Finishing Garage Roof Soffet

Soffit add the finishing touch under the eaves.

Finishing garage roof soffet.

Wrap the soffits and fascias on your home with prefinished aluminum and you ll never have to scrape prime or paint those roof edges again. Welcome youtube family to another how to diy video. Some older homes have open eaves. Underneath the rafters a horizontal sheet of plywood paneling runs from the back of the fascia board to the face of the house wall called a soffit.

Make sure your ventilation is effective by installing vent chutes between the trusses. Other than cost cutting the reason may be because as far as i can tell this is not an issue for most people. Soffit vents and two standard square roof vents. New aluminum soffits the underside of eaves and fascias the vertical trim at the roof edge won t peel or rot so they ll last for decades with no maintenance.

Place 1 nail every 1 2 ft 0 30 0 61 m to fix the flashing to the roof. Use 2 3 in 5 1 7 6 cm roofing nails and drive a nail into the shingle through the flashing and into the roof underneath. Most soffit comes in long 12 inch wide strips and you must cut it into pieces to fit the dimensions of your sub fascia. Vent chutes have a channel that prevents blown insulation from blocking the airflow from the soffit vents to the attic space.

For a typical 20 x 22 ft. In most instances the cornice or eave of today s homes are finished off with a soffit the covering on the underside of the overhang. If you ve already put your drip edge on the top edge of your shed then don t move it. Soffit is the hard aluminum wood or vinyl material that covers the underside of a roof s overhangs and provides a finished look.

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. Garage you d need about six 4 in. Adding more nail holes to a finished roof is not recommended. 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.

You can do this with a nail and hammer but it ll be easier to use a nail gun. Older homes often have an open eave with the rafters adding to the décor. These homes can be left as is or soffits can be added. One of the most common finishes is to install a vertical band of wood along the ends of the rafters known as fascia.