Roof overhangs multi story buildings.
New home no roof overhang.
The roof overhang is too wide.
Why do so many home especially on toh and bob villa etc and i guess they are frequently new england homes built with no overhang of the roof.
The problem was there was no overhang or soffit eave so at the end of the raffters we put a new 10 board.
With our house we are planning minimal east and west overhangs and ample south and north.
We removed the metal roof round vent about 8 and laid plywood down.
The roof overhang does not extend far enough.
My present early 80s contemporary has a 24 inch overhang plus another 5 inches or so from the gutter.
After the overhang is framed cover the rafter extensions along with any part of the roof from which you ve removed sheathing with new plywood sheathing that s within 1 8.
I have a mobile home and the roof was metal with no sheathing.
Roof venting in a mobile home june 17 2014 randy said.
In the first case the overhang is simply too big for the home.
I am not a home design expert.
We love the look of the no overhang scottish style roof line as well.
Obviously keeping the water out of the walls and foundations is a lot more difficult to achieve in multi story homes.
To solve the problem architects can consider a roof overhang above key parts of the first floor in two story homes or use recessed walls and balconies.
There are two common problems encountered with roof overhangs.