Patent ID: 7290373

Claim:
A method for providing ventilation and closure to an eaves of a tile roof at a roof transition, wherein the roof transition defines a vertical transition plane, and the tile roof is characterized by a roof surface, an eaves, a plurality of roof tiles, and a plurality of straight eave risers positioned along said eaves, said method comprising: installing a flashing atop said roof transition, said flashing being characterized by one or more corrugations; positioning an eave riser extension atop said flashing, said eave riser extension being generally L-shaped in cross section, and having a base positioned along said roof surface and a riser facade to support said roof tiles, said base and said riser facade defining one or more intermediate openings therethrough and having sufficient length to substantially extend between a free end of the nearest of said straight eave risers and said transition plane; sizing and shaping one or more of said openings to span one or more of said corrugations; and laying one or more of said roof tiles atop said eave riser extension at a desired pitch.