Roofs With No Overhang

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.

Roofs with no overhang.

I have two questions. 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. With our house we are planning minimal east and west overhangs and ample south and north overhangs. 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.

We will protect shade the west windows with cedar awnings grates. 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. He loved big eaves.

I can understand not wanting one with a flat roof but the sloped roof without overhang i never understood. Soffits are the underside of the eaves. The eaves are the part of the roof that hangs over the walls of the house. 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. I m reroofing a small roof with a 6 in 12 pitch. 1 to effectively close off the space between the rafter feet. First can i add a second layer of 1 2 in.

A great example of great wide eaves are the homes of frank lloyd wright. Martin and jon are right that a roof overhang is the best way to protect the siding. Plywood over the existing layer to strengthen the roof before shingling. No air leaks from underneath no problems.

So if you have shallow eaves with a flat soffit you have a very small overhang that has a flat bottom. Low slope roofs are more subject to snow load damage than steeper pitches and so typically have little or no unsupported overhang which can bend. The functions to be considered in the design of eaves are therefore as follows. No roof leaks no problems.

There is no good way to make that last. Steeper pitched metal roofs typically do not require much overhang because snow and ice slides off the smooth surface so easily. Figure 8 24a shows a detail with no overhang care being. There is also no gutter in the detail so you will be effectively routing rain down your wall.

We love the look of the no overhang scottish style roof line as well.