Originally Posted By: SHOZ
I had a new roof put on 5 years ago with a ridge vent. The ridge vent replaced three aluminum turbines. I finally took the ridge vent off this spring and put in three new aluminum turbines.
With the ridge vent, the AC bill went up considerable and it got so hot in the attic the resin started to bead out of 60 year old wood.
I have static vents next to the turbines, from what I have read that the turbines suction air from the static vents and rob the flow from the soffit vents,
I hear you on the hot attic, mine gets super hot too.
wow, so ridge vents are way overrated huh?
can you have both ridge vents and turbines?