How To Box Frame Roof Eaves

Secure the f channel or the j channel using 3 4 inch screws to the sides of the eaves so that the soffit panel can slide into.

How to box frame roof eaves.

Avoid coronas that are overly tall in the range of 8 in. While this height works for a hip roof or eave with an angled soffit it will be too heavy for a boxed eave return on a gable end. How to box frame roof eaves step 1. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls in architecture a soffit describes the underside of any construction element.

Some examples of soffits. Using the inch screws secure the f channel or j channel to the sides of the eaves for the soffit panel to slide into. T he eave depth frieze size and return depth. Eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and normally project beyond the side of a building.

Place the scaffold along one side of the house where the overhangs will be boxed. Nail your undersill trim into place. Purchase soffit material. Step 1 prepare the eaves for soffit installation.

Position wood planks on the scaffold at a height that s convenient for working at the underside of the fascia board. Do this all around the house beneath the eaves. The corona height start with a corona between 4 in. Do this beneath the eaves all round the house.

Preparing the eaves secure the f channel or the j channel using 3 4 inch screws to the sides of the eaves so that the soffit panel can slide into. Make sure the inside of your fascias attached to the rafter tails have grooves on the inside where the soffit. F channels are fasteners shaped like an f through which the soffit board will slide in. On both ends of the roof i let the subfascia run out beyond the anticipated width of the rakes.

Do this all around the house beneath the eaves. Secure an f channel with 3 4 inch wood screws against the wall all the way around the house under the eaves.