Hip, Ridge and Soffit Ventilation

Can you name a preferred product? We seen some of those first generation products used unsuccessfully and have tried 2 or 3 different brands, some with success, some failing, especially in a severe ice storm, water had piled on the roof behind a massive build up of ice and poured right into the slot. Adequate ventilation of a hex or octagon roof remains a problem.

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i am having my roof redone. i have a hip style roof. my roofer wants to put both a ridge vent and air hawks on the roof. i am worried since i hear air hawks cancel out ridge vents. my hip roof is such that i dont have enough room for adequate ridge venting. so i need something additional. do you recommend hip vents? should i get a ridge vent with the hip vents or just the hip vents?

I live in a condo. My attic area of the condo is on the hip side of a hip roof. We have added R-49 insulation which is great. The condo building has a combination soffit-ridge vent. However, my ridge is very small or short. A fire wall prevents full air circulation in the "larger" part of the buidling. In addition to the short ridge vent area, can other roof vents be added that will enhance air flow?

We recently constructed a house with louvered/screened soffit vents (not continuous) and a "mesh" style continuous ridge vent. We live in Wyoming where fine snow blows at 40+ mph on a regular basis. I noticed that very fine snow blows into the soffits, up the insulation baffles and into the attic. Does anyone know how to stop this besides covering all of the soffits every time the wind blows? Are there any soffit vents that work better? Even the ridge vent allows a tiny amount of fine snow in.
Thanks!

We live in a split foyer in South Dakota which was built in 2001. The builders used a ridge vent over the main section of the house. Due to the amount of wind we have in SD, we've had to deal with snow getting into our attic through the ridge vent and it's been enough that I've had climb into the attic and remove it. The ridge vent is the plastic/rubber style where the hip shingles are fastened through it but it isn't doing the job. Can you list the name of a more dependable ridge vent? Please reply at your earliest convenience.
Thank you,
Rick H.

I have heard a lot of problems about snow blowing in the attic and i have not heard any answers to the problem. i have a 1900 home with only a vent in the wall of the attic. It is even leaking thru the ceiling. i have put a sheet of plastic to allow the snow to evaporate. what can be done?

Look into Ventilation Maximum. A company from Canada. They have several products which may help.

I have 1,700 SF of attic space. Should I install two 1200cfm power vents on my roof, or would ridge vents be best? Each end of my roof is hip style.

I have a hip roof and need to determine which kind and numbers of vents I should have. I live in Florida, so the issue is driving rain as well as ventilation.

I am designing a hip roof house with both trussed and cathedral ceilings throughout. What is the extent of hip and ridge vents required? Do i need to worry about a balance level intake and outake air openings? Is air pressure balance a big concern? I've read things that make it seem like its a big issue and really makes venting hip roofs tough. I'm looking for a solution that doesn't compremise the "clean" look of my roof form.