Roof With No Eaves

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

Roof with no eaves.

The one i bought was designed from some better homes and garden plans from the 80 s i believe. Plywood and has no overhangs and hence no eaves for ventilation. A house without roof overhangs leaves siding unprotected and vulnerable like an orphaned lamb released near a pack of wolves. I have two questions.

The total venting space should equal 1 150 of the floor space. Soffits are the underside of the eaves. It was 25 years old when i bought it and the siding was toast. 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.

And of course these houses are beautiful the simple form is not obstructed by anything. A roof can come to an end in basically three ways. An open eave has a pronounced overhang often revealing projecting roof beams or brackets. 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.

So if you have shallow eaves with a flat soffit you have a very small overhang that has a flat bottom. First can i add a second layer of 1 2 in. Plywood over the existing layer to strengthen the roof before shingling. It feels that there is a common opinion among architects that this minimal look is the thing.

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. Having owned a house that has no eaves i would never own or build another one unless it was flat roofed. Jul 12 2019 explore pam mickelson s board roof eaves on pinterest. 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.

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. See more ideas about house exterior house front exterior design. 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.

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.