Installing Roof Lookouts

But once i start using a nice and straight 2x6 sub fascia and i usually send a deck screw into about every 3rd rafter tail to hold things snug and then sheeting with 5 8 sheets the lookouts aren t really adding much to the structural integrity of the eaves.

Installing roof lookouts.

After nailing the barge rafter at all those points i cut the bottom end flush with the outside face of the subfascia. Hoist a supply of 2 4 lookout stock up to the roof set each lookout in its notch and secure the end of each one against the face of the first inboard truss or rafter with two 16d nails. I also knew the vertical rise. To install the barge rafter i pushed the top end tight against the ridge and ran it past the ends of the lookouts and the subfascia.

Country life projects living 673 024 views. Or the crazy framers who sheath the roof with 7 16 sheets. Keep the top surface of the lookout flush with the top edge of the truss.