Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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03/16/12 12:37 AM
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I do what LAtrapper and that proline guy do. The only thing I might add to Tim's instructions is I put the 1/2 by 1 hole horizontal. It give more wires to push over adding strength. I do believe it is impossible to push over either way without totally destroying the cover first.
Sleep'n with an animal..I can help. Do not use both feet when testing the depth or temperature of the water Your Friend, Paul Brooker
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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03/16/12 01:02 AM
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Between the time I started typing and posting Charles out typed me. The first vent with the 1 by 1 wire is what I have done with a heavy gauge 1/2 by 1 wire. The 1 by 1 seems to have held up but the animal removed the cover. I have never had that happen I don't know if it was improperly re-installed or if it was a flimsy built cover but I will remember that picture when I make a decision on my next cover. Charles was the second vent with the top totally gone also a large attic vent. It looks like one of those smaller attic vents that I think you would definitely put a hy-c or a sceen like Pesky used on the smaller vents. If it was a larger vent also I will probably quit taking the vent apart and applying the 1/2 by 1. It is not any cheaper I have always given both as an option to the customer and many have chosen the enternal screen for aesstec because it looked better.
Sleep'n with an animal..I can help. Do not use both feet when testing the depth or temperature of the water Your Friend, Paul Brooker
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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03/16/12 05:42 AM
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I don't understand the power vent and ridge vent on the same roof side by side. Seems they could live without the power vent.
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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03/16/12 08:22 AM
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More Photo's are Needed... Like Vinke says!!!
Everyone knows what they themselves mean when they type out "what they do"... some of Us are Visual learners (its an actual term... LOL!
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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03/16/12 09:17 AM
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I have seen many motor burn-outs but none caused by anything other than raccoons twisting the blades. It's almost like they know if they don't shut the motor down permanently, eventually it will get hot and those fan blades will start spinning again.
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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03/16/12 11:08 AM
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A few months ago I revisited a customer on an unrelated issue and notice a fan cover resting on the chimney and asked the customer what was going on and how did the cover get there. Turned out that They had a new roof and the roofers put it there and forgot to reinstall.
I'm appalled, but not surprised. I'm with Kevin and Tim, but I never screen the inside; if there's a fan, it can be ganked by nest material, and static vents will just be useless if full of nest.
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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03/16/12 11:15 AM
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Charles, good shots, especially of the brown louvered aluminum vent. As cheap and thin as they are, I've only seen one that's ever been entered!
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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04/10/12 08:47 AM
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I excluded attic fans with covers like this for about 10 years (I made the covers myself, a 36" metal brake from harbor freight is worth its weight in gold). However more recently i have started doing it a different way.
1 take off the dome top 2 use 1X1/2 stiff wire, and make a ring that will fit to the round framework of the unit ( sometimes you have to trim this to fit around the upright mounting pieces, sometime you dont) 3 make sure this piece will not interfere with the fan or impede replacing the dome 4 cut a round piece of wire the aprx size of the ring and hog ring it into place 5 secure with screws and washers ( make sure any protruding screws will not interfere with fan) 6 replace dome
It only takes about $5 worth of mesh, and it only takes about 15 minutes. ( the first couple i did this way took a little longer) I charge the same price i used to and my investment is a fraction due to less material, to me its a better repair because you cant see it , homeowners like that.
we all know there are too many variations in attic fans to list, so each of these style repairs will be a little different, heighth, diameter, mounting brackets etc. i tried to make these in advance at the shop but due to the variations in attic fans it ended up being just as fast to custom make them onsight. for what ever reason this style repair will not work onabout 1 out of every 30 or so fans.
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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04/24/12 05:02 PM
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I got several PM's asking for pics of how i exclude an attic fan as described earlier. so here we go. Please forgive poor photo quallity, it was a crazy steep 2.5 story roof so i was on a chicken ladder, and took pics with my cell phone. Start by taking dome off of fan. ![](http://www.trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2012/04/full-12019-83965-afg.jpg) Install riser of wire. ![](http://www.trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2012/04/full-12019-83966-afg2.jpg) install top to riser ![](http://www.trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2012/04/full-12019-83967-afg3.jpg) use plenty of stanley rings ![](http://www.trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2012/04/full-12019-83971-img_20120420_114203.jpg) replace dome and your done now go collect $149 from home owner.
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
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04/24/12 05:33 PM
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http://www.broan.com/display/router.asp?ProductID=100673I cant believe people are still using those electricity-hogs, This is another option, they are expensive initially,but they will thank you when they see their electricity-bill drop like a rock,, and it comes critter-proof with screen already installed (for those folks that may want a "greener" option) Easy to install yourself,or get teamed-up with a local contractor to install as a sub on the job. People will buy into this solar-stuff if presented properly, Jus sayin,,
Whatsamatta boy? Don't you like clowns ?
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Re: is there a better way to cap attic fan
[Re: Peskycritter]
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04/24/12 06:54 PM
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I like the Pictures trapper4hire
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