Patent ID: 6584735
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: E04B,E04D,E04F

Abstract:
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; and 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.