Roof Turbine Not Moving

Examine the turbine from the exterior from the roof.

Roof turbine not moving.

The benefits of using a turbine. If the vents are blocked by insulation boxes or. Depending upon the diameter of the vents and the wind speed outdoors the turbines can expel vast quantities of humid air before it becomes a problem. Walking around my soffits yes i do have soffit vents and from the attic i can see sunlight in.

Do i have a low pressure system. The other thing about turbine vents is that they really do pull air out of the attic. If air sealing hasn t been performed in the attic they ll pull air into the attic from inside the house and shouldn t be used that bears repeating. Get free shipping on qualified roof turbines or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department.

Climb up into your attic and look at the vents from the inside. Also barely using my finger of course they spin freely no noise etc. My attic turbines are not turning step 1. Be sure to lubricate the bearings.

I ve gone on the roof and white lithium greased both and but a level on them and they are pretty close to level. Do not install turbine vents if the attic has not been professionally air sealed. A turbine may fail to spin if the bearings become rusty or. Climb the ladder remove the access panel and enter the attic.

Just hot air rising out of one will make it spin. The faster the wind speed the faster the turbine rotates. A small 12 inch diameter turbine vent with a constant wind speed of 5 miles per hour mph can remove 347 cubic feet of air per minute cfm from the attic space. If the wind is blowing and catches the fins then the turbines act like giant vacuum pumps sucking hundreds of cubic feet of hot air out of an attic per minute.

This is a standard turbine vent. Roof vents need to move hot humid air from the attic to the outdoors so that humidity doesn t build up and cause mold rot or other moisture problems that findlay roofing regularly sees when dealing with attic issues. Find the noisy turbine and apply the lubricant to the moving parts of the turbine.