Patent ID: 6669554
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A means for ventilating a building crawl space using a continuous horizontal ventilation sill member for a crawl space of a building mounted between a foundation wall and building frame structure disposed above comprising:a. a plate of generally elongated configuration having opposed planer side surfaces, a planer upper surface, a planer rear surface, and a bottom surface, said front surface having horizontally spaced vertically upper and lower surfaces separated by and inclined drip edge surface, said spaced upper and lower surface allows the buildings sheathing and finish siding to be positioned closely adjacent to the inclined drip edge surface, said bottom abutment surface having spaced channels extending from the rear to the front surfaces, said channels are of combtooth form, wherein the smooth upper surface is in engagement with the buildings frame structure thereby supporting said structure while the channeled bottom surface is in engagement with the top of the foundation wall, whereby providing a uniform free flow of air along the path of the channels between the crawl space and the ambient environment.