Replacing Rotted Tongue And Groove From Roof

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Replacing rotted tongue and groove from roof.

The roof boards under worn shingles might well have rotted too. Add felt if needed before nailing the new wood on and prime the new wood on all four sides before installing it. Install the kickout flashing underneath the first shingle photo 1. How to repair garden shed walls repairing wooden shed walls.

Traditionally boards are laid running perpendicular to the house. 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.

What you will see is how to open up and repair the soffit portion of this job. 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. I replace the damaged wood and prep for the new roof installation. When replacing a porch floor be sure to use pressure treated pine or other rot resistant wood for both the joists and flooring.

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. This is the time to replace them as well. 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. Soffit and fascia repair 1.

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Changing a cladding board. The wood should be a high quality rot resistant species such as cedar cypress douglas fir mahogany or another tropical wood. 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.

Continue fitting in the tongue with the adjacent board until you reach the flooring. Inspect the sidewall around and underneath the fascia and inside the house for signs of moisture damage and repair any rotted areas. Remove the rotted section of fascia. Pull down to remove the old soffit.

Removing termite damaged rafters and starter boards. Working your way up the roof expose all of the rotted wood.