No Overhang Roof Water In Basement

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

No overhang roof water in basement.

We love the look of the no overhang scottish style roof line as well. I have battled with the same overhang no overhang design. Another function of wide eave overhangs is to ensure that roof water doesn t drip near the foundation and erode the soil away. This is done to protect the foundation and parts of the basement.

If you have a basement or crawlspace and sandy soil i recommend a wrap around porch so that s about a 6 foot overhang minimum. With the west east overhangs the main use is siding window protection and keeping rain snow from foundation. For the 24 overhang soffit i am looking to just continue with the peel stick ice water membrane and wrap the overhang fascia and underside of the sip soffit with the same peel stick membrane. Oct 5 2016 in this q.

Martin and jon are right that a roof overhang is the best way to protect the siding. A cantilever is a. A cantilever roof overhang is one way to really give a really distinctive look to your home. A house without a roof overhang leaves the wall covering unprotected and vulnerable.

With our house we are planning minimal east and west overhangs and ample south and north. A cricket is a ridged structure that is shaped to divert water on a roof around the high side of a chimney or any part of the roof where there are multiple levels. There is no good way to make that last. Of course splash back happens at upper levels also from flat roofs or roof terraces so those need overhangs or gutters above them in the same way that eaves above grade do.

Osb 8 thick polyurethane roof sip that overhangs the wall by 24 i am using peel stick ice water membrane to waterproof the roof and this roof sip. And a mike guertin a contributing editor to fine homebuilding answers the question how do i add eaves to my house and explains how to add roof overhangs to a house.