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Originally Posted by Baz
My understanding is the ridge vent is not as effective without soffit venting to help the flow.
I'm not saying a ridge vent isn't a good idea, but that the whole venting process usually includes more than one aspect for it to all come together.
When we re-roofed my house in metal earlier this year, we decided against a ridge vent, and just stay with the two existing gable vents and passive venting. They are oriented north-south so that should work the best for our prevailing wind directions here.
Earlier in the thread I mentioned the prospect of adding a thermostatically controlled fan to push hot air out one end and that is something I'm probably going to try. I have a recording thermometer on order to help me with stats.
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Pop those fans right on the inside of the gable vents and have one pull and one push air through. You can even install a shield to push deflect the air up near the ridge to help recirculate the hottest part of the attic. Those fan will help a lot. During those 95 degree days here in socal, they are running 8-9 hours daily.