I have large eaves overhanging the exterior walls with plenty of soffit vents already installed.
Cape cod roof venting.
So the front and back sides of the roof have different pitches.
This observation is based on fact physics and basic thermodynamic principles.
Wood siding must be nailed into a full 1 inch solid wood nailing base.
Special venting or packed hot roof problems for cape cod roofs.
This product is also the best solution for effectively insulating the cape cod style house.
The cool vent by hunter panels is a product that is usually installed on commercial steep sloped roofing systems such as schools or churches.
The second story living space on the back side of the home is created by having a lower pitched roof.
Use cape cod colour matched nails.
Allow a 3 8 inch gap capillary break between the flashing and the siding.
The hot stagnant attic air is not being vented properly and being trapped by the ridge vent design.
Furthermore the steeper the roof pitch like homes in texas or the older cape cod homes in the midwest the less the ridge vent will work.
The last cape cod i did we cut through the knee walls and hung rigid foam on the bottoms of the rafters.
Tim if your house has fiberglass insulation between the rafters every single rafter bay must according to code have an air gap between the top of the insulation and the underside of the roof sheathing this air gap is usually established by the installation of a vent baffle or chute.
Our page top photo shows a cape cod home in poughkeepsie new york.
I m going to be replacing the roof this spring and would like to improve the ventilation there is no overhang so i can t install soffit venting without some.
I have a cape cod style home pictured below.
Once that was done we blew 15 of cellulose in the rest of the attic.
Then we climbed into the upper attic and dense packed each cavity from above.
This building was constructed with no roof overhang making roof intake venting tricky to obtain and risking extra damage from ice dams or gutter overflow leaks.
What a job but the homeowners noticed immediate results.