Gable Roof Soffit Installation

Install soffit on a home before you install siding for ease and convenience.

Gable roof soffit installation.

Gable roof soffit and fascia this video shows the framing process from start to finish of the gable end wall in this house on the loft side of the house. Since your house is. If this is not possible install the f channel before the rest of the siding. This will make accessing the soffit easier for installation.

On narrow eaves the rafter ends serve to fasten the soffit and fascia. This is the first step in installing soffit because the edges once cut are very sharp. If you re not going to have a soffit vent frankly it really doesn t matter because you re not going to have the pattern that we would like you to have and you. Measure the width of the sub fascia.

Closed eaves may be wide or narrow depending on the roof design. Trim nails drip edge fascia j channel soffit panels. Write this number down. This is the space on the underside of the eave from the wall to the outer.

Put on leather gloves. Prefit as a means of checking. Measure measure the total perimeter of your roofline at the eaves from corner to corner. By having the gable vent you get some sort of turbulence up there that interrupts that flow.

Here s how to frame a boxed soffit on the eave and gable end of a building. Cut the material once you have taken the measurements it s time to start making your cuts. How to install soffits on a gable roof step 1. This is how i did my pole barn workshop and at the end of the video i also show.

Soffit is relatively easy to install but should be done with caution because of the height of gable roofs. Mark a straight line on the side of the house to prepare it for a j channel which can support the rear edge of aluminum or vinyl soffit or wood soffits as well. So if you can have a soffit vent and a ridge vent that s the best situation.