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It's home improvement week, at Casa de Greg.

I've recently found out that I did not have roof vents of any kind...For shame, in FL, a 10y old house, somebody must have bribed a home inspector! The attic is frequently seeing 125F or more, and that makes my upstairs A/C work overtime !

No biggie I thought, I'll have some installed... Concrete tile roof, no big deal,pop 2 tile, put a vent, reseal? Well I have had 2 quotes so far and not one under $4500 ! Gulp ! That's for a couple of thermostatic vents ?!

I want to know if that is "I dropped the soap, why don't you pick it up?" kinda pricing
or if it's just me not being up to date on what it costs... Also doubting I need fancy thermostatic anything, just a hurricane proof hole ! At that price, it would take a looong time to get my money back in A/C savings...

Opinions? Am I getting the stupid price or am I out of touch ?

[Edit] PS: I just read this online:

"my roofer says we dont need attic ventilation with a concrete tile. He says tile roofs are cooler then shingles like we had before. The tile insulates. 99% of all the tile houses I see in the area have no roof top vents or power vents. The only rooftop power ventilators I can find in the stores are made for shingle roofs."

I wonder then if 125F under my tiles is considered OK or not ? Seems high to me. When the A/C breaks down, downstairs equalizes with outside temps within a couple of hours, upstairs remains 10-15F hotter for hours and hours !