Attaching the gable end weatherboards required cutting the boards at each end at an angle that matched the pitch of the roof.
In order to do this, we worked up from the boundary weatherboard, using a set square set at 159mm which we run along the bottom of the boundary board until it hit the soffit lining & was then marked out. This was done at each end of the boundary board, where the measurement between the two points indicated the length that the board was to be cut to.The pitch the board was to be cut by was calculated by running taking a measurement running length ways from the end of the board, to the first point where the full thickness of the weatherboard is at. This measurement is then marked out on the board to be fixed on and a diagonal line is scribed out.
The board should fit as hard up to the soffit lining as possible, and is fixed at each cavity batten that it crosses.
To align it correctly, we measured 159mm from the board below and a chalk line is then run on this marking. This gave a level for us to keep correcting the positioning of the weatherboard as we were fixing it down.
hi Kim,
ReplyDeletewe didnt work up from the boundary joist, we based all our marks from the bottom of the weatherboard that is fixed over the window and door head flashings, and then set out the rest of the heights of the weatherboards from using a 'storey rod', set at 159 effective cover.
sorry rich, i meant to write boundary weatherboard not joist. typo. but thanks!
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