Abstract: A sheet metal starter shingle and a roof covering employing the starter shingle. The starter shingle is five sided with a first side engaging with the eave edge of a roof, two sides perpendicular to the first side, and two other sides angled inwardly from the perpendicular sides to meet at a peak opposite the first side. All the sides have means for engaging with adjacent starter shingle, roofing shingles or the roof eave edge. The roof covering employing the starter shingle also employs rectangular, sheet metal roofing shingles each having a length twice its width, and a width equal to one of the angled sides of the starter shingle. A method for laying the roof covering is also disclosed.

Abstract: A gutter and hanger arrangement for a building includes a hanger with a flashing section for anchoring to a roof, a fascia section for overlying a portion of a building vertical wall and a hanger flange joined to the fascia section and having elongate corrugations for slidably attaching a gutter thereto. The gutter includes a bottom wall joined to inner and outer side walls and forming a trough therebetween, the juncture of the bottom wall and the inner side wall comprising an abutment surface for engaging the building vertical wall below the flashing section. The inner side wall is spaced laterally from and extends upwardly of the abutment surface and has a corrugated gutter flange extending generally downwardly in spaced relation to the inner side wall and terminating adjacent the abutment surface to form a passage for sliding the hanger flange longitudinally into interengagement with the gutter flange. The corrugations interlock and inhibit upward movement and disengagement of the gutter from the hanger.

Abstract: A soffit system includes a plurality of panels of individually adjustable length, in a side-by-side nested array supported on at least two spaced-apart stringer members. Each adjustable panel has at least two similar components, an end portion of one being inserted in an end portion of the other so that the two components overlap. Each component has a horizontal web and two parallel side flanges with conformingly curved profiles opening in the same direction, i.e. one flange being externally concave and the opposite externally convex. The side flanges of the overlapped components snap fit together to interlock their overlapping end portions, thus providing the adjustable-length feature.

Abstract: In a house structure in which insulating material is to be laid in between and over the attic floor joists, an insulation vent is provided in spaced relation to the roofing boards to allow for free flow of ventilating air between the soffit and the interior of the attic above the insulating material and along the roof boards. This insulation vent is sold flat. To be installed it is folded on pre-scored crease lines, first to form an elongated trough consisting of a rectangular roof clearing sheet and two upwardly extending roof contacting spacer flanges. A lower end portion of the roof clearing sheet is folded down to become a wall sheathing contact sheet, and the flanges which fold down with it are stapled to the roof rafters to hold the roof clearing sheet and sheathing contact sheet in place.

Abstract: A baffle board for use in house construction to prevent loss of blown-in insulation through the eaves and yet to provide clearance ventilation space between the baffle board and the sheathing. The baffle board is a standard construction adapted for use in truss roofs and offset roofs, and with framing members of different standard widths. A generally rectangular piece of stiff material having plurality of both longitudinal and transverse score lines and slits for folding forms a baffle board which is quickly shapable for use in most standard roof constructions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hinged eave assembly for a sectional or modular structure that enables the eave of the structure to be positioned over the roof for transport, thereby reducing the effective width of the structure to conform with State highway laws. Structurally a plurality of elongated metal hinges are utilized to hingedly mount the eave to the roof at certain spaced intervals along the area where the roof joins the upper portion of an underlying wall structure. One end of the metal hinge is split or cut longitudinally so as to form a pair of legs, one leg being bent with respect to the other to form an angle therebetween for receiving the eave. The two legs are secured to the eave while the end of the hinge opposite the legs is secured directly to the roof of the structure.

Abstract: A roof having an insulating blanket of plastic foam covered by a protective sheath made up of a shell of reinforced concrete covered by a weather-impervious rubbery textured membrane. The membrane and the shell are married together in the sheath, the shell providing load bearing strength and the membrane protecting the shell and preserving its properties. The shell adheres tenaciously to the insulating blanket and the membrane to the shell. In a preferred construction, the sheath forms a protective bonnet having a girdle surrounding the eaves and verge further anchoring the roof covering to the superstructure of the building. Shingles of special construction preferably make up the insulating blanket. Special cement and latex binder compositions are disclosed for the shell and membrane respectively.

Abstract: A fascia for the edge of a roof is adapted to mount over an anchoring cant having an outwardly extending lip for lockably receiving a hook at the lower portion of the fascia member. The fascia extends upwardly and rearwardly over the cant and includes an integral locking member having a downwardly and forwardly extending edge which compressively grips a rear surface of the cant member locking the fascia member in position.

