Finishing Garage Roof Soffit

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing.

Finishing garage roof soffit.

Most soffit comes in long 12 inch wide strips and you must cut it into pieces to fit the dimensions of your sub fascia. Cut 1 4 inch plywood panels to fill the area from the back of the fascia below the 1 by 2 to the wall. If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar.

In of vent opening per 300 sq. Make 45 degree cuts on panels using the 45 degree feature on your soffit table. 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.

Soffit add the finishing touch under the eaves. If you ve already put your drip edge on the top edge of your shed then don t move it. For a typical 20 x 22 ft. Make sure your ventilation is effective by installing vent chutes between the trusses.

Adding more nail holes to a finished roof is not recommended. Vent chutes have a channel that prevents blown insulation from blocking the airflow from the soffit vents to the attic space. All the roof edges are eaves no gable ends so flat soffits continue around corners. Soffit is the hard aluminum wood or vinyl material that covers the underside of a roof s overhangs and provides a finished look.

Cut 1 4 inch thick screen molding to fit along both edges and the ends of your 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. 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.

Of attic divided between the soffit and roof vents. 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. Soffit and fascia repair 1.