Venting the heat out of the top of my arched exposed breezeway?

[KevinMalone]

It may just be the angle of your photo, but I don't see any airflow opening to the ridge vent created by cutting out ~3" of the roof sheathing on both sides of the center ridge board as shown at the 4 minute mark of the video below.

Agreed, I don't any openings around the ridge board

 

[Pablo]

Getting angry not sure why my pictures are getting rotated. Anyway outside can see ridge vents. As I stated inside is really narrow probably too narrow. I should have left larger gaps north and south where tongue and groove planking meets 6x10.

Anyway seems fan is doing the job and it’s only on low!

 

[Pablo]

Agreed, I don't any openings around the ridge board

Top side
Zoomed in

 

[4WD]

If the issue is you can no longer sit there in comfort on certain days a year - start looking at some evaporative coolers before you start cutting holes.
They are on wheels and can be put away the rest of the year …
Love mine …

 

[KevinMalone]

As I stated inside is really narrow probably too narrow. I should have left larger gaps north and south where tongue and groove planking meets 6x10.

This is probably the issue. The installation instructions for that roof vent product call for 1-5/8" slots on both sides of the ridge board

https://www.gaf.com/en-us/document-...tions---cobra®-ridge-runner™-(trilingual).pdf

 

[Pablo]

This is probably the issue. The installation instructions for that roof vent product call for 1-5/8" slots on both sides of the ridge board

https://www.gaf.com/en-us/document-library/documents/installation-instructions-&-guides/installation-instructions---cobra®-ridge-runner™-(trilingual).pdf

Kinda sorta. Good input, discussion.

There are no written instructions I see for a 5 3/8" (6") wide beam. Maximum slot is 3 1/4". I probably used the wrong roof vent! The roofing company didn't bark about it. That said, the OPEN roof as installed is in no danger IMHO, just a minor inconvenience and the fan works awesome.