Talk:Fascia (architecture)

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[edit] I gotta ask...

I'm not quite clear on which part is the fascia; how can something be a vertical surface and span across something. Particularly columns, which are vertical by definition? -- Randall00 ^Talk 20:57, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

It's vertical because it is oriented at 90 degrees to the ground. The fascia spans the top of a wall or across the top of columns or the ends of rafters in a vertical orientation - ie. it is fixed to the vertical face at the top of the structure. If you look at your roof, it probably has rafters and it probably has a board attached that spans across the cut ends of the rafters, obscuring them - this is the fascia. Usually the guttering is attached to this. The photo shows a typical fascia. It's the blue metal structure immediately under the roofing sheet. SilentC 05:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)