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No, you don’t need to provide any tools or equipment. You can expect your hired roof ventilation expert to arrive at your home equipped with the necessary tools and equipment. Apart from having the right tools, they have the requisite skills and years of experience in installing roof ventilation. What you should provide are the materials and the roof ventilation system for installation.

The time it takes to complete this service depends on the complexity of the task. Inspecting your roof’s ventilation can take at least an hour and a half, then the needed repairs and maintenance may take another couple hours or more. Installing a new roof ventilation system can take a whole week or two, depending on the type of roof ventilation. 

If you offer roof ventilation services, yes, you can hire a Tasker to assist you in this. The trick is to make a post with all the crucial details to attract the right experts - those with the right skills and experience in providing this service. You can hire Taskers for this and other related services like maintaining your home, making sure insulation is sufficient for winter, clearing your attic, and removing mould from your ceiling. 

Roof ventilation can prevent health issues and structural problems. In the summer, trapped warm air creates moisture that causes wood rot in roof or ceiling structures, which are costly to repair. In winter, warm air trapped in the attic or ceiling melts snow on your roof, making your roof buckle and break. Moisture can enter the structure, causing wood rot and potentially life-threatening mould growth. Roof ventilation allows warm air to escape and avoids creating moisture.

The rule of thumb is to install one vent for every 28 square metres of floor area you have in your attic if it has a vapour barrier. Without a vapour barrier, you should have one vent for every 14 square metres of floor area. The vent should at least measure slightly less than a square metre to give ample ventilation.

Your choice depends on the shape and design of your roof and your budget. Box vents require adequate soffit ventilation and an open attic. This suits homes with small roof ridges as they need to be installed over holes cut into a roof. Ridge vents are installed all along the peak of the roof, and are best suited to roofs with an appropriate peak. Ridge vents offer more consistent ventilation and are more efficient than box vents, but are more laborious to install.