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Fascia Stiffener
In an overhanging eaves, a horizontal timber behind the fascia at the hip corners to support the last jack rafters.



jack rafter support
A sketch of a hip corner showing the jack rafter stiffeners.

On overhanging eaves the very last (sometimes two) jack rafters have very little support. The sit only a small amount inboard of the wall plate. As a result they do little to add support to the roofing battens, roof sheeting and the fascia.

The solution is to fix stiffeners between the end of the hip rafter and the last well supported jack rafters.

I have actually seen fascias fixed wrongly that had "a droop on them like the wings of a B52 bomber." They looked OK ontil the cement tiles got fixed.


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