You have saved me so much time and money with this simple but effective idea. i am 66 years old and needed new original fascia and soffits and.got two quotes for more than $12K. Did it myself and this video was key.

Just bought my first house, and I am a single woman who is going to be doing a lot of renovations by herself! It’s videos like yours that make this possible. I will update once I replace my facia!

Like a lot of the other people, working by myself and a hired hand is hard to come by so this is a great idea !!

I love it. I been rebuilding my house by myself and I’m constantly creating things like this. I’m about to do the facia by myself so this is a good one. Thanks.

You’re a Good Teacher, I never thought of the L bracket.

Your L-bracket is a genius idea! Used it. Loved it. Thank you!

Just installed 82ft of 2x6 fascia board by myself... okay, and with the help of your little friend the L bracket!

Based on what I just saw and that comment below I had to become a subscriber. I just bought a house, have loser friends and I gotta replace my fascia. Oh and I'm a chick with no experience, not very much money but a helluva lot of determination. Even the people I've hired have done shoddy work. I can't believe what I've gotten myself into. thanks for the videos

I just installed 8 foot section alone, was unhappy with my results and decided to see how tight i need to be. Im putting a fascia protector metal roof on afterwards but i want to do the best job i can.

Great tip - I've refurbished several houses on my own and have picked up loads of tricks like this for solo 'artists', lol. I've found with fascia's, rather than cut to cover half of a rafter, I cut a half lap joint and when they're up just clamp and screw them together - then it doesn't matter where your joints is. Bit of extra work (and time), I guess, but I reckon it's structurally more solid. Then again, I've got the time, because I don't do it for a living. Cheers.

I chose to end the sub-fascia board between two trusses and place a 2 x 6 behind the joint as a backer. It seemed very secure. I struggle landing both 2 x 6’s at the end of the truss. I don’t think I violated anything. Seemed strong. BYW, you have been a great help to me. Thank you. Your a good teacher.

Since the 'L' bracket is such a good idea, I'd make several of them so that I fix them all up and complete one side.

I use a similar jig, but clamp it to the rafter tails with one of those small DeWalt clamps that have like 600lbs of clamping force. - avoids screw/nail holes and is faster.

Did it, the wrong way, your video's are great for learning how to do things professionally. Thanks

Great technique! Saved me a lot of cursing and frustration!

Great idea. Just in time since I’m starting to install the Facia board on my roof. Thanks

Everybody is always trying to find ways to do things fast and in less time, I'd say it's much better to always do things right. And this simple jig is what helps you in doing it right.

Wow Josh I have never seen fascia go on after sheathing. You made it look easy!

A total build can be done alone if you learn a few tricks before starting and this guy uses a common sense one here. Best thing ever are wall jacks / siding jacks, buy em, use em or build shorter walls in sections and double stud. Don't recommend exterior 2x4 walls so 2x6 are heavy, buy the jacks or get creative with your truck - cable - wench. At eighteen a boss on vacation returned to find a entire house framed and sheeted, called me up saying it was scary as hell and why does it take three of us six weeks when I got it done in two alone with 27 ' vaulted walls. Easy, they get high and drag ass, Work sober, work safe, then party as you please.

Very impressive! Now if I can find a video about how to repair fascia by myself, when I have to remove a gutter 1st. Without damaging the gutter.

Thanks for all your DETAILED Instructional Videos.. Very well played out and easy to understand.. Getting ready to build a 2 car garage by myself and your videos are very helpful -- Subbed to your channel.. Thanks again and keep um coming! Probably the best explained, easy to understand vids Ive found!

Thanks for the video, really cool. I use a piece of scrap plywood and just cut out the length of the 2-6 or what have you,then I make it about 1 3/4 so I have a 1/4 to slide it back and forth if need be. I use two nails, one on top and one on bottom. The trick to reusing the same nails and performing fast is use the 8s (2 3/4) nails. I subscribed because I like your videos. Thanks again 👍

For a home DIY’er, I think I’d feel better using an “L” bracket as it provides good support, as there are times I have to advance a home project and. Don’t have another set of hands to help. This will make it easier when I redo my roof and facia. Thanks for the tip.

I love self-sufficiency!!! Nice work!!!

I installed the facia before the decking. I then tacked pieces to the facial to hold the decking from sliding off. I took care to make sure the facia was a bit lower than the rafter to allow for a flat deck.

Yes I install fascia alone. I use L brackets or clamps, sometimes a step ladder with blocks on it, really anything that works for the situation. One thing i always do is miter my joints and ends (45*). They overlap each other so you can fasten your joint and make the boards move together if they move any. It also cups less than butt joints. Also I put 2x perlins between rafter ends before putting fascia on so it will be solid wood the whole length so gutters can be installed without worrying if they hit rafter ends with fasteners (which they seldom do). If there are trees than they need to be fastened more often to support the build up of leaves if they are not ones to keep gutters clean, even with screens.

