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Originally Posted by fishsmith
Be sure your soffits are not blocking ventilation. My buddy's roof was wet ON THE INSIDE because his insulation was over the soffits.
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All set, and excellent point, channel/soffit vents like a "C" shape stapled to the roof decking allow the eve vent air to flow to the ridge vent. The space below these vents was blocked off with faced batting insulation. Water and insulation should never be introduced. If I had more time, I would have used the airsealing method in combination with the channel/soffit vents to build a plastic barrier nearest to the eve vents. For my house, a ranch, the Northern exposure is 14' off the ground to the eve vents, and the southern exposure is about 10' with full sun. The house gets sun all day and sits on a hill so there is ample air flow/wind to dry up moisture which is a good thing for the house, but browns the grass after June. I use the word Eve interchangeably with soffit*