The roofer lives in our development and he’s charging me $125 to install. Although it looks very easy to install, I’d rather pay someone to have it done right.

This link might be better as it’s the manufacturer’s product page. http://www.gaf.com/Content/GAF/RES1/ROOF/MasterFlowSolarIntakeBooster.html

Kevin, could you give us the brand name and model? I just tried the link to Home Depot you provided and get an error product not found. I’ve tried searching their inventory for solar attic fans and can’t get one to show up.

Thanks,
kal

You couldn’t have posted this on a better day. I had literally just hung up the phone with my mother who was discussing solar attic fans — she was about to jump to a vent system because he said you can’t get an attic fan for under $600. So much for his info!

BTW, one other benefit to mention: Fire safety. Electric attic fans are much more likely to burn out and start an electrical fire than a solar fan is.

I have been thinking about to install one of those too! Real good news! How much people charge for installing these?

The roofer that’s installing mine bought one a year ago for $300, so they must have come down in price as you say. I’m having a roofer do the easy install because I don’t trust myself to cut a hole in my roof. If this was a RAM upgrade, I’d be all over it, but I’ll let the expert handle this one.

We installed one of those in my sister’s house in central Florida a while back. A real install and forget it’s there improvement. Silent running and only a positive impact on your power bill, not to mention the improved comfort level in the house. This is a really simple upgrade I totally recommend. It took only an hour or two to install.

Kevin where did you find it for that price? The one we bought cost twice that. (Though this was at least a year ago.)

A pretty good example of small changes that often provide benefits outside of their weight class