Frame Gable Roof Soffit

This is how i did my pole barn workshop and at the end of the video i also show.

Frame gable roof soffit.

Here s how to frame a boxed soffit on the eave and gable end of a building. 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. Begin at one bottom edge of the gable and slide the soffit into the f channel along the wall. 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.

How to frame a reverse gable over a door on an existing pole barn. 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. Ridge work out how wide you want the barge soffit boards. Before you nail it slide it a tiny bit out from the back of the f channel approximately 1 16 inch.

This is a very small amount but it will keep your soffit from bending later. With enclosed overhangs soffit will attach to this solid blocking.