Abstract: A roof ridge vent comprises a one-piece, elongate body rollable into a spiral roll. The vent body has an elongate upper wall with a pair of longitudinally-extending side edges, an underside, and a plurality of bracing walls depending therefrom. The vent body further includes a pair of grillwork walls with ventilation openings extending downwardly and outwardly from the side edges of the upper wall. Still further, the vent body includes a pair of longitudinally-extending sidewalls that project from the outer edges of each of the grillwork walls and that are disposed upright with respect to the upper wall. Each of the sidewalls has a continuous, longitudinally-extending top strip and a spaced apart pair of longitudinally-extending walls depending from the top strip. The pair of walls includes a series of drainage openings which provide drainage paths through the sidewalls and which permit the sidewalls to be rolled into the spiral roll.

Abstract: An air intake or exhaust vent for an external roof or wall of a building. The vent is made of an elongate strip of ventilation material providing a plurality of ventilation passageways therethrough permitting air flow therethrough. In addition, an ember-resistant, fireproof material or coating is located on portions of the ventilation material that communicate with ambient atmosphere. Accordingly, wind blown embers are prevented from igniting and passing into and/or through the vent.

Abstract: A roof ridge vent having a ventilation component integrally secured to a waterproof outer covering. During installation of the vent, both the ventilation component and outer covering are simultaneously installed in a single process step. The use and separate installation of cap shingles or the like over a pre-installed vent is eliminated. The vent and covering are provided in an elongate, continuous length in a spiral roll and are installed as a single continuous length on a roof ridge overlying an elongate open ventilation slot.

Abstract: A patch for patching a hole in roof decking includes a rigid plug body that has a peripheral edge and that is of a size receivable in the hole in a manner enabling the plug body to be positioned in edgewise juxtaposition with the roof decking. The patch also includes a plurality of separate clips separately secured to the plug body at spaced-apart locations adjacent the peripheral edge of the plug body. A portion, or ear, of each clip extends laterally and outwardly beyond the peripheral edge of the plug body so that it can be disposed on the roof decking and suspend the plug body within the hole. If desired, a flexible flashing material can be applied over the plug body and clips to form a fluid-tight seal between any gaps between the plug body and roof decking. A method of installing the patch is also provided.

Abstract: A drainage-promoting wrap includes an elongate web of a weather-resistive membrane and a series of separate, laterally spaced-apart, elongate filament spacers bonded to a face of the membrane. The filaments are preferably extruded polymeric filaments and have depressions formed therein providing transverse drainage paths across the filaments. Preferably, the filaments extend substantially parallel to each other and to a longitudinal axis of the elongate membrane. In addition, preferably the membrane is made of a polymeric material so that the filaments are thermally bonded to the face of the membrane. Wall and roof assemblies utilizing the wrap and methods of making the wrap are provided.

Abstract: A continuous, elongate, strip of openwork ventilation material is provided in roll form and is unrolled and installed in a soffit as a one-piece, continuous vent along a length of the soffit. The opposite longitudinally-extending side edges of the ventilation material are inserted within opposed, spaced-apart channels lining the periphery of the soffit opening or are provided with laterally-extending fastening strips that are fastened to boards lining the soffit opening.

Abstract: A roof ridge vent has a pair of opposed, spaced-apart, elongate strips of ventilation material providing ventilation passageways transversely therethrough and forms opposed longitudinally-extending sides of the vent. The elongate ventilation strips are interconnected by a plurality of supports extending transverse relative to the elongate ventilation strips. Each adjacent pair of supports defines an opening therebetween such that an underlying roof surface is visible to an installer through the openings. A vent assembly and method of installation are provided.

Abstract: A composite building material includes at least one membrane, a spacer material bonded to one face of the membrane, and a lath bonded to an opposite face of the membrane. The components of the composite building material are installed simultaneously as an integral unit within a wall, roof or like assembly. The lath is preferably made of plastic or metal and is used to support cementitious material such as stucco, mortar, plaster, concrete and the like. The spacer material provides ventilation and drainage passages and is preferably provided as separate or integrally-formed spacer elements, an openwork mat, a corrugated material, or the like. Preferably, the membrane is building paper, tar paper, roofing felt, house-wrap material or like weather-resistive material. A wall/roof assembly and a method of assembling a wall/roof structure are also disclosed.

Abstract: A roof ridge vent formed from a continuous, indeterminate-length, elongate strip of openwork material that has a pair of longitudinally-extending side edges each covered with a waterproof material. The edge coverings function as wind baffles and promote air circulation through the vent when wind blows over the roof ridge. The ridge vent is rollable lengthwise into a spiral roll for storage and shipment and is unrolled lengthwise during installation on a roof ridge.

Abstract: A roof ridge vent having a ventilation component integrally secured to a waterproof outer covering. During installation of the vent, both the ventilation component and outer covering are simultaneously installed in a single process step. The use and separate installation of cap shingles or the like over a pre-installed vent is eliminated. The vent and covering are provided in an elongate, continuous length in a spiral roll and are installed as a single continuous length on a roof ridge overlying an elongate open ventilation slot.

