Roofs With No Overhang

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Roofs with no overhang.

The traditional large overhang associated with most thatched roofs provided excellent protection to the heads of doors and windows below. I m reroofing a small roof with a 6 in 12 pitch. I have two questions. The eaves are the part of the roof that hangs over the walls of the house.

First can i add a second layer of 1 2 in. Installed a new fully adhered membrane to the top of the old board sheathing prior to adding all that rigid insulation. 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. With our house we are planning minimal east and west overhangs and ample south and north overhangs.

Steeper pitched metal roofs typically do not require much overhang because snow and ice slides off the smooth surface so easily. 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. With the west east overhangs the main use is siding window protection and keeping rain snow from foundation. The roof is sheathed with a single layer of 1 2 in.

1 to effectively close off the space between the rafter feet. 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. Martin and jon are right that a roof overhang is the best way to protect the siding. Soffits are the underside of the eaves.

No air leaks from underneath no problems. There is also no gutter in the detail so you will be effectively routing rain down your wall. No roof leaks no problems. We love the look of the no overhang scottish style roof line as well.

Figure 8 24a shows a detail with no overhang care being. He loved big eaves. Smart vent a special roof eaves vent product that provides a 3 4 opening about 6 above the top of the roof drip edge. Roof edge detail overhang extended to hide the thickness of the over roofing rigid insulation.

The functions to be considered in the design of eaves are therefore as follows. Plywood and has no overhangs and hence no eaves for ventilation. So if you have shallow eaves with a flat soffit you have a very small overhang that has a flat bottom. 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.