How To Install Soffit On Gable End With Wood Siding

The other end will be closest to you.

How to install soffit on gable end with wood siding. Determine the preferred method of installing soffit at the fascia board. Here s how to frame a boxed soffit on the eave and gable end of a building. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Corners are formed by using an h bar and mitering the panels into the bar.

When installing j channel at either wall of fascia board nail every 8 to 12 203mm to 305mm. Installation of a wooden soffit is in much the same manner except nailing strips are first fastened in place. In most instances you will close off the gable end fascia with a cornice box or a fascia end cap. If the soffit is to turn a corner cut and install j channel to allow 1 4 6 4mm for expansion at each of the adjoining walls and fascia boards.

Square up the panel to the house with a carpenter s square and nail the outside of the panel to the bottom of the wooden fascia. This is a very small amount but it will keep your soffit from bending later. Before you nail it slide it a tiny bit out from the back of the f channel approximately 1 16 inch. This is how i did my pole barn workshop and at the end of the video i also show.

Begin at one bottom edge of the gable and slide the soffit into the f channel along the wall.