Fascia Repair in Raleigh, NC

Your gutters are pulling away from the house, or sagging in the middle, or the hangers keep working loose no matter how many times somebody screws them back in. That is almost never the gutters. It is the board behind them. Fascia is the trim board that runs along the edge of your roof and carries the weight of every gutter, and in Raleigh it is the first exterior component to rot.

Signs Your Fascia Has Gone

Gutters sagging, tilting forward, or separating from the house. Hangers and spikes that will not hold, or that you have already had reattached and they came loose again. Visible peeling paint, dark staining or a wavy line along the board. Wood that gives when you press it or that a screwdriver sinks into. Gaps opening between the fascia and the soffit or the roof edge.

The cause is nearly always water that has been running where it should not. Overflowing gutters spill over the back edge and run down the fascia continuously. A gutter pitched wrong holds standing water against the board. A missing drip edge lets water off the roof wick backward under the shingle and into the top of the fascia. Then Raleigh's humidity means the board never fully dries between rains, and rot moves fast.

Repair Versus Full Board Replacement

Where the rot is limited to a section, we cut out the bad length, splice in new material with a proper joint over a rafter tail, and prime and paint all six faces before it goes up, including the back side nobody will ever see. That back face is where rot starts, and leaving it raw is why so many fascia repairs fail again in three years.

Where the board has gone along a whole run, full replacement is cheaper than repeated patching. While it is off, we check the rafter tails behind it, since prolonged water damage usually reaches them, and we look at the drip edge at the roof line. We will also tell you honestly why the water was there in the first place, because replacing the board without fixing the gutter pitch or the overflow that killed it just resets the clock. On material, we will price both wood and a low-maintenance option like PVC or aluminum-wrapped, since in this climate the maintenance-free version often pays for itself.

Fascia Repair and Replacement Cost in Raleigh

Fascia is priced by linear footage with the variables being story height, how much of the run is affected, whether rafter tails need repair, and material choice. A short section on a single-story eave is inexpensive. A full run at the back of a two-story with damaged tails is a real job.

Bundle it with gutters if you are replacing those anyway. Doing fascia first and gutters second on separate visits costs you the setup twice, and putting new gutters on old rotted fascia is money thrown away.

Why Choose Us

Any gutter company that will hang new gutters on a rotted fascia board without mentioning it is not doing you a favor.

We are fully insured with general liability and workers' compensation, and we hand you proof of it along with your estimate. Bryan owns this company and has spent 14 years in the trades, so the read you get comes from someone who has done this work himself. Estimates are free and we can usually be out within one to three days. Your price is written down before anything starts, your workmanship warranty runs 2 to 12 years depending on the project, in writing, and financing is available.

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Gutters Pulling Away?

Free inspection. We will tell you whether it is the gutter, the fascia, or the reason behind both. Call (984) 370-4330.