Roof Soffit Detail

Remove the rotted section of fascia.

Roof soffit detail.

Aluminum soffits can also be angled to follow the slope of the roof. The underside of the roof decking. A gable roof has a cornice along the side walls formed at the rafter ends. Soffits are actually part of the cornice or eave the point where the roof projection and the side walls of the building meet.

Use the edit dialogue in the properties tab to change your soffit construction materials and depth. For the fascia use noncombustible or fire resistant materials e g fire retardant treated. Select the roof edges you want your fascia to fix to. Venting solutions for roofs with no overhang or soffit.

Instead of the flat boxed soffits shown in this article older and some newer homes may have a soffit style that features either exposed rafter tails or enclosed soffits that follow the slope of the roof. Install special roof intake venting products that work at the lower edge of the roof decking underneath the first course of shingles. Smart vent a special roof eaves vent product that provides a 3 4 opening about 6 above the top of the roof drip edge. Pull down to remove the old soffit.

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Use flat horizontal soffits see figure 3 instead of attaching the soffits to the sloped joists which creates sloped soffits. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. Then go to a suitable plan view and draw your soffit boundaries.

To create soffits in revit go to the architecture tab roof dropdown soffit. This will bring up a selection tool. Soffit and fascia repair 1.