How To Install Soffit On Gable End With Wood Siding

This is how i did my pole barn workshop and at the end of the video i also show.

How to install soffit on gable end with wood siding. 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. Installation of a wooden soffit is in much the same manner except nailing strips are first fastened in place. Soffit nails into each of the outer v grooves the groove flange and the center groove of panels that have center backing. Use a trim nail punch to drive 1 1 2 in.

How to build a soffit box or gable end soffit box using vinyl or aluminum soffit and fascia. Begin at one bottom edge of the gable and slide the soffit into the f channel along the wall. 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.

In most instances you will close off the gable end fascia with a cornice box or a fascia end cap. Corners are formed by using an h bar and mitering the panels into the bar. The other end will be closest to you. Here s how to frame a boxed soffit on the eave and gable end of a building.

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.