Roofs With No Overhang

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

Roofs with no overhang.

Soffits are the underside of the eaves. 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. Roof edge detail overhang extended to hide the thickness of the over roofing rigid insulation. Plywood over the existing layer to strengthen the roof before shingling.

A great example of great wide eaves are the homes of frank lloyd wright. No air leaks from underneath no problems. Installed a new fully adhered membrane to the top of the old board sheathing prior to adding all that rigid insulation. We love the look of the no overhang scottish style roof line as well.

The functions to be considered in the design of eaves are therefore as follows. He loved big eaves. The roof is sheathed with a single layer of 1 2 in. 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.

So if you have shallow eaves with a flat soffit you have a very small overhang that has a flat bottom. 1 to effectively close off the space between the rafter feet. With our house we are planning minimal east and west overhangs and ample south and north overhangs. There is no good way to make that last.

With the west east overhangs the main use is siding window protection and keeping rain snow from foundation. 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. I have two questions.

First can i add a second layer of 1 2 in. I m reroofing a small roof with a 6 in 12 pitch. 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. Figure 8 24a shows a detail with no overhang care being.

Martin and jon are right that a roof overhang is the best way to protect the siding. Steeper pitched metal roofs typically do not require much overhang because snow and ice slides off the smooth surface so easily. Plywood and has no overhangs and hence no eaves for ventilation. No roof leaks no problems.

The traditional large overhang associated with most thatched roofs provided excellent protection to the heads of doors and windows below.