As long as there is a slight pitch say 1 2 in.
Fascia board demensions behind gutters.
Pvc as a fascia material.
It s your choice whether to use rough sawn or smooth lumber.
I think mine were 3.
Gutter brackets can be screwed directly into a replacement fascia board anywhere along its length using 25mm screws.
Per 16 ft but this is not always possible.
Use 1 2 nails through each rafter to secure your fascia board.
If the gutter is clogged some of that water will back up on the roof soaking it.
For starters this may not look good.
It covers the openings between the rafters of the roof.
When you last painted your house did you take your gutters down and paint behind them.
The fascia is commonly helps to hold up and stabilize gutters.
It lives with some unique problems.
Third it never gets any paint.
They hold up your gutters and are connected to your soffits or the part below your gutters.
I think mine were 3 inch wide.
Some of the water may leak behind the gutters down towards the soffit and the fascia.
Drive 1 2 nails in per rafter so it doesn t move around.
The primary use of all fascia boards is to help secure the roof s gutter.
The width depends on the width of the rafters but since builders generally use two by six or two by eight lumber for roof construction the most common dimensions for fascia boards are one by six and one by eight inches.
Next to a level fascia board the steeper the slope of the gutter the more it looks out of whack.
What is standard size of fascia board for gutters.
Place your nails in line with the marks on your drip edge and place it in the center of your fascia board.
Sometimes there are two fascia boards either the same width or different widths with a narrower board in front of a wider board and sometimes fascia is installed over a board of framing lumber called subfascia that mounts directly to the rafter tails.
The board that rests behind your gutter is called a fascia board.
They are the strips situated at the point where the roof meets the outer wall of the house to cover the ends of the roofline.
Hold the board in place and use 2 in 5 1 cm nails and a hammer to secure it in place.
And it doesn t stop there.
Left long enough the water runoff will cause damage to the roof shingles as well as your home s facade.
If you are hanging gutters on the fascia you will probably want ot go with something a bit larger than 3 inches.
4 or 6 inches would be better.
Ideally gutters should slope down toward downspouts 1 in.
Replacement fascias do vary in thickness by manufacturer but the rule of thumb is that to qualify structurally as a replacement board they should be somewhere between 16mm and 25mm thick our most common range is the 18mm replacement fascia.
First since it s always covered by a gutter it is never exposed to sunlight.
Sometimes also called soffit board fascia is a board running horizontally under a roof edge.
