Roof With Open Eves

In an open eave design the roof rafters or joists and roof sheathing are visible.

Roof with open eves.

From left to right. Before the roof sheathing goes on the open framing provides easy access for attaching the return blocking and the nailers for the rake soffit. 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. Older homes often have an open eave with the rafters adding to the décor.

Closed eaves with angled soffit closed eaves with flat soffit and no raised heel closed eaves with flat soffit and raised heel. Open eaves with trusses. Types of eaves. When designing an open eave with roof trusses make sure that you raise the heel of the truss and use a thicker top chord.

Doing so raises the eave which prevents it from conflicting with the window head height. Closed eaves may be wide or narrow depending on the roof design. 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. These can be repaired or soffits can be installed to create closed eaves.

Closed eaves with angled soffit. A closed eave has very little or no overhang extension beyond the siding. Soffit vents are commonly made of aluminum or vinyl and are installed into your soffit the surface under the eave of the roof. These homes can be left as is or soffits can be added.

A roof can come to an end in basically three ways. A box eave is enclosed with a soffit. Some older homes have open eaves.