How To Trim Roof Rafters For Rain Gutters

Square cut rafter tails 2x6 facia no soffit.

How to trim roof rafters for rain gutters.

Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. Make vertical cuts into the fascia board between your roof rafters. Diagonal piece of beam supporting the roof. When you cut the rafters you ll need to make 3 separate cuts.

Overlapping tiles used as roof covering. I need to put continuos gutters on a 12 4. Rain gutters should be attached to the fascia and run the entire length of the roof ending with a downspout. A horizontal piece of timber or metal installed on top of the rafters.

Two thoughts i am thinking of making a triangle trim to nail onto the entire facia about 1 2 up from the bottom to make the gutter plumb or just nailing some square stock where the bottom of the gutter will land. To ensure that gutters drain properly make certain they slope inch for every 10 feet toward a downspout. Cut the board into 3 ft 0 91 m sections with a reciprocating saw. Use a measuring tape to determine the length of the gutter.

Cut out each 3 ft 0 91 m section one at a time until you ve removed the full board. At the ends of the gutters are 4 inch diameter corrugated aluminum downspouts 1 75 per linear foot which were ordered in white to match the house trim. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof. Mark out 3 ft 0 91 m sections along your fascia board with a pencil.

Boards under the high point and just above the roof framing. If the gutter run measures longer than 40 feet 12 2 m it should be positioned to pitch down from the middle aimed toward a downspout at each end. The ridge cut also called the plumb cut at the top of the rafter the birdsmouth cut.