Roofs With No Overhang

The eaves are the part of the roof that hangs over the walls of the house.

Roofs with no overhang.

Steeper pitched metal roofs typically do not require much overhang because snow and ice slides off the smooth surface so easily. A great example of great wide eaves are the homes of frank lloyd wright. There is also no gutter in the detail so you will be effectively routing rain down your wall. So if you have shallow eaves with a flat soffit you have a very small overhang that has a flat bottom.

With the west east overhangs the main use is siding window protection and keeping rain snow from foundation. I have two questions. I m reroofing a small roof with a 6 in 12 pitch. Soffits are the underside of the eaves.

Plywood and has no overhangs and hence no eaves for ventilation. The functions to be considered in the design of eaves are therefore as follows. No roof leaks no problems. Particularly i m curious how to build well supported ladders for the rake overhangs but it would be great to have some general comments on the challenges to building good.

The traditional large overhang associated with most thatched roofs provided excellent protection to the heads of doors and windows below. 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. Figure 8 24a shows a detail with no overhang care being. We love the look of the no overhang scottish style roof line as well.

I was hoping you would discuss applying roof overhangs to a persist style home that is intentionally built with no overhangs to simplify the installation of control layers. Installed a new fully adhered membrane to the top of the old board sheathing prior to adding all that rigid insulation. 1 to effectively close off the space between the rafter feet. First can i add a second layer of 1 2 in.

Martin and jon are right that a roof overhang is the best way to protect the siding. With our house we are planning minimal east and west overhangs and ample south and north overhangs. The roof is sheathed with a single layer of 1 2 in. Smart vent a special roof eaves vent product that provides a 3 4 opening about 6 above the top of the roof drip edge.

He loved big eaves. No air leaks from underneath no problems. Roof edge detail overhang extended to hide the thickness of the over roofing rigid insulation. We will protect shade the west windows with cedar awnings grates.

I can understand not wanting one with a flat roof but the sloped roof without overhang i never understood.