Roof Trim Line

Your roof and siding work as a system.

Roof trim line.

Accessories such as butyl tape and foam closures ensure that your roof is properly sealed from water wind and pests. Gable flashing gable flashing is used to trim the edge of the roofing panel at the gable end of the roof. Exterior trim details tie your home s form and function together. More importantly they help keep the elements from going under the roof at joints or the roof edges.

House trim is installed at corners along roof lines and around doors and windows. Cut the slot in the roof using a circular saw with a carbide tip blade. Once the slot is cut and any overlapping shingles covering the ridge are trimmed and removed the ridge is ready for vent installation. A minimum of 6 must be left uncut on each end of the ridge.

Roofline is used to describe the fascia soffits bargeboards antefixes and cladding that forms the frontage immediately below the roof and the eaves of many homes and buildings. But there are a lot of gray areas where frame and finishing trim members hold your exterior lines together. The type may vary depending on the type of wall construction but most trim boards are 1 by 4 inches or 1 by 6. Trim components will give your roof a finished look.

It should match the eave drip that extends along the drip edge of the roof.