How To Remove A Wooden Gable Garage Roof

Remove leftover debris from the roof.

How to remove a wooden gable garage roof. You can install a new fascia board in a couple of hours with the right tools to d. Pull the old rafter end away from the roof eave. Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Pull down to remove the old soffit.

Step 1 remove the existing roof the first step when removing a wood roof truss is to disassemble the existing roof that is causing a load upon the truss. Hold the replacement against the end of the remaining rafter. Change a rotten or damaged fascia board. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof.

Remove an area of the roof shingles from the edge of the roof to the upper line of the overhang using a 16 inch nail bar and hammer to pull the roofing nails. Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam. Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up. This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar.

It was very easy. If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. Cut out the section of the roofing. Refrain from pulling out the structural nails that are not flush to the surface.

Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece. Use the split end of a claw hammer to pry out nails still holding bits of shingles onto the roof. This is where your wooden dowels will insert into the wood. Slide the split ends of the hammer under and around the nail.

Remove the rotted section of fascia.