Frame Gable Roof Soffit

How to frame a reverse gable over a door on an existing pole barn.

Frame gable roof soffit.

Before you nail it slide it a tiny bit out from the back of the f channel approximately 1 16 inch. Begin at one bottom edge of the gable and slide the soffit into the f channel along the wall. This is how i did my pole barn workshop and at the end of the video i also show. With enclosed overhangs soffit will attach to this solid blocking.

Set out the wall plates to whatever centers you need for your gable roof 400 450 600 or 900 governed by the weight of roof covering ie tiles and cut fix the joists so they are parallel to each other and flush with the back edge of the wall plates. New roof system will need to be able to accommodate weight of snow drifting against existing wall or sliding off from roof depending upon whether reverse gable will be added to endwall or sidewall. Here s how to frame a boxed soffit on the eave and gable end of a building. This is a very small amount but it will keep your soffit from bending later.

The cleanest look for a gable end with a closed eave is to angle the soffit therefore eliminating the need to resolve the eave at the gable end. This configuration gives the look of an open eave but it has the same benefits ease of maintenance and energy performance as a closed eave.