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Exterior trim installation customers are KC homeowners replacing rotted fascia boards before new gutters are hung, homeowners doing a full re-siding and needing new corner boards and rake boards installed as part of the siding package, or homeowners painting the exterior and finding that the wood trim is too far gone to paint over without replacement. The central education is fascia board installation, material selection between wood and composite, and nail spacing for KC wind load — three things that determine whether exterior trim lasts 5 years or 25 years in KC's weather cycle. Fascia board: the fascia is the horizontal trim board that caps the rafter tails at the eave — gutters mount to it; standard fascia in KC residential construction is 1x6 or 1x8 pine, which rots from behind when gutters are clogged and water backs up between the gutter and the fascia face; fascia replacement requires removing the gutters, pulling the old fascia, checking the rafter tails for rot (if the rafter tails are rotted the scope expands significantly), installing new fascia with the face flush to the rafter tail ends, and re-mounting the gutters; in KC homes where fascia boards are over-wide relative to the rafter depth, a sub-fascia (structural backing board) is installed first and the finish fascia covers it; PVC composite fascia does not rot and does not require paint — it is the preferred material for replacement in KC where gutter clog risk is high from spring tree debris. Rake boards: the rake board is the trim that runs along the sloped gable end of the roof following the pitch; it covers the gable end framing and returns to the fascia at the eave; rake boards in KC take the most weather exposure of any exterior trim — south and west faces receive KC's prevailing storm wind and rain; composite or cellular PVC rake boards outlast wood by 10+ years on south-facing gable ends. Corner boards and material: corner boards are the vertical trim pieces at the building corners where siding terminates — they provide a clean edge return and hide the siding butt ends; 5/4x4 fiber cement corner boards (James Hardie, LP SmartSide) are the standard in KC new construction and re-siding projects because they do not absorb moisture, do not rot, and hold paint through KC's freeze-thaw cycles; wood corner boards primed and painted will last 7–12 years in KC if paint is maintained; unpainted or poorly primed wood corner boards fail in 3–5 years at the bottom where they are closest to grade splash; all exterior trim bottom ends must be back-primed (primer on the cut end) before installation — this is the single most important step for wood trim longevity. A exterior trim website that explains why fascia fails from behind not the front, what composite trim is and how it differs from wood, and how corner boards are back-primed earns the homeowner who wants trim that does not rot out in five years.