Stack Vent Top Of Gable Roof

The existing vent is louvered with a screen behind it.

Stack vent top of gable roof.

Hide unavailable products. A stack vent is the extension of the waste stack to provide venting. Set your store to see local. For pricing and availability.

All the vents connect to it through branch lines and it vents the main toilet the most important plumbing fixture in most houses. A gable vent is a slotted piece of wood or siding that s installed into the side of a home near the gable where two roof pitches meet in a triangle. Finding out if you have gable rake vents and whether you still need them. View top sellers in.

In stock at store today 7 shop in store only. Air vent high efficiencypower attic fan 1470 cfm weatherwood galvanized steel electric power roof vent. Outriggers 2x4s are installed over top of the last gable truss or rafter one end is anchored to the second truss or rafter back from the ga ble end and the other end sticks out past the gable end wall to support the roof sheathing on the overhang. 2 gable vents work regardless of anything else or nothing else but i would ditch any older in the field roof work vents as the roofing my not be pliable break off in pieces.

If you can t put the main stack through the roof most local plumbing codes allow you to put it through a wall instead but there are conditions. The 2 inch main vent will travel approx 8 upward in my 2x4 stud wall and exit the top plate at which point it will travel at a 45 degree angle for a distance of approx 20 at which point it will exit the gable end. I ve seen the entire gable turned into a vent. The uppermost part of the waste stack that connects to the uppermost part of the roof is the stack vent.

The main stack is the heart of the venting system. I would place a screen over the end of it to keep pests out of it. Gable vents are regularly enlarged re shaped to meet the desired ventilation. Inside diameter black new construction or reroof thermoplastic vent pipe roof flashing model pb 312 4bk 19 97 19 97.