Abstract: A mortar and debris collection device for use within a cavity wall to prevent the blockage of weep holes at the base of the wall. The cavity wall assembly includes a masonry wall, an adjacent inner wall, a wall cavity therebetween, and a free-standing elongate strip of openwork material located within the cavity forming a debris collection surface a spaced distance above a base surface of the cavity. Preferably, the openwork material is inserted and positioned within the cavity after the inner wall and only a base portion of the outer masonry wall is constructed. Thereafter, the upper portion of the outer masonry wall is constructed and any mortar or debris falling into the cavity is caught and supported on the debris collection surface.

Abstract: A ridge vent, roof ridge vent installation, and method of installing a ridge vent is provided. Preferably, the ridge vent includes a ventilation material that has opposite longitudinally-extending sides and a longitudinally-extending central section that is transparent. The transparent central section simplifies and enables accurate placement of the vent on the roof ridge.

Abstract: A roof ridge vent formed from a continuous, indeterminate-length, elongate strip of openwork material that has a pair of longitudinally-extending side edges each covered with a waterproof material. The edge coverings function as wind baffles and promote air circulation through the vent when wind blows over the roof ridge.

Abstract: A roll-form spacer product providing an air space and drainage passageways within a building structure. Preferably, the spacer product is a thermoplasic web of material having hollow spacer elements formed integrally thereon. A first set of spacer elements projects outwardly from one face of the web and a second set of spacer elements projects from the other face of the web. The first and second sets of spacer elements are offset, project in opposite directions, and create air space and drainage passageways along each face. Thus, in a wall or roof construction, air, vapor and water are provided with exit paths extending along both the inner sheathing member and the outer building material. In addition, the web can also be provided with apertures for creating transverse paths therethrough.

Abstract: A roll-form spacer product providing air space and drainage passageways within a building structure. Preferably, the spacer product is a corrugated web of material having undulating front and rear faces and serpentine-shaped longitudinally extending edges. The faces include alternating arrays of grooves and ridges which extend perpendicular to the side edges and parallel to an axis of a spiral roll of the spacer. Thus, when the spacer is unrolled and applied to a building structure in a plurality of horizontally extending rows, the ridges and grooves are substantially vertically-disposed to form a plurality of unobstructed passageways for the drainage of moisture. Preferably, the web is made of an openwork mat of randomly convoluted polymeric filaments, and thus, enables ready circulation of air.

Abstract: An adjustable-pitch sectional roof ridge vent formed as a one-piece, plastic, injection-molded body having an elongate top wall and a pair of opposed outer sidewalls depending outwardly and downwardly from peripheral longitudinal edges of the top wall. Each of the outer sidewalls has a lowermost edge, a plurality of ventilation openings, and an upturned flange projecting from the lowermost edge. The vent has a pair of opposed, integrally-formed end walls which depend from opposite ends of the top wall and which are each formed by a plurality of separate, spaced apart wall segments extending across the end of the top wall in substantially end-to-end single file alignment. Each pair of adjacent wall segments are spaced apart to form an open gap therebetween to enable ready flexing of the vent, and selected ones of the wall segments have an undulating configuration such that they interconnect to the top wall via a sinusoidal shaped juncture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminate, adapted to be used as in a roof ridge vent construction, which comprises (a) a matting layer comprising randomly convoluted polymeric filaments, a portion of the matting layer comprising a plurality of truncated pyramidal cusps, with at least one outwardly extending edge portion of the matting layer which is planar with one surface of the matting layer; and (b) a fabric backing bonded to the matting layer and extending outwardly and being bonded to the outwardly extending, planar edge portion of that matting layer.

Abstract: An improved roll-form vent for buildings comprises a sequentially thermoformed polymeric vent which provides multiple venting air flow paths between the interior of a building and ambient atmosphere. The vent includes projections extending from a web and a plurality of vent openings that cooperate with screening to bar entry into the building of water, insects and foreign matter. A method of making the vent includes steps of providing a web of material of indeterminate running length, heating the web, sequentially thermoforming the web, cooling the web and rolling the formed vent for storage, shipment and use.

Abstract: A do-it-yourself kit for retrofitting without special tools protective weatherproof cladding on an existing door or window frame assembly. Three elongate one-piece sections of extruded plastic are prefabricated in transverse cross section to match the profile of the exterior exposed surfaces of two sides and the header of the frame assembly. Lengthwise portions of each section are folded to grip and secure under friction door stop or sash guide surfaces of the frame assembly. Tabs extending from mitered upper ends of the side sections underlap mitered ends of the header section. Templates are included in the kit for cutting the lower ends of the side sections to match the profile of the door threshold or window sill.

Abstract: A building structure of particular utility in wooden roof structures comprises an inner sheathing member, a membrane affixed to and overlaying the inner sheathing member, and an openwork member overlaying the membrane and supporting shingles away from the inner sheathing member. A method of installing a wooden roof structure so as to retard deterioration due to entrapped moisture involves affixing to a deck a layer of roofing felt, positioning over the felt an openwork matrix leaving multiple vapor flow paths therethrough, and affixing over the matrix a layer of shingles.