Roof Soffit Detail

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing.

Roof soffit detail.

Pull down to remove the old soffit. Use the edit dialogue in the properties tab to change your soffit construction materials and depth. Install special roof intake venting products that work at the lower edge of the roof decking underneath the first course of shingles. Aluminum soffits can also be angled to follow the slope of the roof.

Use flat horizontal soffits see figure 3 instead of attaching the soffits to the sloped joists which creates sloped soffits. Smart vent a special roof eaves vent product that provides a 3 4 opening about 6 above the top of the roof drip edge. Venting solutions for roofs with no overhang or soffit. If it comes off without splitting reuse it later.

To create soffits in revit go to the architecture tab roof dropdown soffit. This will bring up a selection tool. 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. Soffits are actually part of the cornice or eave the point where the roof projection and the side walls of the building meet.

For the fascia use noncombustible or fire resistant materials e g fire retardant treated. Soffit and fascia repair 1. The underside of the roof decking. Hip roofs have a continuous cornice that extends completely around the building.

Select the roof edges you want your fascia to fix to. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. A flat soffit reduces the potential for entrapment of embers and hot gases.