How To Paint Roof Overhang

Mix the paint and hang it from your ladder.

How to paint roof overhang.

Set your l board on your roof with the tallest side sticking up. Open the paint and mix it well with a clean paint stirrer. Work from the top to the bottom of your roof. Apply a coat of primer and let it dry.

Scrape off all loose and flaking paint with a triangle scraper and then sand with coarse 80 grit sandpaper followed by fine 120 grit sandpaper but don t get particularly meticulous on this. Apply a thin layer of paint to the awning s surface while constantly moving the can. The overhang is pronounced with large the soffit and knee braces on a half hipped roof. Use plastic sheets to wrap and cover your vents and.

Most eaves and overhangs have strut supports. Applying the paint 1. You do not want to be positioned too close or too far away. Running the other direction are exposed rafters in the front and back and bump outs along the side.

Before painting the underside of a roof overhang remove the cracked and peeling paint. Hold the spray paint can s tip 8 to 10 inches away from the awning s surface. Create a triangular platform with an angle opposite the roof a bevel gauge and level will show you what the level needs to be. Take a bucket of warm soapy water and a dry cloth with you.

Slide your board over so that it is a minimum of 2 feet from the side of the house or overhang you will be working on. Place your ladder in the middle of your roof along the bottom edge. Remember high work is not eye work paint going from the outside inward. Take your drill at least six 3 inch deck screws and your l board up the ladder with you.

Proceed to wash the eaves free of all dirt grime and grease. Find a spotter that can help you hold the ladder and climb the ladder in order to get to a point where you can properly touch the eaves. Cover any vents or skylights that you don t want to get paint on. I have ideas like throwing in a 3rd color but don t know where to put it.

It s fine if some of the current. Pull out a ladder that will touch the eaves. Although the painted area underneath a roof overhang is not exposed to direct sunlight or precipitation it is. If you ve ever painted dormers or half gables on the outside of a house you know that resting a paint can while working on a rooftop can really be tricky.