Roof Rake Board

Rakes are always miter joined at the ridge of your roof.

Roof rake board.

These boards vary in size. Before the roof sheathing goes on the open framing provides easy access for attaching the return blocking and the nailers for the rake soffit. The sloped edge of a roof over a wall is the rake. Essentially the spine of a conventional stick framed roof the ridge board is sandwiched between the meeting ends of the roof rafters.

Turn the saw on and pull it down to cut the angle. Put on your safety glasses and position the fascia board so the corner on one end lines up with the saw blade. There s no correct way to finish rake lower edges. Miter the ends of your fascia board to 45 degree angles so they fit together.

Part of a roof s frame a ridge board runs horizontally along the peak of a sloped roof. For example a large 1 4 or 1 6 rake board works when there isn t an eave extending out to an overhang on the gable end. The purpose of the rake board is simply to prevent rain from running behind the siding or to cover the top edge of brick if it s a brick home. You measure this as a rise and run equation such as 6 12 where the rake angle rises six units in 12 units of run.

The rake board covers the top edge of the siding where it meets the roof or soffit if there is an overhang on the gable end and prevents rain from running behind it. Rake boards are installed on the gable ends of brick houses to cover the exposed top edge of the brick. Rake boards follow or parallel your roof pitch.