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I am in the process of designing a house in the “Old World”- Country French style and would like to build a hip roof with a curved eave. If anyone has any experience with curved eaves and would like to share some construction details for achieving this look, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Check the archives. I posted the same question a while back and got some good answers. Also a recent FHB article covered this topic.
Good luck,
John
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*Joe, I think that will work. Thanks
*The 2 distinguishing features of a French hipped roof are the "coyaux" at the eave and the much steeper pitch at the narrower ends of the roof. The coyaux is an add-on rafter tail, usually straight, that creates the kick-out look. The transition between the coyau and the rafter is made by installing a wide roof board to bridge the sharp break. Wood shingles or slates applied over this make it look like a smoother curve. As for the roof pitches, they can vary a great deal but generally if the main roof is 12/12 then the hip end is around 20/12. I've also seen them much steeper than this, in the range of 40/12.
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I am in the process of designing a house in the "Old World"- Country French style and would like to build a hip roof with a curved eave. If anyone has any experience with curved eaves and would like to share some construction details for achieving this look, I would greatly appreciate it.