Fix A Board In The Edge Of My House Roof

Don t be surprised if the soffit breaks apart while you re attempting to pull it free.

Fix a board in the edge of my house roof.

You see this all the time where two boards have been joined on the end of a 1 inch rafter or truss. Waterlogged boards will often be soggy and prone to crumbling. The best way is to install the roof drip edge only along the eaves first then place ice and water barrier in the snowbelt or felt paper underlayment over the drip edge. If perfectly centered each of the two adjoining board ends gets at most a inch bearing on the end of the roof truss or rafter.

This lets any water that gets on the roof run down the underlayment and over the drip edge. Put one nail in where each. Leave the next course of shingles intact by carefully removing the second set of four nails. 12 roof repair tips.

Find and fix a leaking roof. Grab the exposed edge of the board and give it a sharp tug downward to dislodge it. Then reshingle sliding metal step flashing behind the fascia board the trim behind the gutter. In most cases if the shingles go past the drip edge about 3 4 of an inch the shingle edge will break the surface tension unless your roof has a shallow pitch then the water will reach the drip edge and if drip edge is tight to the facia board it will run down the fascia so as added insurance leave space between the fascia and drip edge.

Working your way up the roof expose all of the rotted wood. It is possible to get in underneath the shingles on the bottom few rows and remove the nails with diagonal cutters then slip in a strip of same thickness roof sheathing adhered to the rafters with construction adhesive or extra length shingle nails with dripedge flashing put over it placed under the water barrier as applicable. Nail down the drip edge beneath the shingles. Like the fascia a decaying soffit should be soft enough to pull out manually.

During a reroof start at the peak of the roof and remove all shingles prying them up with a pitchfork working your way down the roof. This should cover the most leak prone areas. To locate rotted areas of the roof s edge gently lift up shingles with a pry bar or taping knife. Pull up the felt paper underneath the shingles.

It should overlap another piece of ice and water barrier laid below all the way down to the roof edge.