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Originally Posted by 72eagleman
Properly engineered systems do not pull air from the interior of the home. They pull air from the soffits.
Regarding point # 2, I strongly disagree. Over the past ten years my company has replaced more than 1,500 roofs and installed hundreds of fans....without even one call back for a leak. Properly installed, it is virtually impossible for an attic fan to leak
3) There are ways to work around blocked soffits if you know what you are doing.
And you have to factor in the experience of the person that wrote the article. I new to this area so I know very little about the solar guys but I was a Solatube distributor for four years commencing in 2004. I have been to the Solatube manufacturing plant in California, and several other solar fan and sun tube manufacturing facilities. Like I said, I do not know the Solar Guys but I do know that I have more engineering and install experience than most salespeople do and I have engineered and installed a very large number of air and water management systems. I have not used sales people to sell my projects for the last seven years, because generally they don't have the same approach and convictions that an owner does.
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The Solar Guys are pretty good at what they do. They are not an engineering firm but they know the homes in the Villages and where the problems are and what needs to be done to correct them for the specific areas that they address. I think in general the homes here in the Villages are built relatively well and the Solar Guys charge a reasonable price for these upgrades. I'm sure other companies do a good job as well.