Roof Sheathing Overhang Fascia

Use 2x6 for fascia board.

Roof sheathing overhang fascia.

This indicates the truss tails. Put that up first. Make sure it is square level etc. Then we re going to use a scrap of 2x4 to space off the square and strike a line there.

An overhang is the portion of the roof that runs past the wall providing coverage for the space around the foundation of your shed. Don t overhang the sheathing at all. Nail thefurring strip to the fascia board near the fascia top tight under any extending of roof decking usually absent. Most houses have fascia running along all of the eaves the overhangs at the bottom of the roof.

Benefits of roof overhang on sheds. Box beam gable framing new gable overhang is framed in the form of a box beam hanging off of a new layer of roof plywood roof sheathing cantilevered over the top of the 3 layers of rigid insulation. Use your speed square on the fascia board and run the sheathing down to that. Now that i ve modeled what i was going to build i decided i need a piece of molding to break up the plain look of just the fascia trim plank.

I ve trimmed my roof sheathing to run between 5 8 and 3 4 over the sub fascia. The drip edge will be installed 1 8 proud of away or out from the furring strip in best practice or may be installed tight against the furring strip reduces the life of the furring strip by rot. Homes that have gable roofs the classic roof style with triangle topped walls at each end also have fascia running up the gable ends of the roofline. This is to just enough to cover the 3 4 x6 actual fascia.

This would add another 3 4 to the thickness. Draw a full scale mockup and snap a line with fascia in kind to figure out for the sheathing snap line swing the square over to the pitch of the roof in this case it is a. Overhangs can vary in width from a few inches to several feet.