Roof With No Eaves

A closed eave has very little or no overhang extension beyond the siding.

Roof with no eaves.

And of course these houses are beautiful the simple form is not obstructed by anything. First can i add a second layer of 1 2 in. Having owned a house that has no eaves i would never own or build another one unless it was flat roofed. Most modern cabin architecture out there seems to be eaveless meaning that there is no or very minimal roof overhang eaves that go beyond the building structure.

Smart vent a special roof eaves vent product that provides a 3 4 opening about 6 above the top of the roof drip edge. Plywood and has no overhangs and hence no eaves for ventilation. An open eave has a pronounced overhang often revealing projecting roof beams or brackets. It feels that there is a common opinion among architects that this minimal look is the thing.

Venting solutions for roofs with no overhang or soffit install special roof intake venting products that work at the lower edge of the roof decking underneath the first course of shingles. The one i bought was designed from some better homes and garden plans from the 80 s i believe. A passive ventilation system should have air inlets at the base of the roof usually in the soffits and outlets in the peak or gables. This particular detail would impose certain structural problems for all types of roof construction and may require a blocked heel or additional top chord should trussed rafters be specified.

A roof can come to an end in basically three ways. A house without roof overhangs leaves siding unprotected and vulnerable like an orphaned lamb released near a pack of wolves. Jul 12 2019 explore pam mickelson s board roof eaves on pinterest. The roof is sheathed with a single layer of 1 2 in.

Very tall 12 1 roof and lots of vertical wood siding. Plywood over the existing layer to strengthen the roof before shingling. Figure 8 24c shows a corbel eaves detail with no soffit and with the junction between rafter and ceiling tie taken beyond the outside of the wall. A box eave is enclosed with a soffit.

Now that we have that out of the way let s get to the heart of the matter venting a house with little to no eaves or soffits. See more ideas about house exterior house front exterior design. Soffits are the underside of the eaves. It was 25 years old when i bought it and the siding was toast.

The total venting space should equal 1 150 of the floor space.