Abstract: A fascia board support comprises an angled piece of metal having a generally horizontal flange and a depending panel. A slit is provided in the panel which permits the horizontal flange to be bent and the central portion of the panel to overlap. In use, the support is placed on the exposed, squared end of a rafter. The flange is bent to provide a vertical part of the end of the rafter. The central portions of the panel become overlapped. The support is nailed to the rafter through holes in the overlapping portions. An index on the support permits the flange to be accurately bent for use with roofs of various pitches. The vertical part of the flange receives the fascia board, as by nailing.

Abstract: An improved prefabricated apparatus used for occupying the space between the rafters, and bounded by the roofing material and the finish material on the outer walls of a building, the size of such space being dependent upon the vertical dimension of the rafter supporting the roofing material and the horizontal distance between rafters. The apparatus is provided with telescoping flexible snap-fit shoulders so that it may be adjusted for variations in the nominal (standard) spacing of rafters and rafter warpage. The apparatus is also provided with a tongue so that it may be adjusted to various rafter pitches and/or variations from the nominal (standard) rafter depth.

Abstract: A parapet and eave cap assembly and anchor are disclosed in which a corrugated sheet metal tie is incorporated in the wall and includes a split-end having tabs which are bendable to conform in angle to a desired slope of a plate forming a part of an inverted U-shaped cover frame. The plate includes slots for receiving the anchor upwardly therethrough and has outer and inner legs of selected elevation to provide the desired slope in the cap assembly. The tabs of the anchor are simply bent over in opposite directions upon the surface of the plate and are thereafter nailed in place to provide a tensioning anchor between the masonry wall and the cover frame of the cap assembly. The cap assembly is finished by means of a suitable metal flashing overlying the assembly and adjacent edges of flashing strips or similar portions of the roof structure.

Abstract: A roof edging for finishing gable ends of tiled roofs comprising edging strips having flanges which pass over the edge tiles and between the tiles and the tiling battens. Clips engage the inner contour of the edging strips and are fastened to the battens.

Abstract: Roof arrangements for mobile modular building structures comprising a shallow depressed roof region of low slope confined within parapets, associated with drainage means at one end of the module also comprising utilities.

Abstract: A roof eave assembly for tiled roofs includes a sarking support running beneath the tiles and over the upper edge of a fascia board to give a firm sloping support for sarking. The support includes a flange in front of the fascia board in spaced relationship therewith and spaced apertures to allow the support to be fastened to the fascia board and to the roof rafters. When in use, the eave course of tiles may be secured to the fascia by means of spaced eave tile clips snapped onto the front flange of the sarking support.

Abstract: The combination eaves trough and fascia with soffit connection means comprises a generally channel-shaped upwardly opening elongated sheet metal gutter member having an upright front wall providing a fascia surface, a bottom generally horizontal wall, and an upright back wall adapted to be mounted directly on the ends of rafter tails. The gutter member is of a vertical dimension to enable it to replace a conventional fascia. An integral horizontal reinforcing rib providing a socket groove is formed directly in the sheet metal material in the lower portion of the gutter member at the juncture between the bottom wall and one of the upstanding walls of the gutter member, and the groove opens toward the back of the gutter member to receive an edge of a soffit panel which has its opposite edge portion attached to an associated building.Closing-in structure is provided for either or both ends of the gutter and soffit assembly.

Abstract: Metal roofing shingles including triangular shaped gable and eave starting shingles and square or rectangular shaped shingles covering the main body of the roof, the shingles being laid in courses whereby their edges run at an angle from the gable ends and eave edges upwards towards the ridge of the roof and under a ridge cap. Each of the shingles is secured to the underlying roof structure by a roofing nail passing through the uppermost corner of the shingle. The lowermost edges of the shingles are interlocked over and under the uppermost edges of adjacent shingles and have their lowermost corners overlapping the uppermost roofing nail secured corner of adjacent shingles. The edges of the triangular shaped shingles adjacent to the gable ends and eave edges of the roof are folded under and inwards in locking engagement with folded protruding edges of gable and eave starter lengths of formed sheet material which have been secured to the gable end and eave edges of the underlying roof structure.

Abstract: The gravel stop is made of a springable material which has top and bottom portions joined by a horizontal and a sloping portion disposed therebetween. Since the material has spring characteristics, a fascia having a channel at the top and the bottom may be placed over the top edge and moved downwardly and released to have the bottom channel engage the bottom edge of the spring unit. Adhesive, nails or other attaching means may be employed to secure the spring unit to the material at the roof edge. The spring unit may be made of aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel, plastic and the like. A spring unit of galvanized steel was secured by Neoprene Construction Adhesive manufactured by Franklin Glue Co.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for fixing a wall covering comprised of a plurality of panels on a wall comprises a support member which is fastened to the wall and a panel bearing element secured to each panel and an improved profiled structural element including a main web, a first groove disposed on one side of the main web for receiving the support member and a pair of second grooves disposed on the opposite side of the main web, each second groove receiving one panel bearing member. The upper of the second grooves may support the lower part of an upper panel and the lower of the second grooves the upper part of a lower panel. The upper of the second grooves may alternatively support a special panel bearing element for a panel angled with respect to panels generally parallel to the wall.