I use a 4” screw. Screw side is a tad high at the start, but once the right side is nailed I go back and remove the screw and tack down the left side back level, and then nail the middle. That “helping hand” is a huge help! I use the same method for hanging sheathing and drywall alone!

thanks a lot, I'm always working by myself this is going to help me out a lot.

Very helpful! I'm installing fascia tomorrow alone. I'll use this method! Probably just clamp the L bracket instead of screws

Actually just recently my coworker had a doctor's appointment in the morning so I was stuck with putting up a few sub facia board boards by myself. What I do is drive a 16 penny nails halfway into the top long edge of the 2x6 facia board and then bend it 90 degrees perpendicular to the board and use this "hook" to hook it on the rafters tail to hold one end while I nailed it from the other end. I like your trick better I'll have to try it.

Your video gave me the insight to do it myself. Did it. Done. Thank you!

Hi, I’ve used this technique many times. I use 2 ladders just like you demonstrated. Thanks for confirming I’m doing it right.

This helped me fix my fascia. We had a storm and winds, and a heavy passion fruit vine that was already pulling the fascia out about an inch, and a shade sail connected to it which finally yanked it off. It was a 9" fascia so very heavy. I used your tip to mount it back up. The hard part for me was the drip edge was catching it so I actually had to put up a bracket on both ends so I can go back and forth to adjust it under the fascia. I removed all the nails first, mounted it, then reused the nails in new positions. I then also added L rackets on them to hold them in just for good measure since it had come off once now.

wow that is nice i have job at home to do the soffit and fascia your video will helping to me

I take a 16 2x4 n make a post out of it with a y on the end to hold my ends but I think I'm trying your way now I think it'll work allot easier

Thanks for the idea. I was gonna wait on someone to show up and help with this task.

You do great work. I am building a little tiny home for my daughter. No matter how careful I am I just can not seem to keep my rafters lined up straight and square.

I've always done fascia from the top before sheathing, alone. nice video.

I LOVE IT !!! HE say " YOU DONT HAVE TO PAY IT" I Was SOLD... LMAO thanks brother!!!

For my projects I've been using my Kreg tool to joining my fascia boards, using wood glue and screws. Material is too expensive to be wasting. I also bevel the edge to the same pitch of my trusses for everything to fit flat. I doing it on my personal stuff. It's more work. I do like your jig to hold the fascia board. I'll make on e tomorrow.

Thank You ! ........... You just made my life much easier !

Going to attempt to install for the 1st time this weekend thanks for l bracket idea

Its the hyper independence for me. Great job.

good tips im doing a job tomorrow and this helped me out thanks ☮️✌🏽🌏

That was an awesome technique for using the L shape 👍

Have a 14 ft length of 2x8 doug fir to beam across the gable end of my house. Was struggling with the logistics of how to get it placed. I think this might work with some modifications.(e.g. notch in the L bracket to account for the angle) Originally I was going to mount D-ring anchors and try to hoist in position from the roof.

I also string line my rafter tails to make sure they are all at the same exposure. This is very important when using thinner fascia (especially cellular PVC 4/4) but I check on 2x6 anyways. I use a bracket similar to yours but I use 4"GRK screws and drive them at the same angle as the rafter. I find that most existing tails are weak and a 3 inch nail doesn't stay put for long. I half lap what few joints that are required on runs longer than 22 feet. Sure it's not the fastest but I don't get calls about failures. And yes I know about that " birdsbeak" joint but it's hard to beat the glue surface area of half lap. Additionally I use Elmer's water based wood dough...if there's cracks/splits/knots I ...V groove them lightly with a chisel and schmear in Liquid Nails. And use Sherwin Williams wood primer...it's $60 for a gallon of mind blowing good water base...you can prime and sand in the same day...try that with the dogshit Home Depot sells. Do all your filling /sanding/priming on saw horses BEFORE you install so you're not running up and down ladders all day long. Prime ALL sides of the fascia as well. When replacing that tiny piece of 1x that sometimes supports the dip cap...use cellular PVC instead of wood.

I use a similar jig. Im currently building a new garage for myself and had to use a jig like this for putting up my fascia. I dont have the luxury of an air nailer, its all 3 1/2” ardox spikes and an estwing hammer for me lol

Good idea to make fascia very helpful Thanks for all your videos

I've used a couple step ladders with a 2x12 across the top of them to walk the length of the facis nailing it up so i don't have to go up and down a single ladder so many times.

Nice tips thanks very much.

I love all the benefits of carrying the L bracket!

I like this idea a lot.

I was taught to not break at Rafters, but to break in the middle. Then put a piece of 3/4” plywood behind the Facia and Screw it in place. The reason is all those nails in one place weakens and splits the end of the rafters. BTW, this was long before Nail Guns where invented, and everything was hand nailed.

