How To Remove A Wooden Gable Garage Roof

Remove leftover debris from the roof.

How to remove a wooden gable garage roof.

Remove the rotted section of fascia. Hold the replacement against the end of the remaining rafter. Remove the jack quickly and set the iron onto the entire beam. Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece.

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. Use the split end of a claw hammer to pry out nails still holding bits of shingles onto the roof. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. 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.

Cut out the section of the roofing. Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Make two lines on the side of the replacement rafter end and the end of the rafter 1 inch from the top and bottom edges. It was very easy.

You can install a new fascia board in a couple of hours with the right tools to d. Refrain from pulling out the structural nails that are not flush to the surface. This is where your wooden dowels will insert into the wood. Lever the split end of the hammer up to pull the nail out of the roof.

Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof. Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up. Pull the old rafter end away from the roof eave. Slide the split ends of the hammer under and around the nail.

Change a rotten or damaged fascia board.