What you will see is how to open up and repair the soffit portion of this job.
Replacing rotted tongue and groove from roof.
Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing.
Traditionally boards are laid running perpendicular to the house.
Install the kickout flashing underneath the first shingle photo 1.
Working your way up the roof expose all of the rotted 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.
When replacing a porch floor be sure to use pressure treated pine or other rot resistant wood for both the joists and flooring.
The roof boards under worn shingles might well have rotted too.
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.
Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar.
Add felt if needed before nailing the new wood on and prime the new wood on all four sides before installing it.
Make sure the porch floor has a slight slope to it between 1 8 and per linear foot for tongue and groove floors.
Remove the rotted section of fascia.
Pull down to remove the old soffit.
Inspect the sidewall around and underneath the fascia and inside the house for signs of moisture damage and repair any rotted areas.
I replace the damaged wood and prep for the new roof installation.
Leave the next course of shingles intact by carefully removing the second set of four nails.
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 wood should be a high quality rot resistant species such as cedar cypress douglas fir mahogany or another tropical wood.
Starting at the ceiling fit the replacement board with the damaged old board s adjacent neighbor and slip in into place.
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.
Pull up the felt paper underneath the shingles.
Changing a cladding board.
Removing termite damaged rafters and starter boards.
Soffit and fascia repair 1.
How to repair garden shed walls repairing wooden shed walls.
This is the time to replace them as well.