Residential Roof Ventilation

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Roof Ventilation was once a fundamental design characteristic of a building in Australia but was discarded because insulation was being hailed as the fixall medium in the seventies.

The unfortunate realities were not made known, such as whatever may be required in the northern regions with high humidity etc is not what is needed in the southern with the associated low winter temperatures.

Many came to believe that ideal comfort levels could best be achieved by using insulation and temperature control systems such as air conditioning.
This is not so especially when one considers the respiratory systems of individuals both young and old and the effects of a dehydrating climate control system on sensetive skin.

Insulation is not the answer some would have you think as it is the insulation that prevents your home from rapid cooling of an evening.
Fine in winter, but not in summer.
Temperature control systems such as air-conditioning and air-cooling are reliant on electrical consumption. Great to have, but considering today's electricity and maintenance costs they can be a financial burden when used for prolonged periods.

Insulation, Ventilation, Air Conditioning have totally separate areas of function, and purpose. One does not replace, or is a substitute for, another.

Simply put,

Insulation - is similar to putting on an overcoat
Ventilation - is like breathing
Air Conditioning - high cost climate controlled living conditions based on energy consumption.

Conclusion - putting on an overcoat is not going to make you breathe any better, and whatever benefits may be derived from air conditioning it comes at an ongoing cost

It was to this end that the design engineers at Condor developed a roof ventilation system that enabled efficient ventilation using natures' thermal resources commonly known as ‘kinetic energy’.

The Condor Kinetic roof ventilator functions on heat and pressure, as opposed to a rotary winter ventilator which works on wind energy alone.
For comparison between Condor Kinetic to other ventilators.

The Condor is designed to ventilate your roof efficiently during the summer months whilst providing minimal venting during the winter months. The Condor Kinetic roof ventilator is motionless, noise free and requires no maintenance.

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