If your fascia boards are level you can use them as a reference for sloping the gutters.
Gutter placement on fascia.
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The incline should be approximately one inch for every sixteen feet.
Gutters that are too high can enable runoff water to drip down their back side which in turn can cause deteriorating fascia boards and stains on siding.
You might try to slope your gutters correctly but improperly positioned gutter hangers can foil those plans and cause your gutters to sag in the middle.
For especially long gutter runs of 40 feet or more the slope or pitch should start in the middle diverting the water to a downspout at each end.
Slope each house gutter run down toward the downspout about 1 4 in.
For every 10 feet of gutter.
In turn rainwater will run behind gutters that hang too high deteriorating the fascia boards along the way.
Check this by holding a level against the bottom edge.
Soffit is the layer of wood vinyl or aluminum that extends from the bottom of the fascia to the top piece of your wall board.
Mark the highest point of the gutter run on the fascia 1 inches below the metal drip edge flashing on the extra wide fascia shown here the gutter is lower down.
Please ensure that the drip edge is extended over the gutter.
At the other end of the fascia or at the downspout location if there s one in the middle of the run mark the low end of the gutter run keeping in mind that the slope should be.
The highest tip of the guttering should gently slope downwards to end at the downspout.
Positioning and placement of gutter.
It should be a minimum extension of two inch from the fascia board on the roof.
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Replacing this much fascia board particularity on a two story home gutter and fascia replacement is no easy task.
The correct placement of the drip edge is the top of the roof directly between the shingles and the fascia board.
The drip edge should be installed over a furring strip so that it tails off the fascia board.
If they aren t level adjust the string line until a level aligned with it shows a slight slope.
A rotted fascia board cannot properly support a gutter system designed to withstand the heavy snow accumulations.
