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Article #329: Home Builders Can Save Time and Money with New One-Piece Fascia Board & Shingle Band

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A friend of mine, who is a home builder For those of you who may not have read
by trade, approached me one day and any of my previous articles, I am the
commented how he wished there was a founder and president of Cedar Knoll Log
better way to apply a backer, fascia Homes. While the main focus of Cedar
board and shingle band to roof rafters. Knoll Log Homes is the design and
He complained how tedious this job was development of log homes, I am fortunate
because it required buying three pieces to have some very talented engineers on
of lumber, making three sets of cuts and staff who are always up to a good
having to climb up a ladder to affix the specialty design challenge. So off they
backer, come down, put up the fascia went to the machine shop to create a set
board, come back down, and then go back of custom knives that would produce a
up the ladder to nail up the shingle one-piece fascia board / shingle band. I
band. "There has got to be a simpler, got back in touch with my friend and
better way to do this job," he said. asked him to give the prototype one-piece
For those of you who may not be familiar fascia board / shingle band a try on his
with these terms, a fascia board is a next job. He happily agreed. After he
band of material that covers the rafter finished the job, he called me up and
ends and sides when it goes up the rake. said, "While I doubt this new one-piece
A shingle band (also commonly called a fascia board / shingle band will cause
rake board) is a trim board that is snow in July, it did make this job much
attached at the top front of the fascia easier and saved me several hours back up
board to support the overhang of the roof on a ladder.
shingles and to step out and protect the At $1.49 per linear foot (made from white
fascia from water drips. Traditional pine or $2.49 per linear foot in white
wood-framed construction methodology cedar), this new time-saving product also
requires two separate pieces of lumber allows home builders to save up to 30%
and a two-step application process to off materials cost to purchase separate
apply the fascia board and shingle band fascia boards and shingle bands. This
over the backer board. means that home builders who use this
Having done this up-and-down the ladder one-piece fascia board / shingle band can
fascia board, shingle band routine a few either pass the savings on to their
times myself, I understood what my friend clients or keep the saving to enhance
was talking about. This got me to their profits. Either way, the time
thinking; a one-piece fascia board / savings means that builders are working
shingle band seems to work nicely for smarter instead of harder and the time
metal or vinyl siding applications, so saved can be used to get a jump on other
why not make one from wood? tasks.
And that is exactly what I set out to do!






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