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On 6/18/2011 10:07 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
On Jun 18, 7:36 pm, Vic wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:04:08 -0400,
wrote:

On 6/18/2011 3:11 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:

JIMMIE wrote:
Due to hail damage I need new gutters. Inspection of the gutters
showed I also needed new fascia boards. Is there a synthetic material
I can use in place of wood that will not rot? I dont want to ever have
to do this again.

Jimmie
Hi,
How about Aluminum cladding?

BAD idea. The fascia on this house is rotted out in several spots
BECAUSE it was clad, badly. Gutters clog and overflow, water gets
through gap between top back edge of gutter and drip edge, and runs down
behind cladding. Board stays wet pretty much all the time. Even with a
perfect cladding job, everywhere you have a screw or nail through the
cladding, you have a path for water.

Cladding fascia with aluminum has nothing to do with rotting.
It's all about not having to paint.
If the gutters aren't properly hung, unclad facia will rot from the
back, no matter how you maintain the paint on the front of the fascia.

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I added aluminum fascia (and soffit) over healthy wood with no water
problems many years agio so I wouldn't have to get up and paint 15'
off the gorund. Never a problem and it's at least 15 years ago that I
did this.

I suppose that if you used stock wide enough (unlike the idiot that did
this place), so the wrap runs all the way up under the drip edge, and
caulked well, or used gasketed nails or screws, the odds would be
better. Because of the slope they put on the gutters, my problem areas
have bare wood showing above the gutter below the drip edge. When gutter
overflows (or gets full of ice and melts), it soaks the wood every time.
And because the wrap comes around the bottom and 2-3 inches up the
backside, it creates a nice little trough of water for the wood to sit
in. Water that overflows from this trough runs across the soffit. That
is why I added weep holes, and they seem to work, sort of.

All in all, if I ever do feel rich enough to redo this, plastic plank
sounds like a much better option, with a lot fewer installation issues.

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