Roof With Open Eves

Before the roof sheathing goes on the open framing provides easy access for attaching the return blocking and the nailers for the rake soffit.

Roof with open eves.

Closed eaves may be wide or narrow depending on the roof design. When designing an open eave with roof trusses make sure that you raise the heel of the truss and use a thicker top chord. Closed eaves with angled soffit closed eaves with flat soffit and no raised heel closed eaves with flat soffit and raised heel. These homes can be left as is or soffits can be added.

There are a number of different types and styles of soffit vents. An open eave has a pronounced overhang often revealing projecting roof beams or brackets. Closed eaves with angled soffit. Doing so raises the eave which prevents it from conflicting with the window head height.

A closed eave has very little or no overhang extension beyond the siding. The last pieces to go in were nailing blocks above the ledger for the back of the return and at the bottom edge of the soffit for attaching the rake 20. With a soffited eave design the roof rafters and sheathing are hidden through the use of a panel or boards that extend horizontally from the edge of the roof typically being attached to the bottom of the fascia back to the exterior wall. Open eaves with trusses.

Soffit vents are recognizable for the narrow slits that provide open space into which air can flow. From left to right. Soffit vents are commonly made of aluminum or vinyl and are installed into your soffit the surface under the eave of the roof. A roof can come to an end in basically three ways.

A box eave is enclosed with a soffit. Types of eaves. Older homes often have an open eave with the rafters adding to the décor.