Frame Gable Roof Soffit

This configuration gives the look of an open eave but it has the same benefits ease of maintenance and energy performance as a closed eave.

Frame gable roof soffit.

Ridge work out how wide you want the barge soffit boards. 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. Begin at one bottom edge of the gable and slide the soffit into the f channel along the wall. How to frame a reverse gable over a door on an existing pole barn.

Set out the wall plates to whatever centers you need for your gable roof 400 450 600 or 900 governed by the weight of roof covering ie tiles and cut fix the joists so they are parallel to each other and flush with the back edge of the wall plates. The cleanest look for a gable end with a closed eave is to angle the soffit therefore eliminating the need to resolve the eave at the gable end. New roof system will need to be able to accommodate weight of snow drifting against existing wall or sliding off from roof depending upon whether reverse gable will be added to endwall or sidewall. The other end will be closest to you.

Here s how to frame a boxed soffit on the eave and gable end of a building. Before you nail it slide it a tiny bit out from the back of the f channel approximately 1 16 inch.