Common materials for the job include pine ply cedar upvc.
Fascia before roof sheathing.
In this video i trim my truss tails by snapping a chalk line drawing a plumb line down from that line and then using a circular saw to cut them off.
Run fascia the thickness of the plywood higher than the fly rafter on the gable and flush on the sub fascia.
I know that the fascia should go below the roof sheathing but what about placing the fascia even with the sheathing.
Then i do a metal drip edge to cover it all.
In the u s roof sheathing is almost always composed of wood usually osb oriented strand board or plywood.
Different finishes variations of the soffit can be achieved more commonly flat plain plywood is used although tongue and groove boards can be used or even.
Where should roof drip edge flashing be placed.
Most of the roof runoff is going off the roof not down the fascia board.
Once the roof is on you can start the fascia soffit installation ideally before the tiles or other roofing material go on.
Mark the thickness of the roof sheathing 1 2 in.
Installing the fascia before sheeting the roof solves a lot of problems.
Fascia cover depends on which type you are using some lie in over the top of the fascia board so cut the nails through the sheathing into the fascia board so that should be done before the reroofing then when the roofing is off those cut through nails into the fascia removed so they do not jack up.
The framing continues with roof sheathing.
In some places the sheathing just doesn t have sufficient overhang for the fascia.
If the fascia board itself is being replaced due to rot then roofer will sometimes do that.
Osb is lightweight relatively inexpensive and strong enough to resist bending or breaking should someone walk on the roof.
In this case and strike that line that completes the drawing of the whole eave.
On my shed my sheathing does not protrude actually how both my house and shed are done is a 1 x 6 house 1 x4 shed fascia is installed to end of rafters then 1 x 1 1 2 is tacked onto the fascia at the top.
Ben likes to keep the bottom edge of the roof sheathing above the outer edge of the fascia in case there are little discrepancies in the framing so he marks a line about a quarter inch in from the outer edge of the.
Here is the problem the lookouts are already in place the sheathing is installed.
Click to enlarge any image our illustration above shows proper placement of the roof drip edge atop the roof sheathing before installation of roofing felt or ice and water shield and spaced a bit away from the fascia.
I install the fascia flush with the top of the sub fascia.
