Replacing Fascia - Side of House

[poppelina35]

Hi, firstly, forgive me if my terminology is wrong.

Our house is staggered with next door and there is a length of fascia that continues around the side of the house that sits next to the guttering. I've attached a photo of what it looks like at the rear.

This piece is missing at the front of the house presumed blown off in a storm years ago. We've started to get some water damage on the internal bedroom wall where it is missing, so I wonder whether the fascia being absent is the culprit.

I am going to replace it but I'm unsure what I would need? Just a length of fascia and fix it to the wall? A length of wood to fix to the wall then fix the fascia to that, specific fixings? Any other suggestions greatly appreciated.

 

[aveatry]

It just looks like a decorative piece and serves no other purpose. You mention damp - in my opinion I think you are more likly to get problems with it on the wall than not as it provides a ledge for water that will go behind and possibly track with whatever fixings there is

Need a picture of the missing section. maybe just make good the ends and repoint any holes and leave it off.

 

[ree]

OP,
The stop-end of the gutter needs to be butted up to the brickwork, and a "Kick-out" installed above to divert the water streaming down the lower roof abutment into the gutter.
At the moment, with the gap between the plastic piece and the stop end water is dropping down, & dark water stains can be seen on the lower brickwork.

 

[noseall]

Hi, firstly, forgive me if my terminology is wrong.

Our house is staggered with next door and there is a length of fascia that continues around the side of the house that sits next to the guttering. I've attached a photo of what it looks like at the rear.

This piece is missing at the front of the house presumed blown off in a storm years ago. We've started to get some water damage on the internal bedroom wall where it is missing, so I wonder whether the fascia being absent is the culprit.

I am going to replace it but I'm unsure what I would need? Just a length of fascia and fix it to the wall? A length of wood to fix to the wall then fix the fascia to that, specific fixings? Any other suggestions greatly appreciated.View attachment 399259

That's an odd set up fascia wise. I'm wondering whether there is a (troublesome) concrete corbel being concealed beneath that run of fascia? Older ones are prone to spalling....?

 

[^woody^]

Whilst water may sit on such a fascia and enter the wall from the top or drip off the bottom, the wall is a cavity wall so water would not normally reach the inside.

Check whether any damp on the inside is higher or lower than the level of that fascia.