"ameijers" wrote in message
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I dont understand this. Apparently they dont always put windows in
the attics in that area. I dont think I have ever seen a house
without one or more windows in the attic.

Never seen a hip roof? You must live in an older city (pre-1950s), and
not
get out much. From the post-WWII era, right up until the modern drywall
McMansion era with multiple faux gables, hip roofs (at least on one-story
houses) were considered to make the house seem more low-slung and
modern-looking. Makes the attic space (if you can call trusses an attic)
harder to vent, but what the hell, it looks sleek.

Our house, a 1967 raised ranch has a hip roof. The overhang is very wide
(36") with continuous soffet venting. The roof first had an electric vent
fan and when that failed instead of replacing it, a later owner put in two
"whirly-turban vents" (can't think of what they are called). Those solutions
must be working OK since we still have the original roof and it's in pretty
darn good shape.

If somehow we were flooded (not likely as we live way up in the highland
above Ithaca NY) and had to go up to the attic to escape, I suspect we could
get through the whirly turbans or somehow punch out the old electric roof
fan.

Chris