Roof Sheathing Overhang Fascia

Nail thefurring strip to the fascia board near the fascia top tight under any extending of roof decking usually absent.

Roof sheathing overhang fascia.

Make sure it is square level etc. Put that up first. This indicates the truss tails. The exposed edges of the 3 layers of rigid insulation are no longer exposed.

This is to just enough to cover the 3 4 x6 actual fascia. I ve trimmed my roof sheathing to run between 5 8 and 3 4 over the sub fascia. This would add another 3 4 to the thickness. The drip edge will be installed 1 8 proud of away or out from the furring strip in best practice or may be installed tight against the furring strip reduces the life of the furring strip by rot.

Then we re going to use a scrap of 2x4 to space off the square and strike a line there. Homes that have gable roofs the classic roof style with triangle topped walls at each end also have fascia running up the gable ends of the roofline. Don t overhang the sheathing at all. Most houses have fascia running along all of the eaves the overhangs at the bottom of the roof.

On sheds and homes overhangs are commonly referred to as eaves or rakes depending on where they are located. Box beam gable framing new gable overhang is framed in the form of a box beam hanging off of a new layer of roof plywood roof sheathing cantilevered over the top of the 3 layers of rigid insulation. Use your speed square on the fascia board and run the sheathing down to that. Soffits appear anywhere a roof extends beyond the walls by more than a few inches.

Overhangs can vary in width from a few inches to several feet. Now that i ve modeled what i was going to build i decided i need a piece of molding to break up the plain look of just the fascia trim plank. Use 2x6 for fascia board.