Installing Vents In Garage

Follow the simple steps below to effectively install your roof vents.

Installing vents in garage.

Installing the garage vent. Here s a picture showing some progress. Next i inserted the shutter vent and nailed it in the wall studs. Moreover vents help keep the deadly and smelly fumes away when the garage door is closed.

Static vents may look similar to air vents in your house but they are installed in the walls of your garage. With the garage vent in place i attached the j channel frame overlapping the rough cut edges of the vinyl siding. If your garage suffers from poor ventilation there is little you can do about it without costly repairs or renovations. This can be as easy as placing a fan in the window to blow the air out.

Install them with the slats angled so that rain falls away from the vent. The best configuration would be directly across from each other but this is not always possible. One way to let your garage breathe is to construct a ventilation system. If you have the budget for a higher powered system you can install vents and an outlet fan.

So if you don t have the funds to install more windows or don t want to keep the operating door cracked open to help with the problem for security reasons the next best solution is an exhaust fan. Adding a roof vent will allow the proper flow of the air lowering the temperature inside the garage. If you can not put a vent directly across from the first install one on a diagonal.