How To Replace Trim Behind Gutters

Cut the tape with a scissors or a razor knife photo 2.

How to replace trim behind gutters.

Cut a four inch long notch to overlap and splice together gutter sections. Use 1 2 nails through each rafter to secure your fascia board. Place your nails in line with the marks on your drip edge and place it in the center of your fascia board. Drive 1 2 nails in per rafter so it doesn t move around.

Remove the gutters from the areas where you are going to replace the fascia board. They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters. House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install gutters on a house. Work wrinkles and bubbles flat.

How to replace fascia wood under garage gutters. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section with an inside or outside corner piece. The other element is if the gutter is not installed behind the drip edge it creates an air gap between the top of the gutter and the bottom of the drip edge which allows a place for the water to go. Place a ladder in a location that allows you to reach the gutters and damaged fascia boards safely.

The rules of thumb regarding gutter replacement are simple. If your original gutters are straight solid and don t leak they don t need replacement period. Roll the tape down the wall of the gutter pushing it firmly into curves and corners photo 3. Being a manufacturer of roof edgings and an installer of gutters i know first hand it s not always possible to get the gutter behind the drip.

Hold the board in place and use 2 in 5 1 cm nails and a hammer to secure it in place.