Michelle and I started installing the fascia today. We installed the first board which screws directly to the joists. We then installed the brackets that we created. After that we began to install the individual boards. We figured it was best to work from the top down.
I count or sunk the screw holes and left the corners unpainted with the idea being that I will come back later with some wood putty and fill everything in and sand it down before his final touch-ups.
When we got to the third row, we realized I cut the board about 5 inches too short. There's no way I'm going to get this far and leave a 5-inch gap near the staircase so we put everything on hold as I drove to Home Depot to buy another board. I cut it, Michelle painted it, and will install it tomorrow.
In the meantime, I installed one of the deck lights next to the steps. We knew where we wanted that one located from a previous experiment. I forgot where the second light was supposed to go so I taped it to the deck and waited for the sun to go down before we made the final decision on where it should be located.
