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Eaves must be designed for local wind speeds as the overhang can significantly increase the wind loading on the roof. [7] The line on the ground under the outer edge of the eaves is the eavesdrip, or dripline, and in typical building planning regulations defines the extent of the building and cannot oversail the property boundary.
Bell-cast (sprocketed, flared): A roof with the shallow slope below the steeper slope at the eaves. Compare with bell roof. East Asian hip-and-gable roof; Mokoshi: A Japanese decorative pent roof; Pavilion roof : A low-pitched roof hipped equally on all sides and centered over a square or regular polygonal floor plan. [10]
A gablefront house or gablefront cottage has a gable roof that faces its street or avenue, as in the novel The House of Seven Gables. A-frame: so-called because the steep roofline, reaching to or near the ground, makes the gable ends resemble a capital letter A. Chalet: a gablefront house built into a mountainside with a wide sloping roof
A type of roof where all sides slope downwards from the ridge to the eaves. Hood mould An external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater. Also known as a dripstone. Hyphen Possibly from an older term "heifunon", [55] a structural section connecting the main portion of a building with its projecting "dependencies ...
As more commonly used, the term indicates the eaves of a roof, [1] that is, the part along the edge of a roof projecting beyond the side of the building to provide protection against the weather. The term is however also used in a more specialized sense to indicate the area surrounding the moya (the core of a building) either completely or on ...
The conversion of the Eaves in Koreatown is a win for LA4LA, the public-private plan Mayor Karen Bass unveiled in April to provide more affordable housing. Koreatown building's transformation into ...
Fascia (/ ˈ f eɪ ʃ ə /) is an architectural term for a vertical frieze or band under a roof edge, or which forms the outer surface of a cornice, visible to an observer. [ 1 ] Typically consisting of a wooden board, unplasticized PVC (uPVC), or non-corrosive sheet metal, many of the non-domestic fascias made of stone form an ornately carved ...
A final photo has emerged of North Carolina grandparents on the roof of their home, surrounded by floodwaters, minutes before they drowned due to Hurricane Helene. Jessica Drye Turner’s family ...