How To Cut Into The Attic Sofit

Water stained or blackened wood.

How to cut into the attic sofit.

Installing is as simple as marking the hole cutting it with a jigsaw and then screwing or pinning the vent itself into place. Here are the signs to look for. Depending on where exactly you install your cameras and what is the material of your soffit our soffit vinyl you may need some different tools than what we use. When cutting the holes that will.

You should be able to see the blocking between rafters and with a long drill bit up through the camera hole you can drill through that block just 1 5 thick get your angle right don t drill the roof. A sign that condensation is. This allows for the hot and humid air that has built up inside your attic to escape out of your other vents. Once the holes.

To install the vents holes will need to be cut into the soffit. These vents work great along with the roof ridge vent which i have an article on and i encourage you to watch that one as well. The plywood had to go. Space them evenly around the soffit area and be sure that they will fit between the joists or rafters use a stud finder to locate them.

The plywood had holes cut into it for vents but i m skeptical that the intake air could easily flow into the attic. Next bore a 3 4 or 1 in dia. Two simple alternatives to soffit vents can be installed with little more than a circular saw and a hammer. Drill some holes in the.

The lower surface of the eaves will need to be cut into using a jigsaw or keyhole saw. Hole through the soffit right between the lines and measure the thickness of the soffit panel probably 1 4 or 3 8 in. Each 16 x 8 vent had 56 square inches of net free area see definition below sorry. Interestingly the under eave soffit vents that were previously installed were roughly adequate.

You can also spot this in the summer. The wood piece will be fixed by screws and it will help us to mount the camera in it through soffit. Frost on the underside of the roof or rafters. Warm moist air trapped in the attic condenses and freezes on the wood.

Cut the two parallel lines with a portable circular saw. Soffit vents offer the most amount of airflow and are some of the easiest vents to install making them a no brainer for homeowners looking to improve ventilation. Where the camera goes make a hole big enough to see up in there camera will cover the hole. Using chalk mark the space where you will install the soffit vents.

A sign of mildew or rot. Then set your circular saw to that depth and cut along the chalk lines. How to install attic soffit vents step 1. The soffit vent allows for cooler fresh outside air to be pulled into your roof or attic.