Is this an acceptable gap size between fascia and wall?

[Dace]

Thanks, it's perhaps hard to see by the photo!

 

[datarebal]

Renders all over the place ..

 

[DiyNutJob]

The end roof tiles should over hang the gutter. If you look from below and can see the sky through the gap, then something is wrong.

 

[Dace]

Renders all over the place ..

Yeah the renderers werent the best. It's not the prettiest, but it's not a big enough gap to casue water damage to the render right? I forgot to include this shot with the guys work from couple months ago..oops.

 

[Dace]

The end roof tiles should over hang the gutter. If you look from below and can see the sky through the gap, then something is wrong.

above:

https://www.diynot.com/diy/attachments/img_20230205_163153-jpg.295248/

 

[robinbanks]

Nice job on reattaching the near downspout after it was wrenched off to fit the fascia?

And aye carumba, that ski jump at the eaves makes the hip tiles look like someone put a hornby carriage on a brio track set

 

[Dace]

Nice job on reattaching the near downspout after it was wrenched off to fit the fascia?

And aye carumba, that ski jump at the eaves makes the hip tiles look like someone put a hornby carriage on a brio track set

Hes coming back to finish that... extremely slowly. As long as the render or roof don't degrade faster Its bearable. Is that actually his fault or the renderers though. Also the house is 1860s and was disintegrating after they ripped old crap off, perhaps wasnt their fault either, I dont know enough about this stuff.

The end roof tiles should over hang the gutter. If you look from below and can see the sky through the gap, then something is wrong.

**** It looked ok from above, will my render die early becasue of this?

 

[DiyNutJob]

The distance between the gutter and tile seems a bit large. That means more water going onto the fascia. Any water going onto the fascia will probably end up on the render behind the fascia. The fascia really needs a drip groove to prevent water going towards the wall. Normally, this is handled by the soffit being higher than the lowest part of the fascia.

 

[Dace]

The distance between the gutter and tile seems a bit large. That means more water going onto the fascia. Any water going onto the fascia will probably end up on the render behind the fascia. The fascia really needs a drip groove to prevent water going towards the wall. Normally, this is handled by the soffit being higher than the lowest part of the fascia.

Odds of me getting him back up to improve this are close to 0 innit... but can try.

It IS lime render so is more resistant to water at least, hopefully can handle a couple years before I can afford to improve this brand new roof, ffs unbelievable.

Soffit is the underneath bit though..

 

[Dace]

Why Didnt I pay Daterabal to come down to Devon?
Ah im joking would have taken weeks

 

[DiyNutJob]

You don't have a soffit. One of its functions is to prevent water going towards the wall.

 

[cdbe]

If the water from your roof does run into the gutter, and it appears not to, it will run down the face of the (solid?) wall and cause horrendous damp problems.

I had a similar situation (very thick render at top of a leaning back wall to straighten it up). As I wasn't messing with the roof I managed with a section of 9mm flat pvc soffit board and the gutter brackets carefully screwed and plugged into the render and brickwork (the rafter ends were miles back - you might be able to see yours or they might be burried under the render). This got me just enough overhang of the slates into the gutter.

All I can suggest in your case as a practical solution is to try something similar, or try to fit something (eaves trays) under the slates to direct the water into the gutter.

 

[datarebal]

Why Didnt I pay Daterabal to come down to Devon?
Ah im joking would have taken weeks

You laugh, furthest west we've been to work is Plymouth, virginstowe , bristol, tintagel. Furthest east Folkestone and all along the south coast . All over London , three times to isle of arran , Newcastle , Leyburn Yorkshire ..many more.. lots in France from Normandy, Brittany , la Rochelle Vendée . , and further south to Lagos in Portugal .
Obviously a lot in the New Forest , and Salisbury plain chalked valley churches
So a fair spread
Mainly because of our main field of work .

 

[Dace]

You laugh, furthest west we've been to work is Plymouth, virginstowe , bristol, tintagel. Furthest east Folkestone and all along the south coast . All over London , three times to isle of arran , Newcastle , Leyburn Yorkshire ..many more.. lots in France from Normandy, Brittany , la Rochelle Vendée . , and further south to Lagos in Portugal .
Obviously a lot in the New Forest , and Salisbury plain chalked valley churches
So a fair spread
Mainly because of our main field of work .

Ah Id have done if was rich enough to pay for accomodation.

Right so I took some photos directly under this time and it actually looks ok. Im actually proper confused here though, this seems to break the law of pyhsics, surely I should be able to either see a gap in both photo angles or in neither of them, not one or the other??!?!

 

[Dace]

I think im an idot and I photographed the far right side ffs, which indeed may have shown no gap at both angles, its just too far away to see in the first photo. WIll go back again now to check.