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How to Repair Rotted Soffit and Fascia – Part 4

This project is continued from Part 3. With the new soffit and fascia installed, it’s time to rehang the gutter. The gutter was originally fastened with gutter spikes nailed into the rafter tails. Gutter spikes are similar to big nails. The problem with gutter spikes is they tend to work themselves out and become loose. [...]

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How to Repair Rotted Soffit and Fascia – Part 3

This project is continued from Part 2. The scaffold is positioned at the corner of the roof so I can easily reach the corner of the roof to pull off the fascia board. I arranged the aluminum scaffold planks as shown so I could reach the corner of the roof from the upper plank or [...]

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How to Repair Rotted Soffit and Fascia – Part 2

This repair is continued from Part 1. The fascia board and soffit is rotted due to rain water damage where it meets the main roof and must be replaced. I installed roof brackets and a 2″x6″ board on the 12/12 pitch roof and laid a 16 foot extension ladder on the roof as shown here: [...]

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How to Repair Rotted Soffit and Fascia – Part 1

This repair explain how to replace rotted plywood soffit and fascia board while working on a steep roof. The fascia board rotted because it rested on the roof shingles and soaked up rain water. The wood fascia board was replaced with rot-proof PVC composite board and installing roof flashing to channel the rain water away [...]

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How to Replace a Toilet Fill Valve – Part 5

This project is continued from Part 4. The Fluidmaster Fill Valve kit includes a new flapper (top item in the photo below), but I couldn’t use it because the mounting ears on the overflow pipe appeared to be permanent attached and didn’t fit the Fluidmaster flapper. I therefore chose to keep the Korky® Toilet Flapper [...]

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How to Replace a Toilet Fill Valve – Part 4

This project is continued from Part 3. A new Brasscraft® Speedi Plumb® PLUS toilet connector hose replaces the old PVC hose. The Brasscraft hose is 9 inches in length with a 7/8 inch fill valve fitting and a 3/8 inch compression nut for the water supply valve. The Brasscraft hose is pre-assembled with the cone [...]

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