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I might be doing a large job in the next month of replacing at least 425 feet of gutters and rotted fascia boards. Possibly a total of 700+ feet will be replaced. I can also guarantee the rafter tails are rotted because drip edge was not installed on the roof.

Would you...

a. pry the nails from the face

b. pry between the fascia and rafter tails enough to yank the board off from one end

c. pry fascia just enough to cut the nails with a sawzall

I might try all 3 to see what works best just want to see what you guys would do.

thanks
 
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realelectrician said:
I might be doing a large job in the next month of replacing at least 425 feet of gutters and rotted fascia boards. Possibly a total of 700+ feet will be replaced. I can also guarantee the rafter tails are rotted because drip edge was not installed on the roof.

Would you...

a. pry the nails from the face

b. pry between the fascia and rafter tails enough to hank the board off from one end

c. pry fascia just enough to cut the nails with a sawzall

I might try all 3 to see what works best just want to see what you guys would do.

thanks
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You'll figure it out in less time than it took you to type this question.Just because theres no drip edge doesnt mean anything.Less that 1 in a thousand houses here have drip edge.
 
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realelectrician said:
I might be doing a large job in the next month of replacing at least 425 feet of gutters and rotted fascia boards. Possibly a total of 700+ feet will be replaced. I can also guarantee the rafter tails are rotted because drip edge was not installed on the roof.

Would you...

a. pry the nails from the face

b. pry between the fascia and rafter tails enough to hank the board off from one end

c. pry fascia just enough to cut the nails with a sawzall

I might try all 3 to see what works best just want to see what you guys would do.

thanks
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Option D sub it out!
 
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Shellbuilder said:
You'll figure it out in less time than it took you to type this question.Just because theres no drip edge doesnt mean anything.Less that 1 in a thousand houses here have drip edge.
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Why do you think no drip edge means nothing? If it meant nothing why do they even make it?

It's a low pitched roof and driving rain can get between things and water wicks as we all know. I would never do a roof without it.
 
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realelectrician said:
Why do you think no drip edge means nothing? If it meant nothing why do they even make it?

It's a low pitched roof and driving rain can get between things and water wicks as we all know. I would never do a roof without it.
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Its just the way it is here. Were re roof all the time and rarely see damage from not using it.
 
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realelectrician said:
I might be doing a large job in the next month of replacing at least 425 feet of gutters and rotted fascia boards. Possibly a total of 700+ feet will be replaced. I can also guarantee the rafter tails are rotted because drip edge was not installed on the roof.

Would you...

a. pry the nails from the face

b. pry between the fascia and rafter tails enough to yank the board off from one end

c. pry fascia just enough to cut the nails with a sawzall

I might try all 3 to see what works best just want to see what you guys would do.

thanks
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If it's in that bad of shape I wood get a good roofer. I've run into some jobs that were so bad, a roofer was necessary.

I do a lot of fascia repairs but I'm no roofer.

Good luck
 
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Get a framing crew with a few pump jacks and they will bang this out in a day or two... because you gonna be hanging off that building until next Christmas.
 
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ohiohomedoctor said:
Why not hire a roofer to pull the old stuff off and dispose of. Then hire a framer to put the new fascai on. Now have a gutter company finish the deal.

Sounds like 31.5k
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It don't pay to get a roofer there, then a framer and then a roofer back again. Framer can remove needed shingles if rafters or plywood needs to be repaired/replaced, install new fascia... then a roofer comes and does his thing with the roof, then the gutters.
 
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Shellbuilder said:
Its just the way it is here. Were re roof all the time and rarely see damage from not using it.
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I live about an hour away from you in Poquoson and I'm fairly new to the area. It blew my mind to see that very few of the houses here have drip edge and maybe 60% or so have gutters. I'd never seen one without them until I moved here.
 
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