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.

Roof rake board.

For example six inches up for every 12 inches across. Before the roof sheathing goes on the open framing provides easy access for attaching the return blocking and the nailers for the rake soffit. There s no correct way to finish rake lower edges. Turn the saw on and pull it down to cut the angle.

Rake boards are installed on the gable ends of brick houses to cover the exposed top edge of the brick. Put on your safety glasses and position the fascia board so the corner on one end lines up with the saw blade. Miter the ends of your fascia board to 45 degree angles so they fit together. The sloped edge of a roof over a wall is the rake.

These boards vary in size. 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. Rake boards follow or parallel your roof pitch. 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. 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. Essentially the spine of a conventional stick framed roof the ridge board is sandwiched between the meeting ends of the roof rafters.