree day, you want that hot air out to prevent those oven temperatures from affecting your living space below (ever notice that your upstairs rooms are warmer than downstairs?). So proper ventilation across your entire attic space is crucial for a healthy attic and a healthy home.
