Board Behind The Gutter

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Board behind the gutter. The fascia board is the vertical board that is directly behind the gutter on your house. Horizontal beams that sit on top of the rafters. The gutter apron will prevent the dripping. It lives with some unique problems.

Board under the high point and just above the roof framing. Unfortunately it doesn t always work that way. In cases where the edge of the roof is flush with the edge of the walls the fascia board may include soffits for venting while in other instances soffits may be hidden under the eave invisible behind the board. It is in a horizontal location near the eave where the water runs off.

A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter. Have rain water dripping out from between your facia and gutters. Fascia board repair the board that rests behind your gutter is called a fascia board. It is the board the gutter system mounts to.

The external surface of a roof. If water is dripping behind your gutter it s probably because it was installed without any flashing over the back of the gutter. The soffit board is the piece of timber or pvc that fits to the underside of the rafters closing the gap between the back of the rafter foot and the top of the face brickwork. Sometimes the fascia board can be confused with the rake board which runs in a gable.

Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. When fixing gutter brackets to cover boards the screws should go right through the cover board and into the timber board behind it to ensure a sound fixing. Channels that transport rainwater or snowmelt away from the house. Second it is in an area that is constantly wet or damp.

Uninstall the gutter system from the fascia board you re replacing. The vertical wall from the building or house where the gutter is attached. On some homes water tends to drip behind the gutters down the fascia and soffit and then either down the side of the house or straight to the ground. Remove the gutter brackets from your fascia so you can reuse them on the new board.

Which piece is called the soffit board. Unscrew the gutters from behind your existing fascia board with an electric screwdriver. Fascia board is both decorative and utilitarian. If you re not closely attuned to the behavior of your home s water drainage system you may not notice this occurrence.