One of the most common questions any buyer of a gable fan has, is whether or not they need to get a set of shutters for the fan. The answer truly depends on what you already have in place on the gable of your house!
Many homes with an existing gable vent, will not need to add a set of shutters to their house. What I mean by that, is if it’s already there (a set of vent louvers), you can literally install your fan right onto the backside of the vent, block off any open space, and not worry about adding anything more.
To check, climb into your attic… you will need to get up there to install an attic fan anyhow, so going there now is not a big deal.
- Do you have gable vents on the house?
- Are the gable vents large enough for your new fan? (You would not want to install a 14inch gable fan onto a 6 inch vent) Most gable vents are plenty large enough!
- Can you see clear daylight coming through your gable vents?
Gable Vent Picture
As you can see in the image below… (Light on and light off) when the light is off, the gable vent sheds ample light through the louvers of the vent, and is plenty large enough to install an attic fan onto, with 18 inches at the tall point and 21+ inches wide at the middle of the horizontal installation point.
The Bottom Line
If you already have vented gables, chances are very good that you have nothing else to buy, other than the gable attic fan itself.
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