Roof And Fascia Detailsheathing Overhang Fascia

The roof sheathing comes down and ends on top of the 1 x fascia.

Roof and fascia detailsheathing overhang fascia.

The framing continues with roof sheathing. Fascia goes hand in hand with your home s soffit. Most of the roof runoff is going off the roof not down the fascia board. Though most commonly made from wood fascia can also be made from aluminum vinyl and plastic.

Roofing sheathing plywood overhang fascia thickness discussion in the bs topic started by mgd1790 feb 19 2017. Fascia is very visible and needs to be in good shape so your home s curb appeal isn t in jeopardy. In some places the sheathing just doesn t have sufficient overhang for the fascia. Here is a short video showing how.

It forms the finishing edge where the roof has its gutter attached. Fascia is installed to end of rafters then 1 x 1 1 2 is tacked onto the fascia at the top. It s the exposed board you see on the front of your roof s overhang. Do you need to install eave or fascia for a metal roof.

Looks like some odd green opening at the top of the fascia board which is the vertical front of the soffit or eave or overhang of your roof. Add the thickness of the true fascia 15 16 in in this case. Here is the problem the lookouts are already in place the sheathing is installed. Then i do a metal drip edge to cover it all.

How do you create a box eave aka porkchop with roof fascia soffit. The fascia is a vertical band under a roof edge and is visible from outside your home. Feb 19 2017 1. Use a stable extension ladder to access fascia at a.

Measure from the edge of the plywood outside of the wall over to whatever the overhang will be and square a line up to indicate the end of the truss tail. I know that the fascia should go below the roof sheathing but what about placing the fascia even with the sheathing. Older homes often do not have fascia at all. Add an inch and a half for subfascia strike a line.

Your fascia is also where gutters are placed. For exposed fascia without gutter fill the nail sets with wood putty and apply a coat of exterior primer and exterior trim paint to the fascia.