Roof Soffit Detail

Venting solutions for roofs with no overhang or soffit.

Roof soffit detail.

If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. For the fascia use noncombustible or fire resistant materials e g fire retardant treated. Use the edit dialogue in the properties tab to change your soffit construction materials and depth. 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 flat horizontal soffits see figure 3 instead of attaching the soffits to the sloped joists which creates sloped soffits. 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.

The underside of the roof decking. Aluminum soffits can also be angled to follow the slope of the roof. 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. Then go to a suitable plan view and draw your soffit boundaries.

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. A flat soffit reduces the potential for entrapment of embers and hot gases. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. This will bring up a selection tool.

Pull down to remove the old soffit. Select the roof edges you want your fascia to fix to. To create soffits in revit go to the architecture tab roof dropdown soffit.