09/02/2026
🏠 Roofing Tip Wednesday
If your upstairs runs ten degrees hotter than the rest of the house in late summer, the problem might not be your air conditioner. It might be your attic ventilation.
Here's what's going on up there. The sun beats on your shingles all day and the attic turns into an oven. If that hot air has nowhere to go, it just sits. It bakes the shingles from underneath, runs your AC bill up, and come winter it traps moisture instead.
Ventilation is simple in concept. Cool air comes in low at the soffits, hot air leaves high at the ridge. A lot of older homes around here either never had enough of it, or the soffit vents got packed shut with insulation somewhere along the way.
It's one of the cheaper things to correct on a roof, and one of the most common reasons a roof wears out years before it should.
Curious what you've got up there? Ask us next time we're on your roof. 📞 419-989-4480