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Prepare Roof Fascia Boards

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What happens here

The video begins with the builder addressing issues at the construction site, specifically the cold weather (27 degrees Fahrenheit) and the need to prepare the roof for metal panel installation. He explains that fascia boards must be wrapped around the roof's edges before the roofers can begin. He demonstrates a self-developed technique for installing long fascia boards alone by temporarily tacking a scrap piece of wood as a bracket behind the sub-fascia to hold one end of the board, allowing him to work from a ladder to secure the other end. This initial phase involves attaching wooden boards to the perimeter of the roof, providing a finished edge and supporting the drip edge and first course of roofing materials. This process is shown in time-lapse footage, highlighting the labor-intensive nature of working with long, heavy boards on a sloped and uneven terrain.

Goal: Install fascia boards around the roof perimeter, including a unique method for solo installation on a steep A-frame structure, to prepare for roofing.

Tools and materials

  • Coils of Siding Nails
  • Ladder
  • Plywood/OSB boards
  • Scrap Wood Piece
  • Siding Nailer

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oh you got to be kidding me how is this short a foot this is ridiculous man can anything go right on this house H yeah good morning it's very cold it's 27° this morning we're weeks away from snowfall depending on the season who knows but on a good note our roofers are coming and we got to get this place ready to get the roof on in order to get the roof on we need to get the fascia all wrapped on top and down the bottom and the sides the unfortunate part is just me today so I'm going to be hanging these long boards myself hopefully I think I have an idea how to do it uh we'll see if it executes well I got my siding nailer here it's all ched out as you can see and I got my coils of siding Nails uh that is going to make sure this thing stays on and not going to start rottening away I've only been here for about 15 minutes setting up and I can't feel my hands already so we're going to see how it goes [Music] all right the idea train came in clutch right now I got a last minute idea of putting a little bracket right behind a little scrap piece jig if you will just tacking it in the back of the subfascia to hold one side of the fascia and then putting on the ladder here and then bring it up so in a way you can do this yourself man these last minute creative ideas come to you and man do they save your butt [Music] oh man this is frustrating these are like 12 in wide well technically 11 and a quar facia they're long they're heavy there's a slope away from the house to make sure the snow and water goes away from so the ladder is all wonky it' be so nice to have an extra set of hands just to do something like this man okay the last of the fascia is on but now we also have to do the fascia on the actual A-frame section this is 14 1/2 in and they don't have fascia that's 14 and2 inch so we have to do a double stack or technically it's called that thing a triple stack and the way we're going to accomplish this is we're going to lay down our 1x6 then 1x12 that's going to create I think 16 in so then to overlap that we put a 1x8 to cover that seam by like 2 in I think and then caul it all up and all that stuff that's the annoying part uh that's quite a bit of material you got to be thrown on and that's the stupid part when building an A-frame that's that's what you're dealing with all right in case you're wondering why I have these little scrap pieces well that's for the roofing uh specifications the roof is going to go over it and the plan showed there has to be this…

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