Options for vented eaves?

[ruggers]

What are my options for to vent my cold loft  at the eaves end of the roof?

 

I'm installing slates on my self build roof 35 pitch. 200 soffit. The ridge doesn't have to be vented but I'm looking to install a different ridge tile to the traditional vented ridge with visible rubber spacers.

Because I'm installing MVHR which is going in the loft, I'm looking for as much air movement as possible for the summer heat build up.

 

https://mayanroofingsystems.com/system/ridge/all-in-one/

 

I'm installing anthracite UPVC soffit and fascia and know that there vented soffit boards, but are there other options? I'd prefer not to have the weight of the slates bearing onto the fascia so a tilt fillet is likely to be used which rules out over fascia vents.

I'd image continuous vented soffits attract a lot of dirt because my current white ones with circular vents are filthy every 2 years.

 

 

 

Edited October 6 by ruggers

[lookseehear]

Not sure if you've solved this yet but I don't think having a tilting fillet stops you doing over-fascia ventilation. See the below from LABC.

[ruggers]

@lookseehear hi, thanks for the detail.

I don't think it works because the idea of the tilt fillet is to keep the slates right at the eaves to prevent them dropping, and also means the weight of the eaves course is on the timber fillet and not on the upvc facia.

 

Adding the over fascia vent then puts the weight back onto the fascia rendering the tilt fillet useless unless I'm missing something obvious.

 

 

[lookseehear]

Couldn’t you have your tilt fillet a bit back from the fascia so that it’s taking the weight of the slate?

[Oz07]

I used a backing board behind the fascia with over fascia vent nailed to top of this. I slid pvc capping boards upto meet the vent.

[ruggers]

On 06/12/2025 at 16:29, lookseehear said:

Couldn’t you have your tilt fillet a bit back from the fascia so that it’s taking the weight of the slate?

I thought of doing this it might limited the in coming air flow but could be better than nothing.

On 06/12/2025 at 19:45, Oz07 said:

I used a backing board behind the fascia with over fascia vent nailed to top of this. I slid pvc capping boards upto meet the vent.

What do the tiles or slates rest on, the over facia vent on the sub facia, and then the top of the capping board finishes in line with top of sub fascia?