Like most Pinnacle projects, the work was completed efficiently — minimizing disruption for the property owner.

This roof was replaced through an insurance claim; Pinnacle documented the damage and worked directly with the adjuster — see how our storm/insurance process works.

This North Providence home came through the winter with a completely new roof — medium-dark Granite Gray CertainTeed Landmark architectural shingles over a hip-and-gable roofline, finished with factory hip and ridge-cap shingles and a continuous ridge vent tucked neatly along the peak. Completed through an insurance claim after storm damage, the re-roof was also the chance to get the attic ventilation right, which is what keeps New England winters from quietly damaging a roof from the inside out.

Scope of Work

After documenting the storm damage with the adjuster, our crew stripped the old roof and rebuilt it in Granite Gray with the ventilation designed straight into the system. We cut a continuous vent slot along the peak and ran a low-profile ridge vent the full length of the ridge, then verified open intake at the eaves so the attic could draw a steady stream of cold, dry air. The exposed plumbing vent stack was reflashed watertight and the factory ridge-cap shingles were laid to conceal the vent entirely. Our Attic Ventilation Solutions page walks through how the pieces fit together.

What We Installed (And Why)

The exhaust is a continuous ridge vent running the entire length of the Granite Gray roof’s peak, hidden beneath the factory hip and ridge-cap shingles. It has no moving parts and is baffled against wind-driven rain and snow, so it keeps working through a Rhode Island winter without freezing up or spinning like an old turbine. Because it spans the whole ridge, it exhausts the attic evenly instead of leaving damp, stagnant pockets between scattered box vents.

In winter, the job of that airflow is moisture control. Warm, humid air from showers, cooking, and daily living rises into the attic, and without a way out it condenses on the cold underside of the roof deck — the recipe for mold and rotted sheathing. The ridge-and-eave system carries that moisture out before it can settle. Just as important, steady cold-air flow keeps the deck uniformly cold, which is one of the best defenses against ice dams — the ridges of ice that form when a warm roof melts snow that then refreezes at the cold eave.

Project Photo Gallery

Continuous ridge vent runs the length of the finished Granite Gray roof peak

Clean ridge line on the completed Granite Gray roof

Balanced intake at the eaves completes the ventilation system

Good To Know: How does attic ventilation help prevent ice dams?

Ice dams form when heat escaping into the attic melts snow on the upper roof, and the meltwater refreezes when it reaches the colder eaves, backing water up under the shingles. Keeping the roof deck cold and evenly ventilated stops that cycle before it starts. A continuous ridge vent paired with eave intake flushes warm air out of the attic so the whole roof stays closer to the outside temperature — far less melting, far less refreezing, and far less risk of water finding its way inside.

Why Ridge Vent Ventilation Works

A balanced system pairs low intake at the eaves with high exhaust at the ridge, with roughly equal net free area on each side so air moves in a continuous, natural loop. Cool air enters low, and warm, moisture-laden air rises and escapes at the peak — no fans, no maintenance, no moving parts to fail. Running the vent the full length of the ridge means every corner of the attic breathes, which is exactly what a New England roof needs to shed both summer heat and winter moisture.

Why Pinnacle

Pinnacle Roofing & Skylights has served Rhode Island since 2012, and we handle storm and insurance roof replacements from first inspection through final ridge cap. Proper attic ventilation is built into every roof we install, never an add-on. We are licensed in Rhode Island (Residential #39446, Commercial #261), a CertainTeed ShingleMaster Premier contractor, BBB A+ accredited, and members of the NRCA and RIBA, with more than 100 five-star Google reviews from homeowners across the state.