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Roof Section - Little or no eaves

  • 19-10-2011 12:34am
    #1
    mikeyj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Hi people!

    Would anyone have a cross section of where the wall meets the roof timbers for a roof with no fascia and soffit? I am trying to keep the house in question as traditional as possible. I want very little overhang or none at all if possible.


    The roof is going to be 45deg. Any help much appreciated!!:D


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  • #2
    Carlow52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭Carlow52


    whats the problem here: instead of the roof rafters having a birds beak at the point where the underside meets the wall plate it is cut all the way at 45 and sits on wall plate.

    Is this a college project or a real project, in either case whats the plan for rainwater


  • #3
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    mikeyj wrote: »
    Hi people!

    Would anyone have a cross section of where the wall meets the roof timbers for a roof with no fascia and soffit? I am trying to keep the house in question as traditional as possible. I want very little overhang or none at all if possible.


    The roof is going to be 45deg. Any help much appreciated!!:D

    The main issue I have seen in the past with tight eaves (which I think are the best looking in many places in Ireland imo) is the render cracking cause the backing is not suitable (often somepart of the roof timbers) and has settled/dryed/expanded differently to the render. i guess this could be because the venacular old house had two foot thick walls so no issues associated with modern methods or thermal bridges

    as a graduated civil engineer should you get an arch or arch tech to advise you? as an arch tech I normally don't design roads:)


  • #4
    mikeyj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭mikeyj


    Thanks for the comments guys,

    I agree with the fact that they suit many countryside homes better than overhanging eaves, which is why we are planning to use these in our plans!! The problem is the lack of definitive guidelines or cross sections to show the best way to achieve such a look!

    Experienced carpenters would have the best knowledge of this subject I'm sure!! Its easy to say go do something, its another thing to have to actually do it!!:)

    I'll keep searching and asking chippies for advice!!


  • #5
    beyondpassive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 558 ✭✭✭beyondpassive


    @mikeyj, detail of 'vernacular eaves' and gables, for a wide cavity build with a 275mm bead fill cavity for a 'room in the roof house' with wide slab suspended floor, vernacular eaves.jpg


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