The house is in Moreno Valley, CA - so it is quite dry and hot most of the year with little rain. The house is 900 sq ft, and is swamp cooled. Most of the home is open beam, save for 200 square feed that has an attic over it. The roof is a 1:12 roof. It has rolled Ashpalt on it now, and I plan to replace with rolled.
The home inspector said that the attic space, although quite small, needs some sort of vent to be up to code.
I am wondering what sort of vents can be used on a low slope like this? I originally intended to get a turbine style vent, but I cannot find them at my local hardware stores (Weird?) except for one at Lowes that has some pretty poor reviews and is an unsightly black (its a white low slope roof). Besides that, I'd rather not spend $50 on something that will have a negligible effect on my comfort of the house (the attic only covers the bathroom and hallway)
Their really isn't room for soffit vents, and Gable vents are impossible (the ones at the side of the house that make a triangle) because most of the house is an open beam ceiling.
I want to avoid a powered fan because I am not comfortable doing the electrical work, and I don't fancy the extra power consumption.
Any ideas? I have seen some low profile vents, but I am concerned they will not work well with low slope roofing.
Heres what I have found
Turbine that reportedly breaks after two weeks
Low Profile Vent
Vent that looks like water would run into it
Not sure why this is so expensive, also looks like water might run in, but says "for flat tile roofs"