How To Remove A Wooden Gable Garage Roof

Cut out the section of the roofing.

How to remove a wooden gable garage roof.

This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar. Place the jack back underneath the beam but this time under the iron piece. Remove leftover debris from the roof. 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.

Change a rotten or damaged fascia board. You can install a new fascia board in a couple of hours with the right tools to d. Use the split end of a claw hammer to pry out nails still holding bits of shingles onto the roof. Then lower the jack down a little at a time so that the metal can take the weight of the roof.

If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. This is where your wooden dowels will insert into the wood. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. 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.

Drive the remaining carriage bolts into the two by six rafter and tighten them all up. Lever the split end of the hammer up to pull the nail out of the roof. Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Pull down to remove the old soffit.

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. It was very easy. Refrain from pulling out the structural nails that are not flush to the surface. Hold the replacement against the end of the remaining rafter.

Slide the split ends of the hammer under and around the nail.