Gable Roof Barge Board

Now let s get this right by gable barge boards we mean the triangular pieces of timber bit at the top right.

Gable roof barge board.

Barge boards while fascias and soffits support the guttering of a property barge boards are attached to a gable to provide added strength protection and aesthetics. It hangs from the projecting end of a gable roof. They appear as an inverted v under the edges of the roof verge protecting the exposed materials much like a fascia. That rafter outside forms the overhang for the barge boards to fix to and so the soffit boards and ventilation are continuous all the way around the structure.

Bargeboard is exterior house trim usually ornately carved that is attached along the roof line of a gable. Originally this victorian wood trim also called vergeboard or verge board verge being the end or edge of a thing was used to hide the ends of rafters. Fascia soffit and barge board importance. The ridiculous thing is there s no reason to have barge boards at all.

It s just as quick to finish the top of a gable off with pointing or render. What s the point of sticking exposed softwood boards on the most.