Understanding the basics of roof ventilation can prevent expensive repairs later. Learn about how to achieve optimal airflow ...

Q: I live in a two-story, single-family home with an unfinished attic above the second story. I am reroofing the house and have a question about roof venting. Most houses in the neighborhood have ...

Q. In some of your articles on ice dams/roofs, you mention ridge vents. Our experience with ridge vents has been that openings are blocked by any significant snowfall. Without ventilation all heat ...

Lots of new homebuyers face another hurricane season with roof vents that they say can't keep windblown rain out. They bought new houses and then could not believe the water damage caused by Hurricane ...

After sizing up the smoke conditions and other details, Houston firefighters begin to open the roof for ventilation. (Chris Kelly, YouTube) Ladder 51 was first in truck to a single family dwelling ...

Very few who are in the fire service will dispute the importance of controlled and coordinated ventilation. (In this author’s opinion, it is second only to proper hoseline placement.) Whatever your ...

The window of time in which to operate offensively on the modern fireground is compressed, and conditions change rapidly. With today’s modern furnishings made up of primarily synthetic materials, fire ...