Roof Rake Board

For example six inches up for every 12 inches across.

Roof rake board.

The purpose of the rake board is simply to prevent rain from running behind the siding or to cover the top edge of brick if it s a brick home. Put on your safety glasses and position the fascia board so the corner on one end lines up with the saw blade. Essentially the spine of a conventional stick framed roof the ridge board is sandwiched between the meeting ends of the roof rafters. Rakes are always miter joined at the ridge of your roof.

You measure this as a rise and run equation such as 6 12 where the rake angle rises six units in 12 units of run. Set the angle of a miter saw to 45 degrees so you can make clean cuts through the board. Rake boards are installed on the gable ends of brick houses to cover the exposed top edge of the brick. The rake board covers the top edge of the siding where it meets the roof or soffit if there is an overhang on the gable end and prevents rain from running behind it.

The sloped edge of a roof over a wall is the rake. There s no correct way to finish rake lower edges. Part of a roof s frame a ridge board runs horizontally along the peak of a sloped roof. For example a large 1 4 or 1 6 rake board works when there isn t an eave extending out to an overhang on the gable end.

Miter the ends of your fascia board to 45 degree angles so they fit together. These boards vary in size. Rake boards follow or parallel your roof pitch.