Replacing Rotted Tongue And Groove From Roof

When replacing a porch floor be sure to use pressure treated pine or other rot resistant wood for both the joists and flooring.

Replacing rotted tongue and groove from roof.

Add felt if needed before nailing the new wood on and prime the new wood on all four sides before installing it. During a reroof start at the peak of the roof and remove all shingles prying them up with a pitchfork working your way down the roof. The roof boards under worn shingles might well have rotted too. How to repair garden shed walls repairing wooden shed walls.

Soffit and fascia repair 1. It s a good idea to prime all four sides of tongue and groove flooring before installing it to reduce expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature and humidity. The main challenge with changing cladding boards is that they are often locked into place via a tongue and groove system theoretically this means that in order to remove the damaged board you will also have to take off any boards above it as well as part of the roof. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar.

Working your way up the roof expose all of the rotted wood. If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. Starting at the ceiling fit the replacement board with the damaged old board s adjacent neighbor and slip in into place. Removing termite damaged rafters and starter boards.

Traditionally boards are laid running perpendicular to the house. This is the time to replace them as well. Make sure the porch floor has a slight slope to it between 1 8 and per linear foot for tongue and groove floors. I replace the damaged wood and prep for the new roof installation.

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. The wood should be a high quality rot resistant species such as cedar cypress douglas fir mahogany or another tropical wood. Using a mallet to hold the new board use blocks of wood to protect the surface of the new tongue and groove board and cut off the back of the boards groove with a wood chisel. Continue fitting in the tongue with the adjacent board until you reach the flooring.

Inspect the sidewall around and underneath the fascia and inside the house for signs of moisture damage and repair any rotted areas. Pull up the felt paper underneath the shingles. Pull down to remove the old soffit. Install the kickout flashing underneath the first shingle photo 1.

In this example a roof leak around a plumbing vent allowed water to run down onto the soffit boards causing them to warp and rot along with the fascia board. Remove the rotted section of fascia.