Roof eaves protect the side of the house and the house’s foundation, plus they serve as a decorative element. Roof eaves contain smaller elements that do many things: Water coursing down the ...

Eaves are parts of a roof's edge that overhang and extend horizontally beyond the face of a building's side walls. Eaves protect a building's foundation from moisture (and pests) while shading it.

Cite: Souza, Eduardo."4 Solutions for Roofs without Eaves (and their Construction Details)" [4 soluções para telhados sem beirais (e seus detalhes construtivos)] 23 Nov 2023.

But a roof today is truly a system that includes ventilation, mechanical flashings, underlayment, eaves flashing, and other components designed and installed by trained professionals.

Lloyd Alter / CC BY 2.0 Historic Functions of Overhangs and Eaves . Historically, roof overhangs and deep eaves performed an important function, particularly in wet parts of the country: they keep ...

The main entrance/reception space of the medical centre at Arbroath is a double-height entrance atrium with a structure of exposed cylindrical steel columns and a braced steel roof with a sealed built ...

By building a big roof with almost the same inclination of the site we tried to control the sight. The space under the eaves protects the house from sights and lead ones eyes to the cliff.