Abstract: An eave thermal baffle for insulation adapted to be fastened on the exterior building wall and between adjacent roof framing members or other framing as may be appropriate. The baffle comprises a flat portion called the plate section adapted to lie on the top plate of the exterior wall and to be fastened thereto or placed against the exterior face of the exterior wall and to be fastened thereto. Extending vertically from this flat portion is a wall portion adapted to be fastened to the inner faces of appropriate framing members. Extending from this wall portion is a main baffle section which extends inwardly of the building and upwardly from the vertical wall. The main baffle section may also be fastened to the inner faces of a pair of appropriate framing members. Upstanding ribs extending along the sides of the main baffle section, and the main baffle section, serve to form a trough or channel for movement of ventilating air.

Abstract: A rainwater run-off dispersion system comprising mounting means and receiving surface with a plurality of fixed baffles, spaced tangentially at the roof edge of a building in the path of rainwater falling therefrom and preferably inclined outwardly and downward away from said building, said baffles uniformly distributing and dispersing rainwater away from same building and breaking up same into a relatively fine and dispersed shower of droplets.

Abstract: Roof apparatus is disclosed for mobile homes and the like which includes several discrete layers of different types of materials, including insulation materials, bonding materials, and sealing materials, which together provide insulation from heat and cold from the mobile home structure and the structural strength requirements for minimizing damage to the mobile home by normal flexing of the mobile home, such as resulting from wind.

Abstract: A flashing system for weatherproofing the areas between adjoining structural surfaces which are continually exposed to ambient conditions. A longitudinally extending bracket member is adapted to be secured to a structural surface such as a building parapet or the like. The bracket includes a longitudinally extending opening. A sheet of flexible material (preferably elastomeric) material is supported by the bracket member and covers selected areas between the adjoining surfaces. The sheet of flexible material extends through the opening in the bracket, and a stiffening member in the form of a longitudinally extending planar member has a portion secured to the sheet of flexible material. Part of the bracket member defines a longitudinally extending track portion designed to slidably engage a longitudinal edge of the stiffening member.

Abstract: A closure or sealing strip for interposition between corrugated or otherwise sinuous sheathing panels for walls or roofs or other building surfaces and a supporting or other frame element, the sealing strip comprising a laminated body in which the opposite longitudinal edges of the laminations are adapted to contact the sheathing panels and the frame element respectively, and in which the laminations are composed of a resilient polymer and have relatively dense surface skins and relatively porous interior portions. Where the strips are to support relatively heavy loads, one or more of the laminations may be of substantially greater density than the others. The sealing strips are provided with interlocking means at their ends, such as dovetail connections, whereby a number of the strips may be readily joined together in endwise relationship.

Abstract: A roofing framework adapted for mounting atop a selected pair of opposite side walls of a building structure said framework including a pair of spaced apart opposed base members, each of said base members having a plurality of upwardly extending column members attached at corresponding locations therealong, and each of said column members including a notched upper end portion. Also included are a plurality of roof supported members respectively bridging the space between the base members and being supported in the notches of correspondingly located column members on the opposed base members, and bracing members connecting selected column members, so that said column members, the roof support members and the bracing members form a connected frame support on which a roof deck can be laid and supported.

Abstract: A deformable clamp is connected to a building parapet, wall or the like which extends above a roof deck for clamping a resilient sealing strip of roofing material thereto thus providing a readily formed watertight seal between the roof and the wall.

Abstract: A roof, that is constituted by a number of contiguous three-dimensional roof pans, has fascia-supporting clips adjacent one side thereof; and has a fascia releasably held by those clips. That fascia also extends along the ends of the roof. The opposite side of the roof is supported by a flashing-like bracket; and that bracket has a shelf-like bottom which extends under, and which is secured to, the roof pans to enable the weight of that opposite side to tend to draw that bracket into intimate engagement with that opposite side. The one side of the roof is underlain and supported by an elongated channel which, in turn, is supported by vertically-directed posts. The upper ends of those posts extend upwardly through openings in a horizontally-directed lower portion of that channel and are co-extensive with, and are directly secured to, the vertically-directed portion of that channel.

Abstract: A rain water run-off disperser comprising mounting means, and multiple fixed deflecting surfaces spaced below a roof edge of a building in the path of water falling therefrom and preferably inclined downwardly and outwardly from said building, said deflecting surfaces deflecting water away from said building and breaking up the same into a relatively fine and dispersed shower of drops.