I have gutters fascia and soffit being replaced on my home.
Do i need to remove gutter to install fascia cover.
Many a homeowner has encountered this quandary when embarking on a gutter project.
During house construction fascia boards are fastened to the ends of the rafters called rafter tails before the roofing and gutters are installed 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.
Remove the gutter brackets from your fascia so you can reuse them on the new board.
If this is the case then your fascia board may be too weak to support the weight of new gutters and you should have the fascia replaced as well.
What happens if you don t have fascia boards.
Are you wondering how to install gutters without fascia.
Unscrew the gutters from behind your existing fascia board with an electric screwdriver.
The gutters have been replaced but the soffit and fascia have not.
As lcd wrote the roofer took a short cut not removing old flashing.
This seems to go against what i ve read online.
Usually homes have fascia making it easy to install new gutters securely under the roof.
Keep the downspout attached to the wall but you will need to drill through the pop rivet that connects the downspout to the gutter.
You will also need to undo the downspout from the gutter.
In your case is just lazy installers i would not allow bare fascia behind a gutter.
A gutter cover or gutter heating system might be just what you need for your metal roof.
If you install surface tension guards on gutters that are mounted high on the fascia they will cause debris dams and allow more junk inside the gutter.
Just hook the bracket under the front lip of the gutter and then screw the other side of the bracket to the fascia.
If your previous gutters were frequently clogged this could have allowed stagnant water to sit against the fascia which may have caused it to rot.
Pounding them back in is a temporary fix at best.
Remove any existing soffit and f or j channel and fascia.
This is common because they do not have to drop ie remove the gutters to install the flashing.
Then locate the brackets underneath your gutter holding them in place and unscrew them so you can lift the gutter up and away from the fascia.
I called the company i ve contracted to do the work and was told that it s actually better to replace the gutters first and they ll come back and do the soffit fascia later.
If you don t want to remember to clean your gutters or you don t find balancing on a ladder to be a safe fun way to spend your weekend you can install a gutter cover.
We install a strip of aluminum behind a gutter if the roof aka gutter apron is too short.
Rain gutters are often attached to the fascia.
