Roof vents might seem like humble, unimportant roofing components – after all, they are practically holes located at the top and the bottom of the roof –, but in fact they fulfill multiple roles, all of them essential for the health of the roof, the energy-efficiency of the entire home as well as for the quality of the air in your roofs. Here is why good roof ventilation by experienced Highlands Ranch roofing companies is so important:

• Temperature regulation – whether you live in an area that gets extremely cold winters or scorching hot summers, the ventilation of your roof will prevent roof overheating during the hot months and the accumulation of moisture and heat loss in winter. Through these functionalities, roofing ventilation helps maintain temperatures inside the home, thus contributing to the building’s energy efficiency;
• The prevention of ice dams – ice dams form when the heated air rising from inside the home meets the roof covered in snow and the lower layer of the snow gets melted. The melted water then runs down of the roof slope and melts again at the roof edge. The phenomenon might be spectacular, but ice dams are heavy and can cause severe damage to the roof as well as to the gutters – fortunately, ice damming is easy to prevent, with roof vents installed in the right roof areas to evacuate any warm air before it reaches the roof covering.