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Time to take money... I mean matters into my own hands
I made the hole bigger, leaving just enough room around the edges to screw the soffit vent back on. Now, that I could see up into the attic, I noticed that the %^&* builder had shoved a batt of insulation all the way to outer edge of the wall and roof, blocking the air flow from the vent into the attic. I cut off just enough of the batt of insulation to allow some airflow from the vent into the attic. Of course, at this time, my neighbor wanders over and wants to know why I have my head shoved up a soffit vent hole while cursing like veteran sailor. I showed him what I had found and he immediately went off to check his soffit vents (same builder). If you look at the drawings below, you'll see just how a soffit vent is supposed to work. The attic has been like this for over 10 ten years, without me being aware of the issue. It took me a couple of days to change out all 16 soffit vents, but I gotter' done. My father and I built many houses while I was growing up and we would never let something like this happen. I guess there's no honor among some builders anymore. Damn shame.
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