How To Replace A Fascia Board On A Flat Roof

The drip edge can be replaced without having to replace the whole flat roof.

How to replace a fascia board on a flat roof.

You can install a new fascia board in a couple of hours with the right tools to d. Water coming off my roof in part overshoots my gutter. Change a rotten or damaged fascia board. Join two fascia boards together over a rafter or joist at a 45 angle by setting your circular saw to 45 degrees then cutting square across the width of the board.

Since the fascia board is a one by i d like it to be a two by to push the gutter even farther away from the house even if i m using a 6 gutter. One solution is to replace the 5 with a 6 width but i don t even trust that. They come in widths of 6 and 8 inches. You nail them to the fascia and they never have to be painted.

How to remove and replace old rotten termite infested wood fascia boards or rake rafters. Draw a line between the nails and the piece you re planning to remove. It was very easy. Cut new fascia board.

Make vertical cuts into the fascia board between your roof rafters. Measure mark and cut replacement fascia from pressure treated lumber or aluminum. Cut out each 3 ft 0 91 m section one at a time until you ve removed the full board. All timber would need to be removed in order to offer the full installation guarantee and replaced with full replacement 16mm upvc fascia.

Strongly advise against capping over. Mark the line where you will cut the fascia board. This will ensure that the retained fascia is still properly nailed into the roof. It s possible to buy vinyl fascia boards but not aluminum ones.

Using the damaged fascia board as a pattern cut the new fascia board to match. Mark out 3 ft 0 91 m sections along your fascia board with a pencil. Working from the rotten section find the nearest point where your fascia has been nailed into the roof joist.