Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install a solar attic fan.
Steps:
1 In attic, mark location of solar-powered vent between two roof rafters.
2 Drive nail through center of vent location.
3 Install roof brackets and fall-arrest system to roof.
4 Scribe outline of vent's flashing on roof using homemade dowel compass.
5 Cut shingles along circular outline with a utility knife.
6 Pull nails and remove shingles from within the circle.
7 Use compass to scribe hole for vent onto roof sheathing.
8 Cut hole in roof with a reciprocating saw.
9 Remove shingles from around the vent opening.
10 Apply continuous bead of tri-polymer roofing cement around hole.
11 Set roof vent over hole, then screw the fan's flashing to roof.
12 Apply more caulking around flashing.
13 Replace all the roof shingles around the vent fan with 1 ½-inch roofing nails.
Install a solar attic fan with This Old House
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