Exterior wall structure and building including exterior wall structure
AssigneeSekisui House, Ltd.
InventorsShinji Utsunomiya, Hiroki Yamaguchi
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Abstract
An exterior wall structure of a building, the building including an exterior wall on which a lean-to roof is arranged. The exterior wall structure includes a column forming the exterior wall, a first backing attached to the column, a second backing attached to the column at a position located downward from the first backing, a cladding attached to the first backing, a lean-to roof frame member forming the lean-to roof, and a flashing member arranged between the cladding and the lean-to roof frame member. The first backing is attached to the column at a position located upward from the lean-to roof frame member. The second backing is attached to the column at a position located downward from the lean-to roof frame member.
Claims6
An exterior wall structure of a building, the building including an exterior wall on which a lean-to roof is arranged, the exterior wall structure comprising:
- a column of a plurality of columns forming the exterior wall, the plurality of columns including main columns forming a framework structure of the building and studs arranged between the main columns;
- a first backing attached to the column;
- a second backing attached to the column at a position located downward from the first backing;
- a cladding attached only to the first backing and not attached to the second backing;
- a lean-to roof frame member forming the lean-to roof;
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- a flashing member arranged between the cladding and the lean-to roof frame member, wherein
- the first backing is attached to the column at a position located upward from the lean-to roof frame member, and
- the second backing is attached to the column at a position located downward from the lean-to roof frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.