Roof Soffit Detail

The underside of the roof decking.

Roof soffit detail. Remove the rotted section of fascia. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. Use flat horizontal soffits see figure 3 instead of attaching the soffits to the sloped joists which creates sloped soffits. This will bring up a selection tool.

Soffits are actually part of the cornice or eave the point where the roof projection and the side walls of the building meet. 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. If it comes off without splitting reuse it later.

Aluminum soffits can also be angled to follow the slope of the roof. Hip roofs have a continuous cornice that extends completely around the building. Smart vent a special roof eaves vent product that provides a 3 4 opening about 6 above the top of the roof drip edge. Install special roof intake venting products that work at the lower edge of the roof decking underneath the first course of shingles.

Use the edit dialogue in the properties tab to change your soffit construction materials and depth. Pull down to remove the old soffit. For the fascia use noncombustible or fire resistant materials e g fire retardant treated. A flat soffit reduces the potential for entrapment of embers and hot gases.

To create soffits in revit go to the architecture tab roof dropdown soffit. Select the roof edges you want your fascia to fix to. Soffit and fascia repair 1.