How To Cut Roof Overhang

Boxing the overhangs 1.

How to cut roof overhang.

Position the side of hook knife against the drip edge beneath the shingle with the blade facing upward against the. After each shingle line has been laid one shingle will overhang the rake edge. I ve seen an earlier post on how to cut out an area out of a roof overhang. Make a pencil mark on the rafter s bottom edge 1 1 2 inches shorter than you want the overhang.

If for example you want the rafter to overhang the edge of your building by 6 inches 15 cm measure this now. I tried to use a solid box extruded higher than the roof to do a subtract on the roof. Place one end of a measuring tape against the house s side beneath one of the rafters on the roof s far side. The tin was just recently replaced so removing it is not an option.

Make a second mark in the same. Cut the last piece of redwood to length with a handsaw align the lower edge at the line and install with nails at the corresponding studs. Keep the framing square in the position that it was set in to measure the birdsmouth cut. I want no overhang in the middle of the wall for a certain distance then the roof overhang begins again.

I have a customer that i am doing some work for on a pool house. Slide the framing square until the 6 in 15 cm mark intersects the line you ve marked for the birdsmouth cut. Measure the rafter overhang. I drew the roof using the roof command with a 1 foot overhang.

The roof is a metal r panel over full 1 t g pine on 2x4 rafters.