Robert Kramer
01-26-2010, 05:10 PM
I have a client with problems in a new house. This is their first winter in the house in North Dakota. They are having a problem with snow entering the attic. It appears the snow is being blown in from wind swirling due the roof design. The garage roof intersects the north side of the house and is directly below the main house roof eaves. This appears to allow for wind under certain conditions to swirl and blow snow in through the soffit, up the vent tray and into the attic. This is a localized problem, only one vent tray presently appears to be having an issue. A couple ideas I shared were to have the contractor install a baffel of some sort that would prevent the condition or totally block off that particular soffit vent. I understand that ideally we want all soffit bays to provide venting but given this circumstance it may be prudent to forgo the minimal venting value from this single soffit vent to prevent the moisture from entering the attic. The attic is well ventilated otherwise, we have already addressed a couple other issues with venting that the contactor has corrected. As the winter progresses and sets in it becomes more apparent as to the shortcomings of the engineering in regards to mother nature. Those are my thoughts anyway. Anybody have some other suggestions or ideas? Thanks for any help.