Roof Repair Facia Rot

Epoxy wood filler can repair the ends of any rafters that have rotted as well as the bottoms of rotted fascia after first clearing out the rot with a chisel.

Roof repair facia rot.

This is a repair for a dry day. The eaves on a house are enclosed with a vertical fascia board to cover the end of the roof rafters or ceiling joists and horizontal soffit boards to cover the bottom of the roofs rafters or joists. The repair is simple and inexpensive. The fascia is connected directly to your roof and if you make any mistakes you will compromise the protection that your roof provides.

The roof boards under worn shingles might well have rotted too. Fascia boards are found around the edges of your roof and usually support your home s rain gutter system. In this example a roof leak around a plumbing vent allowed water to run down onto the soffit boards causing them to warp and rot along with the fascia board. Why rotted fascia is a problem in gutter installation.

In some cases spillover from the roof or a gutter can just gunk up a fascia board. Fascia related problems with gutters usually happen on older homes. Wood in these places will be mushy and pulpy. This is the time to replace them as well.

Therefore replacing damaged fascia inherently includes a roof repair above the fascia. Over time these boards may start to rot or need to be replaced due to damage. Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar. Most fascia is composed of simple lumber usually a 1 4 or 2 4 board.

If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. Determine that you actually have rot. You can attempt the repair yourself but it is better to hire a professional to do the work. Soffit and fascia repair 1.

Due to their exposure to the elements fascia boards can rot over time. Remove the rotted section of fascia. Pull down to remove the old soffit. This happens due to excessive moisture exposure from rain snow and ice dams that accumulate in the gutters as well as roof leaks.

Believe it or not this is probably a good thing because rotten fascia is almost always caused by a leak in the roof above the rotten boards that you can see. Actual rot will show up as soft spots or dark cavities in the surface of the board like the one pictured above. Here the board is usually made of wood and it tends to rot. What you will see is how to open up and repair the soffit portion of this job.

The roofing above the drip edge needs to be removed first. Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing.