How To Remove A Wooden Gable Garage Roof

Lever the split end of the hammer up to pull the nail out of the roof.

How to remove a wooden gable garage roof. Step 1 remove the existing roof the first step when removing a wood roof truss is to disassemble the existing roof that is causing a load upon the truss. This is where your wooden dowels will insert into the wood. Change a rotten or damaged fascia board. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar.

Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam. Refrain from pulling out the structural nails that are not flush to the surface. Hold the replacement against the end of the remaining rafter. Pull down to remove the old soffit.

Remove the rotted section of fascia. Make two lines on the side of the replacement rafter end and the end of the rafter 1 inch from the top and bottom edges. Slide the split ends of the hammer under and around the nail. It was very easy.

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Remove leftover debris from the roof. This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar. Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece.

Cut out the section of the roofing. Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up. Remove an area of the roof shingles from the edge of the roof to the upper line of the overhang using a 16 inch nail bar and hammer to pull the roofing nails. You can install a new fascia board in a couple of hours with the right tools to d.

Pull the old rafter end away from the roof eave.