Strongly advise against capping over.
Replacing flat roof fascia board.
Cut the board into 3 ft 0 91 m sections with a reciprocating saw.
Cut out each 3 ft 0 91 m section one at a time until you ve removed the full board.
Once the whole section is free roll it out and place it on the ground.
Mark out 3 ft 0 91 m sections along your fascia board with a pencil.
You nail them to the fascia and they never have to be painted.
Guttering is normally held onto the fascia by metal clips.
Make vertical cuts into the fascia board between your roof rafters.
They come in widths of 6 and 8 inches.
Rip the tops of the fascia boards to match the slope of your roof.
Either way the most common strategy is to install wood fascia boards and cover them with vinyl or aluminum fascia covers.
All timber would need to be removed in order to offer the full installation guarantee and replaced with full replacement 16mm upvc fascia.
Use a pair of multigrips to pull these clips back to release the section of guttering.
It s possible to buy vinyl fascia boards but not aluminum ones.
Remove the guttering from the fascia board.
Full replacement fascias the absolute best solution when any sort of infestation or large areas of rot are found and this includes the very top edge of fascia boards if a roof problem such as inadequate roof pitch and a lack of tile or slate cover into the gutter has caused extensive wood rot in that area.
How to remove and replace old rotten termite infested wood fascia boards or rake rafters.