Replacing Rotted Tongue And Groove From Roof

Pull up the felt paper underneath the shingles.

Replacing rotted tongue and groove from roof.

The roof boards under worn shingles might well have rotted too. Working your way up the roof expose all of the rotted wood. This is the time to replace them as well. The wood should be a high quality rot resistant species such as cedar cypress douglas fir mahogany or another tropical wood.

I replace the damaged wood and prep for the new roof installation. Pull down to remove the old soffit. Inspect the sidewall around and underneath the fascia and inside the house for signs of moisture damage and repair any rotted areas. When replacing a porch floor be sure to use pressure treated pine or other rot resistant wood for both the joists and flooring.

What you will see is how to open up and repair the soffit portion of this job. During a reroof start at the peak of the roof and remove all shingles prying them up with a pitchfork working your way down the roof. Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Changing a cladding board.

Continue fitting in the tongue with the adjacent board until you reach the flooring. It s a good idea to prime all four sides of tongue and groove flooring before installing it to reduce expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature and humidity. Using a mallet to hold the new board use blocks of wood to protect the surface of the new tongue and groove board and cut off the back of the boards groove with a wood chisel. Install the kickout flashing underneath the first shingle photo 1.

Remove the rotted section of fascia. Add felt if needed before nailing the new wood on and prime the new wood on all four sides before installing it. Soffit and fascia repair 1. How to repair garden shed walls repairing wooden shed walls.

If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. Traditionally boards are laid running perpendicular to the house. In this example a roof leak around a plumbing vent allowed water to run down onto the soffit boards causing them to warp and rot along with the fascia board. Make sure the porch floor has a slight slope to it between 1 8 and per linear foot for tongue and groove floors.

Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. Starting at the ceiling fit the replacement board with the damaged old board s adjacent neighbor and slip in into place.