Fascia Before Roof Sheathing

Where should roof drip edge flashing be placed.

Fascia before roof sheathing.

Chalk your line up the rake 48 from the point where fascia meets sub fascia. 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 know that the fascia should go below the roof sheathing but what about placing the fascia even with the sheathing. The roof sheathing comes down and ends on top of the 1 x fascia.

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. I install the fascia flush with the top of the sub fascia. 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. 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.

Here is the problem the lookouts are already in place the sheathing is installed. In the u s roof sheathing is almost always composed of wood usually osb oriented strand board or plywood. Osb is lightweight relatively inexpensive and strong enough to resist bending or breaking should someone walk on the roof. Once the roof is on you can start the fascia soffit installation ideally before the tiles or other roofing material go on.

Run fascia the thickness of the plywood higher than the fly rafter on the gable and flush on the sub fascia. Mark the thickness of the roof sheathing 1 2 in. If the fascia board itself is being replaced due to rot then roofer will sometimes do that. Most of the roof runoff is going off the roof not down the fascia board.

Installing the fascia before sheeting the roof solves a lot of problems. 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. The framing continues with roof sheathing. Common materials for the job include pine ply cedar upvc.

Then i do a metal drip edge to cover it all. 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.