Replacing Wood Under Gutters

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Replacing wood under gutters.

Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. You must first disassemble the gutter downspouts unscrew the gutter brackets and remove the gutters from the section you re replacing. It s best to remove whole boards but you may have to make a. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Whether you will install gutters by yourself or hire a pro here is what needs to be done. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Once the apron s in place fasten it with sheet metal screws.

It s more likely that it simply rotted due to being wet. Common residential gutters are. It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. A gutter apron is a bent piece of flashing that tucks up under the shingles and over the gutter.

Remove the rotted section of fascia. Remove the gutters from the areas where you are going to replace the fascia board. 3 replace rotted fascias preferably with azek board or other pvc trim boards. You may have to temporarily remove your hangers as you go or you can notch out the apron around them.

Home centers sell a gutter apron in 10 ft. 1 check to see if fascias are rotted. Snap the sections together. Pull down to remove the old soffit.

Termites leave holes and tunnels leaving the rest of the wood intact. If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. 2 check for damaged boards behind the metal trim. Many gutters utilize lead flashing at the end caps as well as in all splice joint locations and at the outlet pipes.

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.