An eave is the edge of a roof A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most numerous. Eaves usually project beyond the side of the building generally to provide weather protection. Some buildings, such as Craftsman The American Craftsman Style, or the American Arts and Crafts Movement, is an American domestic architectural, interior design, and decorative arts style popular from the last years of the 19th century through the early years of the 20th century. As a design movement, its popularity remained strong until the 1930s, although in the decorative arts bungalows A bungalow is a type of single-story house that originated in India. The word derives from the Gujarati બંગલો baṅgalo, which in turn derives from the Hindi बंगला baṅglā, meaning "Bengali" and used elliptically for a "house in the Bengal style". Such houses were traditionally small, only one story and, have very wide eaves with decorative brackets A bracket is an architectural member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall to support or carry weight. It may also support a statue, the spring of an arch, a beam, or a shelf. Brackets are often in the form of scrolls, and can be carved, cast, or molded. They can be entirely ornamental and serve no supporting purpose. Among these.
The word eave can also refer to the lower part of a sloping roof which projects beyond the wall A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open air. There are three principal types of structural walls: building walls, exterior boundary walls, and or the soffit Soffit , in architecture, describes the underside of any construction element. Examples of soffits include:
In passive solar building design Passive solar buildings aim to maintain interior thermal comfort throughout the sun's daily and annual cycles whilst reducing the requirement for active heating and cooling systems. Passive solar building design is one part of green building design, and does not include active systems such as mechanical ventilation or photovoltaics, the eave may be extended to control the amount of solar light and heat entering the window A window is a transparent opening in a wall that allows the passage of light and, if not closed or sealed, air and sound. Windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material. Windows are held in place by frames, which prevent them from collapsing in(s).
See also
- Eavesdrip This is sometimes also known as the eavesdrop, but an eavesdrop is also a small, not very visible hole in a building used to listen in on the conversation of people awaiting admission to the building. Typically this would allow the occupant to be prepared for unfriendly visitors and eavesdrop
- Chhajja Chhajja is the term for projecting eaves or cover usually supported on large carved brackets, as used in Indian architecture
- Rainhead Leader heads are commonly made from sheet metal in the form of a box of varying shape and size which is open at the top and has one or more outlets to which storm water pipes or a leader are attached. Where they are used to collect water from a scupper they may be known as a Conductor head
- Gargoyle In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building
- Soffit Soffit , in architecture, describes the underside of any construction element. Examples of soffits include:
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Richmond Register
Worley and business partner Michael Eaves have been buying dilapidated property in downtown Richmond and either restoring the buildings or tearing them down ...
