Top-Tier Melbourne Vent Experts Answer Your Whirlybird FAQs

A whirlybird allows hot air and moisture to rise up and escape, whilst the turbine and flashing ensures that rain and other environmental factors cannot enter below the roof. This prevents the build-up of stale air, undue moisture, fumes and damaging condensation.

Whirlybird ventilation systems are a practical, economically efficient to ventilate your home. Our whirlybird installation services are included in what we charge for the units themselves. Our prices for residential buildings are: 1 x Whirlybird: * $710.00 2 x Whirlybird: * $1,250.00 3 x Whirlybird: * $1,600.00 4 x Whirlybird: * $1,900.00 If you’re after more 5 or more whirlybird roof vent systems, or looking for commercial pricing options, please get in touch with our team. * Please note, there are surcharges for whirlybird installations that meet these conditions: Double-Storey surcharge - $50.00 (ONE OFF FEE / NOT PER WHIRLYBIRD) Metal roof surcharge - $60.00 (ONE OFF FEE / NOT PER WHIRLYBIRD) Vent mesh AS3959 - $60.00 (PER WHIRLYBIRD PURCHASED) - Vent meshes are required when living in a bush fire prone area

Generally speaking, we recommend one whirlybird vent per bedroom in your house. This can vary depending on the number of additional living areas and the overall square meterage of your home. If you’d like a more specific recommendation, contact our experts. We’ll work to help you decide on the total number of whirlybirds your house needs.

Our expert roofers have extensive experience working with all sorts of roof types and we’ll coordinate with you to come up with a solution appropriate to your building. The Vent Guys can assess the conditions and install a perfect whirlybird vent system every time on the following roof types: a colorbond roof a terracotta tiled roof a cement tiled roof or; a roof made of other materials

Yes! Our expert roofing technicians can install whirlybirds on either a metal deck or a flat metal roof. We’ll coordinate with you to develop solutions that work for your building.

No, your roof will not leak after a whirlybird is installed. We take pride in our work and our technicians are all highly skilled and experienced professionals. We don’t cut corners, so we guarantee that no leak will occur as a result of our whirlybird installation services, which are guaranteed for 15 years.

Yes! Whirlybirds are designed to operate and spin even in the absolute lightest of wind speeds. Hot air will escape through the vents by rising through convection currents and the vacuum generated by the turbines will ensure heat is drawn out.

No, working whirlybird vents are not noisy. These roof ventilation systems are designed to be quiet. However, if they are damaged, they are more likely to make noise. To avoid this, we source our whirlybirds from trusted suppliers with whom we have a long-standing relationships.