Great video. Thanks. I am working on mine now. I was wondering about those ends and how they butted together. Can you do a video showing a corner and maybe another one with an extended porch so that you have valleys running in at two places. Also, point how the alignment on the 2x6 and decking, the 1x8 and drip edge. Thanks super great video.

Great video. I'm thinking of replacing the fascia on the front of my house by myself. It's on the 2nd story 18' off the ground.

Thank you for sharing your creativity. I simply had to subscribe👌

Wow thank you so much your video was definitely entertaining and helpful

Yeah I've done it alone and I got it done by bitching and dropping it about 19 thousand times

Great video. Only thing I do a little different is run board a little wild and use oscillating saw to cut the wild end. No tape needed and it’s pretty fast

I usually put 45 degree angle on the corners and 30 degree on the sims, that’s the way I learned

I have termite damaged facia and other areas. What kind of wood do you recommend - treated wood, red wood etc? Depending on what kind, I plan to treat all wood with Bora-Care to prevent termites.

I noticed the sheathing didn't extend over the top of entire fascia board. Is that for a reason? The drip edge will cover it anyway I guess. I'm getting a new roof this summer and am going to need the sheathing ends and fascia boards replaced so this was all very helpful.

Yep I use the same technique u do it's the best way on your own I think

Best idea I’ve seen! Thanks!

awesome tutorial, thanks for all the tips!

Nice video. Thank you

Will be using this tip. Thanks!!

Great vid!!! Here’s a completely novice question but, y don’t they use screws, at least sporadically, on these projects? Expansion issues? Nails r faster… 😨😅

Great how to advice, I’m going to use some if not all you techniques.... Thank you

Ever try mitering your joints on long runs of fascia?

Your self is the best.

You should have overlapping 45 degree cuts on your boards instead of butting them up to each other.

Love it!

I was installing a 2 by 8 board ok a second floor of a building man was hard wood isntoo heavy for person so I used pulleys to.go all the way up there

I used the nail. It was only a pain in the ass because the pressure treated boards I was using were significantly heavier and bent the nails.

Great tip! Thank you. Also, I always thought fascia needed to be painted on both sides before installing?

Great. Watched this few times. A question for you. And maybe a video idea 😊. A section of my house has no rafter tails sticking out but does have the facia. Seems like they were nailed from top of roof. How do you replace these without messing up with the roof? Thanks!

I have used the "L" bracket before. Instead of screws, I just clamp it. Makes it quicker to release and saves time.

Hi. I'm installing aluminum fascia for 2 tectangular fiberglass balcony . I would like to know when measuring the length and the height of the fascia, do i have to add an extra 1/8 " or 1/4 " so everything dits together ( with the soffit) or it's not necessary . Thank you

Very informative 👍

I always work alone, no one to blame but me. I use lean to zcaffel Jack's and 16 feet alum. Scaffel

Wow! Great work!

Thank you for the tips.

Nice and it looks so good

So I’m guessing I need to use 2x4 if my roof framing is 2x4?

My husband and I bought a home a few yrs ago that does not have any facia boards, and we'd like to fix that to help improve rain gutters. If the rafter goes to the edge of the roof, then should the facsia sit just past the lip of the roof? Or, should we cut the rafter boards back just enough so the fascia is cover by the roof and flush with the end of the roof?

Recommend fall protection to protect the carpenter or fascia board? Otherwise, this is absolutely brilliant!

Great idea 👍!

good at present same problems with help .now nobody that i have seen show facia aline ment where you before facia put on rafters ,such as snap a line and measure ,cut for perfect facia line,and gable tie in for front tie in facia ?

Another amazing video!!!

Thank you somuch

Excellent

Great idea using an L bracket. I cut a hook out of plywood to hang mine. I like your L bracket better.

Josh; really cool... question on the spacing and angle... It looks like the subfascia is not angle ripped (to meet the pitch of the sheathing); is angle ripping really necessary? And, (2), I can't tell from the video if the outside edge of the subfascia is flush with the sheathing edge, or if it's ~ 16th inch away (outside); what do you recommend?

Replacing rotted fascia because there was no drip edge. Only had to replace about a 6 or 7 foot section, but noticed that the top of the fascia was originally installed about 3/4" below and 3/4" beyond the roof decking. There's no way to attach the drip edge because where there should be fascia meeting roof deck, there is a gap. Ever seen that problem?

Excellent video sir! I too am working on a job which is what brought me here. There is about 1/2" gap between the roof sheathing and the fascia board which is visible when you lift up the drip edge. It is also not flush to the fascia. I was wondering if you can tell me if there is something in the IRC (2015) I can reference for this issue?

Nice. Great video

Does roof sheathing go flush with fascia board?

You don’t cut 45 degree cuts in between the joining fascia, like joining two 16’ long fascia? Im in Southern California and I see installers doing 45 degree cuts on joining fascia going across. Im going to replace fascia at my house. Any tips if i should cut 45 degree cuts or not?Thanks! Just subscribed