Corner brace for building construction

A corner brace for joining a barge rafter and a fascia board in building construction, comprising

• a pair of metal channels each having a base and a spaced parallel longer outer side plate and a shorter inner side plate ascending therefrom, said pair of channels abuttingly joined at one end and in open communication with each other in an opposing bi-planar relationship to form a right-angled corner brace, each one of said channels dimensioned to snugly receive the lower narrower side of one end of the barge rafter and fascia board between said outer and inner side plates, the base of each of said channels contacting said lower narrower side of one end of the barge rafter and fascia board and cooperating with said side plates for supporting the rafter and board in an opposed abutting rigid bi-planar right-angular relationship,
• the outer side plates of said corner brace ascending from said channel base for contacting and covering substantially all of the wider dimensioned outer planar surfaces of the barge rafter and fascia board disposed within said brace to protect the rafter and board surfaces from weathering, said outer side plates having a plurality of spaced apertures disposed therein,
• the inner side plates of said corner brace ascending from said channel bases for contacting at least a portion of the wider dimensioned inner planar surfaces of the barge rafter and fascia board disposed within said brace and cooperating with said base and outer side plates to retain the rafter and board ends in an opposed abutting bi-planar right-angular relationship, and
• fastening means cooperating with said apertures in said outer side plates and penetrating said ends of the barge rafter and fascia board for securely joining the corner brace channels to said ends of the barge rafter and fascia board.