Replacing Rotted Tongue And Groove From Roof

Install the kickout flashing underneath the first shingle photo 1.

Replacing rotted tongue and groove from roof. Changing a cladding board. I replace the damaged wood and prep for the new roof installation. Remove the rotted section of fascia. 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.

Pull down to remove the old soffit. The main challenge with changing cladding boards is that they are often locked into place via a tongue and groove system theoretically this means that in order to remove the damaged board you will also have to take off any boards above it as well as part of the roof. Leave the next course of shingles intact by carefully removing the second set of four nails. What you will see is how to open up and repair the soffit portion of this job.

Working your way up the roof expose all of the rotted wood. Removing termite damaged rafters and starter boards. Make sure the porch floor has a slight slope to it between 1 8 and per linear foot for tongue and groove floors. 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.

Add felt if needed before nailing the new wood on and prime the new wood on all four sides before installing it. 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. Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Soffit and fascia repair 1.

Continue fitting in the tongue with the adjacent board until you reach the flooring. Pull up the felt paper underneath the shingles. Traditionally boards are laid running perpendicular to the house. Inspect the sidewall around and underneath the fascia and inside the house for signs of moisture damage and repair any rotted areas.

The roof boards under worn shingles might well have rotted too. How to repair garden shed walls repairing wooden shed walls. Starting at the ceiling fit the replacement board with the damaged old board s adjacent neighbor and slip in into place. 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. If it comes off without splitting reuse it later.