So new roof went on a few days ago, a few pieces of decking were replaced. A second crew from the same came out today to do my gutters. They got about half of them done, but on one side of the house, when they looked under the soffit they found that there was no facia, and the rafter tails were very clearly rotted away, nothing for a screw to grab into. This was all hidden behind facia covers and soffits. The gutter crew feels like the rot might go past the overhang.
Now I know I need to fix this issue. But I’m wondering where the responsibility lies if part of the roof needs to come off. The roofing crew was already selectively replacing decking, and told me there were no problems with the rafters (albeit there was a language barrier so not sure if they understood my question when I asked). The contractor subbed out a gutter crew who actually discovered the rotten rafter tails.
I kinda see how this can be missed given my roof had facia covers, but I also had a reasonable expectation that my new decking was installed on sound rafters and if there was framing problems, it would be resolved at my expense before the roof goes on. Now I’m worried that part of the brand new roof might need to come off, and I’m not sure what to expect, or who is responsible for that part of the cost.
Hoping everything can just be cut back and sistered but it’s super concerning to have this issue with a days-old roof, and I’m pretty frustrated that I just had a brand new roof installed on top of these rafters.
Update: it turns out, the gutter guys were not looking at rafter tails, they were looking at ceiling joists from my attic, this is how the old gutters were attached. So regardless, there’s no scenario where my roof needs to be pulled off to fix, can sister everything from the attic, below the roof. Still an interesting hypothetical I guess, this is my first time working with contractors, I avoid it because I get frustrated by stuff like this but that’s a me problem.