Fascia board install issue
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Hi,
Posted this on another forum for DIY'er but seeking input quickly lol.
I have currently got wood facia board that is grooved with a ply soffit in. I had a go capping my downstairs garage to learn all the requirements to cap/add soffit trim etc and that went ok, I just screwed the soffit on the lip of existing fascia and threw the capping over to support it.
I'm doing the roof now and the Original windows were replaced a while back that had different original frames and now they literally have zero gap available to put the fascia capping over the existing fascia wood board.
Key challenge is I've ordered all the fascia capping board, and before you say anything, I tested with a small bit of facia it on another upstairs window but that one for some reason was just about fine to get the fascia on the existing lip.
I don't want to get this existing plywood soffit out, it's laid along the brick line and im seeing this as causing more aggro with the brickwork.
Gone over this a few times and there is a 20MM between existing soffit line and the bottom of fascia, when the new Soffit is on that is 9MM, that leaves 10/11MM.
Fascia is 9mm thick, that would be to 11mm on front of fascia.
So to me this leaves 11mm to work with and remove to give room to the window frame if I'm correct.
Has anyone had a similar issue?
1. Cut just enough fascia board off the existing lip all the way along the 10M front/back with a jigsaw?
2. Use router to do the same?
Or is this whole plan doomed OR am I overthinking it.
Posted this on another forum for DIY'er but seeking input quickly lol.
I have currently got wood facia board that is grooved with a ply soffit in. I had a go capping my downstairs garage to learn all the requirements to cap/add soffit trim etc and that went ok, I just screwed the soffit on the lip of existing fascia and threw the capping over to support it.
I'm doing the roof now and the Original windows were replaced a while back that had different original frames and now they literally have zero gap available to put the fascia capping over the existing fascia wood board.
Key challenge is I've ordered all the fascia capping board, and before you say anything, I tested with a small bit of facia it on another upstairs window but that one for some reason was just about fine to get the fascia on the existing lip.
I don't want to get this existing plywood soffit out, it's laid along the brick line and im seeing this as causing more aggro with the brickwork.
Gone over this a few times and there is a 20MM between existing soffit line and the bottom of fascia, when the new Soffit is on that is 9MM, that leaves 10/11MM.
Fascia is 9mm thick, that would be to 11mm on front of fascia.
So to me this leaves 11mm to work with and remove to give room to the window frame if I'm correct.
Has anyone had a similar issue?
1. Cut just enough fascia board off the existing lip all the way along the 10M front/back with a jigsaw?
2. Use router to do the same?
Or is this whole plan doomed OR am I overthinking it.
Edited by fourstardan on Tuesday 19th August 09:14
I have had to cut all the way along the fascia. Made it straight with a makeshift guide (old bit of fascia cut off).
Good it's taken some time, based on only having a scaffold tower and ladder.
Hardest bit about this job is knowing what order to do things two steps ahead, e.g. I needed to take off the guttering to do the line so couldn't do soffits first, then test windows worked with soffit etc.
Good it's taken some time, based on only having a scaffold tower and ladder.
Hardest bit about this job is knowing what order to do things two steps ahead, e.g. I needed to take off the guttering to do the line so couldn't do soffits first, then test windows worked with soffit etc.
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