Ventilated wall drainage system and apparatus therefore
AssigneesCobblestone Construction Finishes, Inc., Dick A. Burton
InventorDick A. Burton
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Abstract
A building construction having a ventilated wall drainage system. The building includes a roof with a plurality of roof vents therein, a soffit, an attic space and an exterior wall construction. The wall construction includes an exterior wall covered with sheathing. The sheathing is in turn covered by insulation having a plurality of generally vertical channels therein which permit air to flow through the channels between the insulation and the sheathing of the exterior wall. The soffit is provided with a passage which is in communication with the channels in the insulation. Air is continually drawn through the channels in the wall construction, through the passage in the soffit and into the attic space to provide constant ventilation for the wall construction.
Claims15
A method of constructing a building having a ventilated wall system, the building having a roof with a plurality of roof vents therein, the method comprising:
- building an exterior wall of the building, the wall having upper and lower edges, wherein the wall includes a plurality of framing members spaced apart in predetermined intervals, wherein a plurality of the framing members are generally parallel to each other and wherein the generally parallel framing members are aligned in a plane that defines the exterior wall;
- covering the framing of the exterior wall with a plurality of sheet goods to form an exterior surface of the wall;
- covering the exterior surface with a plurality of foam sheet goods, wherein the foam sheet goods have an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface includes a plurality of longitudinal channels and wherein the channels extend between the upper and lower edges of the wall;
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- providing the house with a soffit having a lower surface, wherein the lower surface has an elongate opening therein, wherein the opening cooperates with the channels and wherein air can flow through the channels, through the opening and through the roof vents.
In a building having a wall construction, a soffit, a roof, a roof vent in said roof, and attic space located between the soffit and the roof, the improvement comprising:
- an exterior wall in said wall structure, said exterior wall having a plurality of framing members, sheathing material fastened to said framing members, insulation adjacent said sheathing material, and an exterior covering adjacent said insulation, wherein said insulation is intermediate said sheathing material and said exterior covering, wherein said insulation provides a plurality of channels which permit air to flow from a bottom of said exterior wall to a top of said exterior wall, wherein said insulation is a generally rigid foam product and is provided in the form of sheets, and wherein said channels are formed in said insulation in a rear surface thereof and said channels are generally vertical in nature;
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- a passage in said soffit providing communication between said attic space and said channels whereby air may flow through said channels, through said passage, through said attic and through said roof vent.
In a building having a wall construction, a soffit, a roof, a roof vent in said roof, and attic space located between the soffit and the roof, the improvement comprising:
- an exterior wall in said wall structure, said exterior wall having a plurality of framing members, sheathing material fastened to said framing members, generally rigid insulation adjacent said sheathing material, and an exterior covering adjacent said insulation, wherein said insulation is intermediate said sheathing material and said exterior covering, and wherein said insulation provides a plurality of channels which permit air to flow from a bottom of said exterior wall to a top of said exterior wall, wherein said channels are formed in said insulation and wherein said channels are generally vertical in nature;
- a passage in said soffit providing communication between said attic space and said channels whereby air may flow through said channels, through said passage, through said attic and through said roof vent
- a spacer, wherein said spacer is an elongate member having an upper edge, a lower edge, and first and second side surfaces, wherein said spacer has a plurality of tunnels extending therethrough between the upper and lower edges, and wherein said spacer provides said passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.