Roofs With No Overhang

He loved big eaves.

Roofs with no overhang. With the west east overhangs the main use is siding window protection and keeping rain snow from foundation. There is no good way to make that last. 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. Plywood over the existing layer to strengthen the roof before shingling.

I m reroofing a small roof with a 6 in 12 pitch. First can i add a second layer of 1 2 in. There is also no gutter in the detail so you will be effectively routing rain down your wall. Soffits are the underside of the eaves.

The traditional large overhang associated with most thatched roofs provided excellent protection to the heads of doors and windows below. With our house we are planning minimal east and west overhangs and ample south and north overhangs. The eaves are the part of the roof that hangs over the walls of the house. I have two questions.

The roof is sheathed with a single 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. We will protect shade the west windows with cedar awnings grates. 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.

We love the look of the no overhang scottish style roof line as well. A great example of great wide eaves are the homes of frank lloyd wright. 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. 1 to effectively close off the space between the rafter feet.

Steeper pitched metal roofs typically do not require much overhang because snow and ice slides off the smooth surface so easily. No air leaks from underneath no problems. Roof edge detail overhang extended to hide the thickness of the over roofing rigid insulation. 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. 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. No roof leaks no problems.

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