How To Remove Roof Overhang

The vinyl soffit uses no fasteners.

How to remove roof overhang.

However for larger extensions you ll need to hire a professional to get up there and remove large portions of the roof before extending the overhang. Builders license training institute instructor rodger peck will show you techniques for a temporary soffit repair. Vinyl soffits are the portion under the roof eaves between the wall of your home and the edge of the roof. Instead the soffit fits in between two channels like a puzzle piece.

The overhang of roof shingles is the amount of the shingle that extends past the lower edge of the roof creating a lip. After the overhang is framed cover the rafter extensions along with any part of the roof from which you ve removed sheathing with new plywood sheathing that s within 1 8. Removing this now will save you time later on when the new shingles are installed. I need to cut 1 foot off of a 2ft overhang in order to add a shed roof under the overhang.

In the specifications section of the roof panel we will specify the overhang for eave and gable sides. Removing vinyl soffits for replacement or repairs requires a helper to hold the ladder while you work. In this example 9 is used for both. I have a customer that i am doing some work for on a pool house.

For more information on our full line of b. To create a roof first we want to specify the default overhang to be the smallest overhang we plan on having in our plan. Remove the shingles over the area of the rotted roof decking identified previously. The roof is a metal r panel over full 1 t g pine on 2x4 rafters.

Having overhang prevents the water from making contact with the structural areas of the roof. Extending a gable roof can be tricky since it involves working on the roof but you may be able to do it yourself if you only need to add 1 2 2 inches 1 3 5 1 cm. We do this by clicking on build roof build roof to open the build roof dialog. Remove any damaged roof edge flashing.