How to Fit Fascia boards

Nice to see someone with pride in his work , which I find is lacking nowadays .

He lays out the nails with a square. I thought I was the only person who did that. Excellent work, thanks.

Just love seeing a craftsman at work

As per usual another classic RC video I’ll be using to complete the soffits on my bungalow to house project. Amazing work pal 🎉

Good to see someone who takes pride in their work!

Lucky bloke to be working alongside such a perfectionist 👍. Would love to work along side you for a month or so. ✌️. Keep up the great work Robin 👍

It's a pleasure watching a master at work.

If I knew I was buying a house built by you Robin and the estate agent suddenly turned around and told me I've got to pay 10% more all of a sudden my response would simply be... OK! 😂

Followed all your tips Robin and I now have perfect soffit & fascias, cheers 👍🏻👍🏻

Useful video, I like the attention to detail - using the additional joint strip to make it look uniform.

Superb video Robin thank you for them all and keeping your channel alive

Perfect job as always. I love your attention to detail!

Lovely to see someone taking pride in there work 👍

Nice one Robin. Exactly how I used to install them except I would carefully nail through the cover strip and fascia in one go after gluing the strip on. Cheers

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this installation for a new build, not so practical for a replacement. It's kind of how I expect a chippy to do it, however plastic isn't quite the same as wood, particularly it is very flexible and will show up the slightest deviation. In my experience I've never come across rafter ends that are level or straight enough to give a perfect look. What I recommend is a square packer made from pvc fascia attached to every rafter end. You fix to the extreme rafters first then run two string lines one on the bottom front corner and one either higher up on the front edge or on the underside. This ensures that the fascia and soffit are at a perfect right angle and also dead straight. To level the fascia with a spirit level after the soffit is fixed I think is a bit too late, not really accurate enough but also if the soffit isn't level it won't locate in the groove at the back of the fascia board and you may have a gap between soffit and lip which looks unsightly particularly when looking out from inside the house. Another minor thing to go to the effort of fixing a ply soffit first just for the pin spacing seems unnecessary particularly as if you use a cladding pin with a flat head instead of a polytop on the from edge it is concealed by the lip of the fascia and looks a lot neater than two rows of pins. Generally the soffit sits on top of a course of bricks so can be wedged down with a packer so no pins are visible at all. If it does need a fixing then extend the square Packers back far enough to receive a pin. I'm not trying to be critical of what is an acceptable job just some tips from over 20 years of installing PVCu fascias.😀

Kicking myself not to have thought about pre-nailing the boards before offering up. DUH! For the fascia - I prefer fixing on to a timber board or plywood sub base instead of the rafter ends. I have read (but not seen) that plastic fascia even at 16mm can distort over time when supporting the weight of tiles. Likely a timber base for the fascia can make things a bit more easy when fixing gutter brackets.

Great video, just about to re clad my front porch with new fascia and soffit. I'm a Hgv mechanic, not a builder, but with the help of your video i should be able to do it fine. I have found the hardest part researching and identifying materials needed, the terminology. Thanks

Prefer to sit the soffit onto the brickwork then fix the soffit with screws behind the fascia. Just weigh the soffit down with 4"x 1" or tile batten. Everything else pretty much the same 🙂

Loving the regular uploads 👍🏻 nice work Robin

Cracking tips and tricks nice one Robin all the best Tony 👍