Roof And Fascia Detailsheathing Overhang Fascia

Roofing sheathing plywood overhang fascia thickness discussion in the bs topic started by mgd1790 feb 19 2017.

Roof and fascia detailsheathing overhang fascia.

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. Fascia is the area of siding directly above the soffit. Your fascia is also where gutters are placed.

Older homes often do not have fascia at all. How do you create a box eave aka porkchop with roof fascia soffit. The roof sheathing comes down and ends on top of the 1 x fascia. I know that the fascia should go below the roof sheathing but what about placing the fascia even with the sheathing.

Add an inch and a half for subfascia strike a line. 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. On 2020 05 13 by james calhoun can anyone tell me what this is called on 2020 02 20 by mod.

Fascia goes hand in hand with your home s soffit. In some places the sheathing just doesn t have sufficient overhang for the fascia. The fascia is a vertical band under a roof edge and is visible from outside your home. Add the thickness of the true fascia 15 16 in in this case.

Fascia is very visible and needs to be in good shape so your home s curb appeal isn t in jeopardy. 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. Here is a short video showing how. 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. Feb 19 2017 1. 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. 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.

Use a stable extension ladder to access fascia at a. It forms the finishing edge where the roof has its gutter attached.