Finishing Garage Roof Soffit

Soffit and fascia repair 1.

Finishing garage roof soffit.

Remove the rotted section of fascia. Gable roof soffit and fascia this video shows the framing process from start to finish of the gable end wall in this house on the loft side of the house. Make sure your ventilation is effective by installing vent chutes between the trusses. Make 45 degree cuts on panels using the 45 degree feature on your soffit table.

Most soffit comes in long 12 inch wide strips and you must cut it into pieces to fit the dimensions of your sub fascia. If you ve already put your drip edge on the top edge of your shed then don t move it. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. Fit soffit around corners by installing back to back j channel or miter divider to handle the splice.

If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. Of attic divided between the soffit and roof vents. Cut 1 4 inch thick screen molding to fit along both edges and the ends of your soffit. In of vent opening per 300 sq.

Pull down to remove the old soffit. Soffit add the finishing touch under the eaves. A good rule of thumb is a total of 1 sq. Hip roofs are pyramid shaped so all the roof surfaces slope up from the eaves.

Adding more nail holes to a finished roof is not recommended. However there is a better solution for finishing the top layer of shingles on your shed roof and it involves putting on your top edge drip edge over the next to last layer of shingles. Soffit vents and two standard square roof vents. Cut 1 4 inch plywood panels to fill the area from the back of the fascia below the 1 by 2 to the wall.

For a typical 20 x 22 ft. All the roof edges are eaves no gable ends so flat soffits continue around corners. Garage you d need about six 4 in. Staple these plywood soffit panels to the bottom face of the 1 by 2 and the bottom edge of the 1 by 4 on the wall.