How to replace fascia board butt joint

[Mw Roofline]

When using jumbo fascia the two pieces of fascia must both meet on a rafter. This ensures you can perfectly level up your join and your polypins won’t bounce around when nailing the joiner which should be nailed on the one side only. That right hand side fascia will always move around now.

 

[Milleniumaire]

When using jumbo fascia the two pieces of fascia must both meet on a rafter. This ensures you can perfectly level up your join and your polypins won’t bounce around when nailing the joiner which should be nailed on the one side only. That right hand side fascia will always move around now.

I'm probably going to remove the guttering (I did it before to paint the boards and it wasn't too difficult) so that I can put two new screws in the right hand board. The top screws are behind the guttering, so impossible to do without removing it.

I'm not sure if the fascia is thin or thick. If thick, I may not be able to screw it to anything as the chances are there won't be a rafter behind it at the required fixing point. If thin, I would expect there to be a fitted timber board, so I will be able to screw the fascia into that (hopefully).

Because this was a new extension and because this joint has been broken by movement, my suspicion is that the fascia board will be the thick type.

 

[Mw Roofline]

It’s the thick type