The rake of a roof is the outer edge that runs from the eave to the ridge or peak of the roof.
Roof ridge eaves.
Typically this portion of the roof will have ridge cap shingles installed either over a ridge venting system or without the system if the roof has a different ventilating method.
This article describes products research on self closing soffit eaves ridge vents designed to reduce or stop the passage of embers into the roof cavity of a building through the building eaves or ridge during exposure of a building to nearby heat and fire from a forest fire brush fire or adjacent building fire.
Two federation bungalows built in the appian way estate of burwood nsw.
Intake vents such as soffits are placed lower on the roof usually under the eaves.
Exhaust vents like attic fans ridge vents are primarily placed at the very top of the roof or the highest pitch where hot air gathers.
This runs from the ridge to the eaves.
In traditional house framing also called stick framing a basic roof frame consists of opposing pairs of sloping rafters that meet at their top ends at a ridge board or ridge beam.
Construct a soffit or eaves overhang combined with assuring that an opening is provided all along the top of the building wall by removing any blocking between roof rafters at the top plate combined with use of roof insulation baffles to assure an air inflow pathway under the roof deck.
The top end of each rafter is cut at an angle so that it meets flush with one broadside of the ridge board and the ridge is sandwiched between the rafters.
This excludes the perimeter and flashing.
The roof is still hipped with a narrow waist and a wide roof at the eaves.
Skylight a skylight is a transparent or translucent item that is designed to admit light.
The upturned eaves on roof corners are the most identifiable mark of chinese roof architecture.
The uppermost portion or peak is known as the ridge.
It is typically perpendicular to the eave.
Self closing ridge soffit eave vents for fire protection.
The upturned roof design appeared during the han dynasty 206 bc 220 ad and were the standard type used until the song dynasty 960 1279.
Ridge boards and beams.
The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural style such as the chinese dougong bracket systems.
An eave is the area of a roof that hangs beyond the exterior wall.
The federation bungalow includes a verandah under the wide roof continuous roofing from the ridge at the top of the house to the overhang over the verandah columns.
The ridge of a sloped roof system is the horizontal top area where two sloped roof areas meet.
