Late August in Pflugerville does not ease up just because the calendar says school is starting. The upstairs stays warm after sunset. The AC runs longer. And a lot of that heat is not coming from the living room. It is sitting in the attic, cooking the underside of the shingles.
Mpact Roofing is a certified Attic Breeze installer, a GAF Master Elite contractor, and GAF Roof Coatings Pro-Certified. On a typical Central Texas house, we install the 35-watt UltraBreeze solar attic fan. When a roof needs a lower profile, we can install AeroBreeze. Either way, the job is the same: get trapped heat out so the house, and the roof, can breathe.
The attic is a second oven
A dark asphalt roof in Greater Austin can push attic air well past what the downstairs ever feels. That heat has to go somewhere. If it cannot leave, it works downward through the ceiling and upward into the shingles.
You feel it as:
- A second floor that will not cool down
- An AC that never seems to catch up
- Shingles that age faster than they should
Ridge vents and soffit vents still matter. A solar attic fan does not replace a balanced ventilation plan. It gives the attic a powered way to move air when the sun is doing the most damage.
Why a solar attic fan helps a roof last
Shingles are built for weather. They are not built to bake from both sides. Stuck attic heat shortens the life of the roof system you already paid for. Pulling that heat out is one of the simpler ways to take stress off the deck, the underlayment, and the shingles.
A solar unit also works hardest when the attic is hottest, because that is when the panel has the most sun. No extra circuit. No waiting for someone to remember a switch.
We still look at intake (soffits that are actually open), exhaust, and insulation. A fan fighting a sealed soffit is just spinning.
The unit we typically put on: 35-watt UltraBreeze
The UltraBreeze is the Attic Breeze unit homeowners see most on our jobs. The 35-watt self-flashing model (the AB-3523A line) is built for composite shingles and other low-profile roofs with decent sun.
Official product points we stand behind, from Attic Breeze:
- 35-watt monocrystalline solar panel, unit-mounted and adjustable
- Up to 1,775 CFM in full sun
- Rated attic coverage up to about 2,850 square feet (manufacturer rating)
- All-metal construction: zincalume housing, stainless hardware, 14-inch aluminum blade, stainless wildlife guard
- Quiet: under 1 sone / about 30 dB
- Thermal control plus a fire safety switch, standard
- Optional Breeze Mate control if a job needs it
- Texas and Florida windstorm tested; housing designed for 170 mph
- Residential Limited Lifetime Parts Warranty (register within 90 days)
- Multifamily, commercial, government, or military use: 25-year limited parts warranty, not lifetime
No plastic housing. That matters here. Central Texas sun and hail are hard on cheap vents.
We do not guess a model number off an aerial photo. If we already installed one on your house, we will tell you what is on the roof from the job file.
When the roof needs a lower profile: AeroBreeze
Some roofs do not want a taller cap sitting in the field. AeroBreeze is Attic Breeze’s low-profile line. It is built to sit cleaner on the roofline.
- Self-flashing (SFA) for composite shingles and other low-profile roofs
- Curb-mount (CMA) for tile, metal, flat, or high-profile roofs
If your roof needs that lower silhouette, we can install AeroBreeze. Same idea: move attic air with a solar fan that is built as metal, not a yard-sale plastic lid.
What a good install actually looks like
Placement matters as much as the wattage. We look for:
- Sun on the panel through the hottest part of the day
- A cut that we can flash the way a roof should be flashed
- Intake that can actually feed the fan
- A path that does not fight the existing ridge or gable vents
We are family-owned in Pflugerville, here since 2019. We treat ventilation as part of the roof, not an add-on someone stapled on after the fact.
A simple August check
You do not need a gauge to know the attic is overloaded:
- The upstairs is still hot at 9 p.m.
- The attic hatch feels like a dryer door
- The AC never shuts off on a still afternoon
If that sounds like your house, a look at the attic and the roof is worth an hour.
Talk to us
Mpact Roofing
1011 S. Heatherwilde Blvd Ste 320
Pflugerville, TX 78660
(512) 535-2053
mpactroofing.com
Free same-day or next-day quotes. We can look at attic heat, the roof, and whether a 35-watt UltraBreeze (or AeroBreeze if the roof needs a lower profile) is the right next step.