Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar.
Replacing rottoen tongur and groove from roof.
The roof boards under worn shingles might well have rotted too.
What you will see is how to open up and repair the soffit portion of this job.
During a reroof start at the peak of the roof and remove all shingles prying them up with a pitchfork working your way down the roof.
Pull down to remove the old soffit.
In this example a roof leak around a plumbing vent allowed water to run down onto the soffit boards causing them to warp and rot along with the fascia board.
Leave the next course of shingles intact by carefully removing the second set of four nails.
A pneumatic nailer makes driving galvanized finish nails through the groove side of each board a lot easier.
Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing.
I replace the damaged wood and prep for the new roof installation.
If it comes off without splitting reuse it later.
Working your way up the roof expose all of the rotted wood.
Removing termite damaged rafters and starter boards.
Remove the rotted section of fascia.
A scrap of the tongue and groove material makes a handy tap block so you don t damage the edges of the boards.
Pull up the felt paper underneath the shingles.