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Vulcan Fire Safe Gable Vents
Vulcan Gable Vents
Built To Protect
Gable vents are the vents on the exterior walls of a home's attic to allow for proper airflow. In the summer, the home may be cooled with air conditioning but heat rises, getting caught under the roof. The same can be said of the winter, however, extreme temperature shifts are even harder on an attics open space. Gable vents provide necessary ventilation to deter condensation which can lead to mold and mildew. For more information, Download the Vulcan Catalog.
The difference between gable vents and ridge vents and soffit vents (also exterior vents under the roof) is that gable vents are meant to show, adding an architectural element to the home. However, this doesn't mean that the vent openings should stay vulnerable.
Vulcan Vents can easily be insgtalled on a variety of construction material, including:
Wood Siding
Stucco
Mil Core
Foam Back
Fiber Cement
Vulcan Vent Features & Benefits
Honeycomb matrix closing technology with ember-catching screen mesh built into galvanized steel frame
Net free vent area (96 sq. in) providing open soffit ventilation
Designed to meet the new California Building code State Fire Marshal (OSFM) 12 Chapter 7A of the California Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire code program
Passed the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E2886 to effectively block ember entry
Fire safety starts with Vulcan Vents.
Make sure that the most exposed areas of the house have adequate protection in place in the case of ember attacks. The Vulcan Vent is equipped with a stainless steel ember-catching mesh screen and a honeycomb intumescent coating that expands and blocks flame intrusion and ember intrusion in high temperatures from a wildfire
The Vulcan Foundation Vent Flange Types: Vulcan gable vents let your attic breathe while providing essential ember-resistant technology. Plus, they look great! The ventilation system on a home should be the first line of defense when wildfire is near while still providing aesthetics.
Vulcan gable vents will lead to the most efficient ventilation under roofing. On hotter days, lower vents can intake relatively cooler air when there is sufficient venting above the vents (soffit vents, eave vents, continuous vents) while exhausting hot air through vertical gable and dormer vents.