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Attic soffit vents baffles.
Baffles prevent vents from getting clogged by insulation and ensure a clear channel for outside air to move into the attic through soffit vents.
Basic functions of baffles baffles are chutes that when installed properly can provide a channel for air to flow from your exterior soffit vents up into your attic space.
Baffles ensure proper airflow into your attic space.
These specialty vents do not affect the.
So why install a baffle.
The code associated issues.
Per the 2009 irc r806 3 vent and insulation clearance insulation shall not block the free flow of air.
Without fresh air from the soffit vents your roof top vents such as.
Baffles are installed in the attic or should be wherever there is an intake vent soffit vent.
If insulation is allowed to bunch against the inside slope of the roof between the rafters air will be blocked before.
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An attic with balanced ventilation has undereave or soffit vents which allow fresh air into the attic.
Without baffles you must keep vents clear of insulation which means.
That airflow is intended to churn the stale air in.
Soffit vents and baffles work in tandem together and you will usually find attic baffles between the rafters or the roof sheathing in order to create protection for the soffit vents.
The fresh air flows up between rafters to the ridge where a ridge vent roof vents or gable vents allow the air to exit.
Baffles are a critical component to our attic insulation process that provides multiple benefits to a difficult construction aspect.
From left to right air flows through the soffit vents up over the baffles allowing for the required roof venting.
Installing baffles from a soffit vent and up the rafter bay allows you to insulate every available inch of attic floor space.
Without an attic baffle there will not be any air space for fresh air to enter the attic from the soffit vents.