Replacing Wood Under Gutters

It s best to remove whole boards but you may have to make a.

Replacing wood under gutters.

How to replace fascia wood under garage gutters 1. You may have to temporarily remove your hangers as you go or you can notch out the apron around them. When two pieces of gutter are jointed together we usually cut a splice joint and then relieve the wood 1 inch one each side of the joint. Common residential gutters are.

Snap the sections together. Many gutters utilize lead flashing at the end caps as well as in all splice joint locations and at the outlet pipes. Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws. Place a ladder in a location that allows you to reach the gutters and damaged fascia boards safely.

2 check for damaged boards behind the metal trim. Remove the gutters from the areas where you are going to replace the fascia board. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Termites leave holes and tunnels leaving the rest of the wood intact. Whether you will install gutters by yourself or hire a pro here is what needs to be done. Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft.

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Remove the rotted section of fascia. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter. You must first disassemble the gutter downspouts unscrew the gutter brackets and remove the gutters from the section you re replacing.

1 check to see if fascias are rotted. It s more likely that it simply rotted due to being wet. Pull down to remove the old soffit. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder.

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