How To Replace Roof Fascia

If the untreated lumber is badly rotted as it is in the picture above you may need to replace it before you can put the fascia back on.

How to replace roof fascia.

Eave fascia board in need of replacement due to hole from squirrel. The price of replacing gutters with fascia averages 950 your fascia boards are typically replaced at the same time as your gutters or sometimes with roof replacement. Change a rotten or damaged fascia board. When you finally manage to pull your fascia board loose take a moment to examine the framing lumber that you ve exposed.

The eaves on a house are enclosed with a vertical fascia board to cover the end of the roof rafters or ceiling joists and horizontal soffit boards to cover the bottom of the roofs rafters or joists. You can install a new fascia board in a couple of hours with the right tools to d. Fascia repair isn t a job for the faint hearted. Luckily replacing a fascia board is as easy as taking out the old board and fitting a new one in its place.

Over time these boards may start to rot or need to be replaced due to damage. It was very easy. More commonly you ll only have to make repairs where damage has occurred. The fascia are the boards that trim the bottom edge of the roof and they usually hold the gutters.