Fire Resistant Attic Vents

Fire protection vents and filters prevent fire embers wind driven rain dust debris and nesting animals and rodents from entering your home through the attic vent.

Fire resistant attic vents.

These vents typically use a combination of screening and other design features to resist intrusion of embers and flames. Retro fit kits upgrade existing vents to be fire and ember safe. The attic vents through small mesh vents on top of the roof. For when re installing vents is impractical but you still want to fire proof your attic you need vulcan retrofits.

See our retrofits and subflashings not sure what vent you need. We can create practically any size you need. The vents look like red spanish tiles. Flame ember resistant gable end vent 14 x 24 retrofit 0 125 screened for retrofitting gable end vents overlapping baffle protection with 1 8 screen backing 24 tall x 14 wide w flange front fits standard 16 stud spacing.

Inside our attic space we have 8 inches of spray foam insulation that is extremely fire resistant a lighter held to an edge of the foam did not catch flame. Four vents have recently been accepted for use by the office of the state fire marshal these vents can be used in applications where ember and flame intrusion resistance is required. Gable vents provide needed exhaust for hot air from attic space for many configurations. Installation is a snap.