Fascia definition

Fascia means the horizontal band below the roof edge covering the ends of rafters or forming the outer surface of vertical cladding concealing the roof. May also include a nameplate over a shopfront/business window.
Fascia means any relatively narrow vertical surface which is projected or cantilevered or supported on columns or on an element other than a wall below.
Fascia means the cladding or panel erected to enclose or finish the edge of the roof of a building and which may be incorporated as an architectural feature;

Examples of Fascia in a sentence

  • Pressed fibre-cement: m 271 No 210 3 12 x 225mm Fascia board drilled and brass screwed to rafter feet including galvanised steel H-profile jointing strips, etc.


More Definitions of Fascia

Fascia means the flat edge of a building eave overhang or the front or side edges of a canopy.
Fascia means an architectural term for a vertical frieze or board under a roof edge or which forms the outer surface of a cornice, visible to an observer.
Fascia means a moulded plastic automotive bumper cover.
Fascia means the vertical surface of a building that runs from the grade to the roofline.
Fascia means a band located at the top edge of a building but below the actual roofline and above
Fascia means a parapet-type wall used as part of the fascia of a flat roofed building and projecting not more than six feet from the building face immediately adjacent thereto. Such a wall shall enclose at least three sides of the projecting flat roof and return to a parapet wall or the building.
Fascia means the horizontal facing on a roof located beyond the exterior walls of a building. (Ord. 1337 § 1 (part), 1980: prior code § 32.1(17)).