Soffit Vents On Second Floor Eaves

Master flow undereave 3 in l white plastic soffit vent.

Soffit vents on second floor eaves. P tec products soffit eave vent brown 4 8 out of 5 stars 11 maurice franklin louver 2 round white polypropylene plastic louver with insect screen system priced per bag of 6. I was going to put an 8 x 16 soffit vent on every second rafter in the front starting with the outer most space between rafter 1 and 2. I have a 2500 sq ft attic floor ten 8 x 16. 16 x 6 undereave vent.

On the rear i was going every second one but alternate by starting between rafter 2 and 3. Air vent 8 in l white aluminum soffit vent. For pricing and availability. Soffit vents are installed under the overhang in the eaves known as the soffit to allow cool outside air in the attic to reduce the temperature.

Since warm air rises outside air is drawn in the soffit vents and exits near the peak of the roof through ridge gable or roof vents to provide natural air circulation through the attic. Although soffit vents are not specifically mentioned as required both the international residential code irc and residential edition of the florida building code fbc r806 2 require an attic ventilation area of at least 1 150 of the area being ventilated which works out to be about one inch of ventilation opening for every square foot of attic area and not less than 40 percent and. Adding attic soffit vents under roof eaves.