Fascia board in restricted space

[suzanne.mcconaghy@ec]

Hello,
We need to fit a new fascia board and gutter (about 10m in length) but the house is only 20 cm inches away from the next building. Is there a good way to access this from above in order to nail the board in place?

 

[Deleted member 267285]

20cm inches? A photo would help, as I’m not entirely sure what you’re asking.

 

[conny]

20cm? Thats 16" in old money. No room to get a person into that gap, never mind a set of ladders/scaffold tower!

I wonder if there is some way to put a bridge board across and work from above? You would need permission from your neighbours to allow you to place a board on their roof, place another board on your roof, and then a bridge between them for the builder to lay on. The builder would then lean over the bridge to affix the fascia board from above. Quite a rsiky way of doing it but I can't think of any other way except removing your roof tiles/felt etc and maybe working from inside your roof space and leaning out.
If you do find a way, (and someone brave enough to do it), I would suggest fixing the gutter brackets to the fascia before installing it. Then you could simply click the guttering into place before replacing the roofing material.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

20cm? Thats 16" in old money.

20cm is 8".

 

[conny]

Correct. My mistake. That makes it an even bigger bitch to try and repair.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

As mentioned a photo speaks a thousand words, even at 8", albeit tight is possibly doable, prolly with screws though rather than nails. Time to get the stubby screwdriver out perhaps ....

 

[cdbe]

Lie flat on the roof facing downhill with someone holding onto your ankles. Not sure how you'll manage the soffit.

 

[suzanne.mcconaghy@ec]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Will give this some thought.