Fire Rated Roof Eaves

Where when and how to determine if you need it.

Fire rated roof eaves.

Many of our eaves use a drop in style with wings that can be adjusted to your material and cut out size and are horizontally oriented. 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. Eaves are located at the down slope edge of a sloped roof and serve as the transition between the roof and fascia wall. Eaves without suffixes or with rt are for rafter and truss installation where spacing is commonly imprecise.

If exterior rated fire retardant products were used in the assembly plywood sheathing 2x rafter tails and blocking the assembly would comply because ignition resistant materials were used. Everything you wanted to know about fire rated construction but were afraid to ask. If noncombustible materials fiber cement panel stucco were used as. Self closing ridge soffit eave vents for fire protection.

The eave is the part of the roof that extends out beyond the exterior wall. 6 eaves overhangs and soffits panels are vulnerable to damage from wildfires.