I recently purchased a house with a rafter ceiling (no Attic). It's in Colorado and experiences quite a bit of wind. I have done a bunch of ceiling drywall repair due to leaking. I had a roofing contractor come and replace the ridge venting. He said he had the stuff that would stop the leaking. The roof is like an 11/12 pitch or so.
I was a little late getting to the house and he had started removing the old ridge vent already, it was Shinglevent II (House is 6 years old). In the boxes of new Ridge vent was Shinglevent II !!! Well, now I'm stuck with snow coming in the next couple of days. The previous ShingleVent appeared to have been installed correctly but the water leakage was visable. I have heard good results with Shinglevent so I am suprised it is not working well at all.
They finished installing the new Shinglevent and ridge shingles (not much choice really). My hope is that the new barrier will hold out the moisture for a bit while I figure out how to improve/fix the situation.
Any idea's on how to improve the performance of the current Shinglevent or should I look at a product like Cor-a-vent X-5 with the wind foil? I'm sure the leaking is due to Wind driven/blowing snow/rain in a windy area...
I was a little late getting to the house and he had started removing the old ridge vent already, it was Shinglevent II (House is 6 years old). In the boxes of new Ridge vent was Shinglevent II !!! Well, now I'm stuck with snow coming in the next couple of days. The previous ShingleVent appeared to have been installed correctly but the water leakage was visable. I have heard good results with Shinglevent so I am suprised it is not working well at all.
They finished installing the new Shinglevent and ridge shingles (not much choice really). My hope is that the new barrier will hold out the moisture for a bit while I figure out how to improve/fix the situation.
Any idea's on how to improve the performance of the current Shinglevent or should I look at a product like Cor-a-vent X-5 with the wind foil? I'm sure the leaking is due to Wind driven/blowing snow/rain in a windy area...