Ridge vent for tile roofs

A ridge vent for ventilating an attic of a dwelling, said ridge vent comprising:

• a pair of flanges secureable directly to a roof of said dwelling;
• an accordion-like neck portion forming a hollow interior area and extending away from said flanges,
• a main body portion extending from said neck portion;
• a pair of eave portions each having a plurality of openings for circulating air into and out of said attic, said eave portions extending outwardly from said neck portion;
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• wherein said accordion-like neck portion can be extended and retracted to adjust a spacing between flanges and said main body portion.

A ridge vent for ventilating an attic of a dwelling, said ridge vent comprising:

• a main body portion having a pair of eave portions, a pair of flanges extending in diverging relation to one another, and a neck portion for spacing said eave portions apart from said flanges;
• each of said eave portions including a plurality of openings for allowing air to circulate into and out from an interior area of said ridge vent;
• wherein said flanges extend at an angle of between about 30°-80° from a horizontal plane extending through said flanges, and wherein said flanges are adapted to be secured directly to an outer surface of said roof over a ridge of said roof to thereby support said ridge vent on said roof without the use of a railer board;
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• wherein said neck portion includes at least one accordion-like panel which allows said neck portion to be lengthened and shortened to adjust a spacing between said main body portion and said flanges.