All Roof Products

Benjamin Obdyke is one of America's leading providers of high-quality roof and wall building solutions. Our products enhance the building system to maximize the performance, durability, and value of a building's most critical elements — its outer structure. In short, when you “build better” with Benjamin Obdyke, you build to last.

Ridge Ventilation

Ridge Vent works on the basis of several principles. Adequate soffit ventilation coupled with ridge ventilation produces a pathway for a continuous airflow along the entire underside of the roof deck. Airflow is maintained two ways. First, hot air naturally rises and exits out the ridge vent, pulling in cool air from below. Second, positive airflow across the ridge of the house creates a "venturi effect", or a negative pressure, which pulls air out of the ridge vent and brings in cool air from the soffits below. In calm or windy weather, the entire attic is vented by a constant flow of cooler, dryer outside air.

The Complete Ridge Vent Line:

Benjamin Obdyke first entered the ridge vent market back in 1987 when we introduced Roll Vent®, the original ridge vent on a roll. Over the past quarter century we have expanded our line of ridge vents to include a variety of rolled and externally baffled ridge ventilation products, improving airflow and ventilating air between the roof and attic. Today Benjamin Obdyke's complete ridge vent offerings include the following brands:

• Rapid Ridge®
• Roll Vent®
• CougarTM Ridge Vent
• Xtractor Vent® X18
• Xtractor Vent® X18 Xtra
• Xtractor Vent® XLP
• Xtractor Vent® XLP Turbo

How a Ridge Vent Works

A ridge vent works on the basis of several principles. Adequate soffit ventilation coupled with ridge ventilation produces a pathway for a continuous airflow along the entire underside of the roof deck. Airflow is maintained two ways. First, hot air naturally rises and exits out the ridge vent, pulling in cool air from below. Second, positive airflow across the ridge of the house creates a "venturi effect", or a negative pressure, which pulls air out of the ridge vent and brings in cool air from the soffits below. In calm or windy weather, the entire attic is vented by a constant flow of cooler, dryer outside air.

All Benjamin Obdyke ridge vent products operate year-round and provide optimal airflow circulation and evenly distributed ventilation across the underside of the roofing material and attic airspace.

Why Choose Benjamin Obdyke?

Benjamin Obdyke supports its products with the highest level of customer service. Our Customer Service Department can answer any product or technical questions from contractors, builders, architects or homeowners. Our logistics systems, partnered with our network of distributors throughout the United States and Canada, efficiently fulfill orders and allow for just-in-time deliveries. Combined with our high level of service, you can rest assured your Benjamin Obdyke ridge vent is made of the highest quality material and exceeds your performance expectations.

Rapid Ridge®

Rapid Ridge® nail gun-able ridge vent offers the quickest installation of any rolled roof ventilation product on the market, complete with superior weather and insect infiltration protection. The lightest ridge vent on a roll, Rapid Ridge is available in three sizes - Rapid Ridge Standard, Rapid Ridge 7, and Rapid Ridge Metric.

Roll Vent®

Roll Vent® ridge vent offers the most innovative, effective way to protect residential roofing from the deteriorating forces of excess heat and moisture build-up. Roll Vent is available in two sizes - Roll Vent Standard and Roll Vent Metric.

Cougar Ridge Vent®

Cougar® LP Ridge Vent is an easy to install classic style ridge vent made from nylon matrix technology. It can be installed by hand or with a pneumatic nail gun (coil nails are included).

Xtractor Vent®

Xtractor Vent® is Benjamin Obdyke's externally baffled, shingle over ridge vent specially designed to extract heat and moisture out of the attic. Xtractor Vent is available in four versions, with or without nails.

Underlayments

Protect the life of your roof by controlling moisture with our unique underlayment products.

Cedar Breather®

Cedar Breather® protects the beauty and life of wood roofing by providing a space for continuous airflow between the solid roof deck and shingles or shakes.

For optimum performance, use Cedar Breather with Rapid Ridge® 7 ridge vent.