hobbyfarm Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Hard to see but the face board pulled away on my new pole barn from snow and ice. You can see the soffit is pulled out. Unclear how well the face board was nailed in. Your thoughts? Waiting to here if they will fix it at their cost. Was built in July 2025. 4 Quote
OFFTHEFARM Posted February 19 Posted February 19 Is the gutter kinked and the soffit pointing at a downward angle? Hard to tell in the pic. Are your gutters full of ice? If it is the fascia board probrably started coming loose. Should be able to tell if you can get on a ladder and look under the roof tin. I always use ring shanks or structural screw on fascia boards so they don't pull the nails out when the gutter is full. Not a huge job to fix but the gutter might need to be replaced. Shop looks nice. Quote
hobbyfarm Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 17 hours ago, OFFTHEFARM said: Is the gutter kinked and the soffit pointing at a downward angle? Hard to tell in the pic. Are your gutters full of ice? If it is the fascia board probrably started coming loose. Should be able to tell if you can get on a ladder and look under the roof tin. I always use ring shanks or structural screw on fascia boards so they don't pull the nails out when the gutter is full. Not a huge job to fix but the gutter might need to be replaced. Shop looks nice. Gutter not kinked but it is wavy. Was straight. Fascia board pulled off trusses along the top and pulled a bunch of the vinyl soffit with it. Definitely ice and snow hanging did it. Guess the question is if the builder will stand behind it since it is the first winter. I wonder too if there were enough nails and if they used ring shanks. Ground still icy so hard to get on a ladder there. Did send the builder pics. Will see what they say. Thanks for your perspective. Quote
Ihfan4life Posted February 19 Posted February 19 Wondering if it was placed in j-channel or something else on the wall side, and only nailed on the soffit side. It looks too consistent to have been nailed on both ends… good luck to you. IF I was the builder I would stand behind it, but it is the times of shirking responsibilities 😡 Best of luck 🤞 Quote
460 Posted February 20 Posted February 20 Do you have hurricane ties from the truss to the header/wall? Michigan now requires them, inspector caught that right away in 2024 when I had my 40x40 garage built. Builders was still working when inspector showed up so they were planned to be installed but not at that point. Quote
drglinski Posted February 20 Posted February 20 I'm betting poorly built. I had work done on my soffits last summer and I've had to had follow up work 2+ times because they didn't nail it in enough spots. In too much of a hurry to move into the next job. Quote
OFFTHEFARM Posted February 20 Posted February 20 17 hours ago, hobbyfarm said: Gutter not kinked but it is wavy. Was straight. Fascia board pulled off trusses along the top and pulled a bunch of the vinyl soffit with it. Definitely ice and snow hanging did it. Guess the question is if the builder will stand behind it since it is the first winter. I wonder too if there were enough nails and if they used ring shanks. Ground still icy so hard to get on a ladder there. Did send the builder pics. Will see what they say. Thanks for your perspective. If the gutter isn't bent should be an easy fix. Hopefully they just fix it for you. I would definitely make them refasten all the facia boards because I'm sure they used the same method on all of them. If they won't pony up and fix it a few beers and a couple buddies should make quick work of that. Quote
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