How To Replace Trim Behind Gutters

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

How to replace trim behind gutters. 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. Hold the board in place and use 2 in 5 1 cm nails and a hammer to secure it in place. If they do leak there s a.

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. Place a ladder in a location that allows you to reach the gutters and damaged fascia boards safely. Cut a four inch long notch to overlap and splice together gutter sections. The rules of thumb regarding gutter replacement are simple.

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. Roll the tape down the wall of the gutter pushing it firmly into curves and corners photo 3. They are currently renovating a large lake house that required all new gutters. If your original gutters are straight solid and don t leak they don t need replacement period.

Remove the gutters from the areas where you are going to replace the fascia board. Work wrinkles and bubbles flat. House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install gutters on a house. How to replace fascia wood under garage gutters.

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