Re: roof overhangs

[Woody Baker <knapper@bga.com>]

On Sun, 31 Dec 1995, alex evelhoch wrote:

> The proper sizing of an overhang is dependent on the the houses geographic
> lattitude, and which direction the windows face.  There is a very good
> article addressing this in Fine Homebuilding, "Siting a House", p. 41,
> Feb/Mar 1995.

General rule:  for shading starting in June, use a factor of 6, for shading
starting in August use a factor of 4.  Height from sill to roofline/factor

This applies to 32 degree latitude.

Cheers
Woody

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