Gutter Solutions LLC handles soffit and fascia repair and replacement across Southeast Georgia, finding soft wood with a probe, cutting out the rot and putting sound board back so every gutter hanger has something solid to hold.
We probe the boards and show you what we find.
Before and after on one of our jobs: bare rafter tails, then soffit, fascia, gutter and downspout in place.
Fascia is the board along the edge of the roof, fixed to the ends of the rafters, and the gutter hangs on it. Soffit is the underside of the overhang, closing the gap between the fascia and the wall, often with vents that let air into the attic.
Every gutter hanger is a screw into the fascia, and a full gutter in a downpour is heavy with water and wet straw. That load is only as secure as the wood the screws bite into. When the board goes soft, hangers pull out, the gutter sags, water runs behind it and the rot spreads further along the eave.
Soffit does quieter work: it keeps weather and animals out of the overhang and, where it is vented, feeds the attic the air it needs to stay dry.
One stained spot can be a small repair; several of these together usually means a longer stretch of board. After a named storm, add the eaves to what to check after a storm.
A clogged or undersized gutter spills over its back edge as well as its front, soaking the board every time it rains.
The rotted wood is replaced and the cause goes with it: a clear, properly sized gutter pitched to its outlets, whether that means fixing a leaking or sagging gutter or hanging a new run.
Where the drip edge is missing, bent or too short, runoff tracks down behind the trough instead of dropping into it, and the back of the board never dries.
We point it out and hang the gutter so the drip edge laps into the trough. Anything that means lifting shingles goes to a roofer, because we do not do roofing.
Old spike-and-ferrule hangers were driven straight through the fascia, and every one of those holes lets water into the grain.
Old holes are filled or the damaged length replaced, and the new gutter goes up on hidden hangers screwed into sound wood.
Cut ends at joints and corners soak up water like a straw, and once the paint cracks, rot starts inside the board where nobody sees it.
Cut ends are sealed before a new length goes up, and the finish is agreed with you so the board is protected, not just patched.
Paint is very good at hiding rot. A fascia board can look fine from the lawn and be soft as cork behind the gutter, which is why every estimate includes a probe: a sharp tool pressed into the wood wherever water collects.
We check the ends and corners, the low points of each run, the stretches under roof valleys and anywhere the paint has blistered. Sound wood resists; soft wood lets the point sink in. Each soft area is marked, measured and written onto the estimate, so you know the extent before any gutter comes down.
If the rot has reached the rafter tails behind the board, we will show you and talk it through before going any further.
The probe decides it. For the gutters themselves, repair or replace your gutters walks through the same decision.
Whether the new fascia is primed wood, a composite board or a wrapped finish is an option we talk through at the estimate, matched to the house and to how exposed that side is.
A gap in the soffit is an open door into the roof overhang. Birds nest in it, wasps and bees build behind it, and squirrels chew a corner open and move into the attic. On the coast, a warm, sheltered eave is an easy place to move in.
Soffit vents matter too. In a vented eave, air comes in through the soffit and leaves near the ridge, carrying attic heat and moisture with it. Crushed, painted-over or blocked vents slow that flow, and a hot, damp attic is hard on everything above it.
We replace damaged soffit panels and vents and close the openings. If animals are already living inside, a wildlife or pest professional has to remove them first; we close up once they are out.
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The easiest time to fix fascia is when the gutter is already off the wall. When it’s time for new gutters, fascia work slots in between taking the old system down and hanging the new one.
Old runs, spikes and hangers come off, exposing the full face of the fascia for the first time in years.
Every soft area is probed again and marked, now that nothing is in the way.
Rotted sections are cut back to sound wood, and new lengths are fitted and fastened to the rafter tails.
Damaged soffit panels and vents along the same stretch are replaced and the corners closed.
New seamless gutters formed on site are hung on hidden hangers into the new board, pitched, sealed and water-tested.
Still have a question? The quickest answer is a phone call, and we will talk it through with you.
(912) 202-0537If the board is sound, yes. We probe it along its length first, because a new gutter hung on soft fascia pulls loose again within a few seasons. Any rotten sections are replaced before the new run goes up, which is part of how we plan new gutters for houses.
Fascia is the vertical board along the edge of the roof, fixed to the ends of the rafters, and it is what the gutter hangs on. Soffit is the horizontal underside of the roof overhang, running from the fascia back to the wall, and it often carries the vents that let air into the attic.
No. Fascia and soffit are trim carpentry at the edge of the roof, and they are part of what we fix around the gutter line. Gutter Solutions LLC does not do roofing: if shingles, underlayment or roof decking are damaged, that is a roofer’s job, and we will tell you so. The rest of our gutter and drainage services stay at or below the eave.
Yes, once they are out. If animals are still living in the eave or the attic, a wildlife or pest professional needs to remove them first, because closing an opening with an animal inside causes worse damage. After that, we replace the chewed or broken soffit panels and fascia sections and close the gaps.
Because something keeps sending water there. The usual culprits are a valley that overshoots the gutter in heavy rain, a corner that leaks, an outlet that clogs, or a missing drip edge that lets runoff track down behind the trough. Replacing the board without fixing the source only resets the clock, so the source is part of the repair.
That is the aim. How the new board is finished, and the color it takes, is agreed with you at the estimate so the repaired stretch blends into the eave around it instead of standing out as a patch.
Age and tree cover drive it: historic streets in Savannah, Old Town Brunswick and St. Marys, older neighborhoods in Statesboro and Waycross, and marsh-side homes around Darien.
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Ring or text to book a visit. We probe the fascia, look over the soffit, and put every soft spot, and what it takes to fix, in writing.
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