On a garage that I am doing some work on, the eaves have plywood soffit. I believe it is a 12″ overhang. The front and back gable ends have fly rafters out at the same distance, approximately 12″. The garage is old and sided up to the roof sheathing on the gable ends with fiber cement shingles, maybe old enough to be asbestos. Normally the soffit would be installed first and then the siding would be abutted to it, is this correct? Would you guys recommend removing the siding down to where soffit would be installed or just applying a nailer over the shingle siding to carry the new soffit? The garage will not have new siding put on, the new soffit would be just to carry the consistency of the soffit on the eaves.
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Asbestous abatement is something you don't want to deal with..
I think it would be better if you could figure a way to apply the new material over the existing siding rather than removing the existing, as if it does contain asbestous, there is a bunch of red tape you need to go through to get rid of it. Also, cutting it in place with a skil saw, etc, would produce hazardous dust mpst of which would be going right in your face. Perhaps if you had a saw with a vacuum attached....
>> Normally the soffit would be installed first and then the siding would be abutted to it, is this correct? << yes, and there would normally be a freeze board and/or some kind of crown or bed mold there at the intersection of the wall and the soffit.
Yeah, but try to install the soffit so that in the future it can be removed easily if the siding is replaced. Not necessarily remove/replace with the same stuff, but just so there's minimal collateral damage when it's taken out.
Thanks for the help guys. I definately do not want to get involved in the abatement thing.