Questions and Answers for Amerimax Home Products Accuvent 22.5 in. x 1.5 in. Black Soffit Insulation Baffle

A:  In short, no. If you have a shallow roof pitch and you're adding many inches of insulation, you may need to add a second one to stay about the insulation. The opening of the vent must be above the level of the insulation.

A:  Not all the way to the ridge, just a bit higher than the insulation. One length does the trick. I usually double them up in each bay since they are thin plastic. No harm in doing every bay.

A:  No need to install more than one as long as it extends beyond the level of your insulation. It’s suggested you install one in every rafter.

A:  You install only one in each rafter bay; they should not run all the way to the ridge.

A:  I put mine in at the soffit and on all rafters. The idea is that it channels the outside air in and up the roof line to the peak where the ridge vent lets the air out. This helps the circulation in the attic from getting stale and allows it to breath. They can be cut down to size as needed, my rafters were 24" a part and these fit perfectly. I can't find pictures right now but I ordered one to go between each rafter for the living room we are (still) repairing/remodeling.

A:  Use common sense, your attics arflow design & It's design. Each attic application is custom. In my attic I could barely get 1 every other rafter. Thats better than not having any and trapoing heat.

A:  These just need to intsalled at the soffit. To be most effective they should be put in every rafter bay.

A:  Technically yes. This is inside the attic. The soffit is what actually keeps everything out. But yes, if your soffit is vented (small holes) this would help to keep wasps out. If your unsure of what im talking about google soffit and hope that helps

A:  No

A:  No, I'm sorry it is not.

A:  This item has nothing to do with keeping critters out of your attic space. It gets installed inside the attic, just above the soffit vent between the rafters. It keeps the insulation from blocking the air flow through the soffit vent. If there are critters/wasps in the attic, this item will have no effect on keeping them out.

A:  I seriously doubt it. The structure of your soffit should do that. These are only to hold back insulation and provide a gap for airflow.

A:  No. The intent of the soffit vent is to just keep insulation material from blowing into the soffit area. If there is inconsistency in the trust spacing there will be small gaps, thus allowing wasps to pass through and squirrels can nibble through anything.

A:  I've installed these on both my house and my new external garage. I think you could install them from the outside, but you'd have to reach through the adjacent truss section and around the truss itself to staple the Accuvent in place. This would work until you got to the last one. Hopefully that makes sense.

A:  Yes, you can install the airway from the outside. The airway is thin and flexible enough to feed through the vent opening and position to rafters or decking. Long arms are a bonus!

A:  I assume thst you are trying to install this through the soffit . I can't see how you would secure it that way. You might want to look at other options that you secure to the underside of the roof decking only. Then you could fill the remaining space at the wall edge not occupied by the new ducts with rigid foam pieces or wood blocking. Perhaps stapling 30# roofing felt or tyvek to the rafters/trusses to fill the gap would be a time saver. Presumably, you are just trying to prevent blown in insulation from getting into your soffits while keeping an air passage open for attic vertilation.

A:  This would be hard to install from the outside of your soffit and slide it up into your attic space. I put the product in both my garage and house and it was very manageable. Much better than cardboard and styrofoam baffles. If you try in a section first it might work for you. Hope that helped a little.

A:  You have to be able to staple the vent to the rafters. I don't think you can do that from the outside.

A:  I did ours from the inside with a 4-in-12 pitch. Can't imagine how it could be done from the outside unless the entire soffit were to be removed -- then still very difficult.

A:  You will not be able to attach it from the outside. I had to lay a small strip of plywood across the rafters and flip from belly to back to attach with a stapler.

A:  I just installed 2 of these with the walls turn out in my bathroom and there are a few things you should know. 1 this is designed for a house with trusses and not stick built joists which unfortunately I have so I had to modify the vent. 2 I have nails that stick through as well and I'm sure that almost everyone should have nails in the way as well. The product is plastic and even if the nails pierce through the plastic it should be fine. The idea is to vent air from outside into your attic and keep insulation from blocking the air ways. You can use just about anything, my house is old and they were using 2 ft pieces of gutters to vent air. Hopefully this helps and makes sense. After what I have done so far I would prefer to vent another way, but this product is stronger then the cheap foam ones that just break apart.

A:  Yes. The channels in product will give room for some of the nails and any in your way just try to push through plastic. I recommend the pink Styrofoam vent. The nails easily push through the Styrofoam and hold your piece in place until you staple into place. Nails are like having a third arm to help hold in place

A:  I simply pushed the vent into place and let the nails pop through - the nails actually helped hold the vent in place.

A:  I had this situation as well and I just pushed the nail through the plastic if I needed to to make the product lay flat. It was no big deal and the product works well.

A:  yes I used some existing nails to hold these pieces in place.

A:  Yes. You can easily poke the nails through the plastic and lay the soffit vent flat against the decking wood.

A:  Yes you can. These baffles work perfectly. I used them to retrofit my attic as none were installed when my house was originally built. When stapled to the rafters, nails will simply punch through the baffle. I chose these baffles because they were strong enough to not rip or tear in a retrofit yet pliable enough to handle the protruding shingle nails. They worked great.

A:  Thanks for your question. This item is made from PVC so the roofing nails will go through the pvc with a little work.

A:  Yes, that is quite typical and will not be an issue.

A:  Yes, just push the vent onto the existing nails were they touch the area's on the vent.

A:  I stapled mine directly to the roof sheeting in the upper indentions. I started stapling the outer edges to the sheeting but found that not very effective.

A:  Just on the part that touches the plywood. As pictures and online videos recommend.

A:  stapling to the plywood / decking would be a problem if your staples were going all the way thru the wood. if you are using a handheld, non-pneumatic stapler then that should not be a problem.

A:  It gets stapled to the plywood. There are marks on it where they want you to put staples.

A:  Staple on the top plate (in the edge or top) are all that is necessary. The rigidity of the product will hold it in place, until the insulation is blown in. After which, there are no worries.

A:  I stapled them.

A:  I had to install mine from the inside and there is no "easy" way. I installed them in every bay except at corners of our 4-in-12 pitch roof. Lots of time crawling on my stomach using a slap stapler! I'm glad to have it done.

A:  We recommend installing the Accuvent Airway from the inside.

A:  I think it's possible, but you'll have to reach through the adjacent truss bay, then around the truss itself to staple from the inside. That should work until you get to the last opening, which will be difficult.

A:  The Accuvent Vinyl Attic Airway and Soffit Vent is made to be attached inside the attic to the rafters. Unless you have clear access to do so, we recommend installing them from the inside.

A:  They will work depending on how much insulation you have or want to put in.

A:  Not unless you have long arms. Bought this and had to return because I couldn't attach well because of tight space. Use the pink Styrofoam vents. I used them instead. However I still wanted to block blown-in insulation from getting into my ridge vent. My solution was to use small pieces of old fiberglass insulation and push towards ridge vent to act as a dam for the blown-in insulation

A:  With great difficulty! I have done it on ours with same pitch. No room to install them at corners of 4-in-12 hip roof but have done all other bays. I had the insulation gone at the time prior to re-insulating.

A:  Yes

A:  Yes, I believe these are the same. I searched Brentwood Accuvents and they are exactly the same ones.

A:  Thanks for your question. We distribute the AccuVent product. It is listed in our catalog on page 61. Yes, you can extend them by adding one on top of the other.