Questions tagged [soffit]
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How should I hang Christmas lights where I don't have any gutters?
I finally got around to hanging Christmas lights this year. I bought gutter clips so I wouldn't have to permanently install anything, but I just realized that I don't have gutters along a pitched portion of my roof. The soffit there isn't…
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Is it better to vent a bathroom fan out the soffit, the side of the house, or the roof?
Working on a friend's house, we're installing a bathroom fan. He had planned to vent the fan out the closest soffit, which is only a few feet away. I'm trying to persuade him to vent it out the roof at best, or the side of the 2nd floor at worst,…
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Do I need soffit vents when I have 2 gable vents and 5 normal peak vents?
We are in southeast Idaho, have a plain simple gable roof on a 1,050 square foot floor house; the roof's pitch is not great, probably 3 or 4/12 but normal for our area.
We have 1 vent at each gable end (so 2 total), rectangular and about 12" by 24"…
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How do I fix this missing soffit?
After this past harsh winter I noticed this spot on our house where it looks like some soffit panels had fallen out. Honestly, I'm not sure what was in the space prior; I never found any panels on the ground if it'd blown down. And there's no lip…
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Should I install soffit or gable venting with a 3:12 pitch roof?
Been trying to find a reputable and concrete answer as to what type of ventilation we should use on our ranch house that has a 3/12 pitch shingled roof. The house is located in the Cincinnati Ohio area.
The house was built in 1958 and according to…
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Does water dripping through my soffit indicate a problem?
When it rains, water drips through the soffit and along the inside face of the fascia. This picture shows the water dripping through, but when it rains harder sometimes there's more:
My landlord just installed that aluminum soffit. Above it is…
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What is the best way to cut metal siding for soffit vents accurately?
I need to add a bunch of soffit vents to my eves, and I have (decorative?) metal siding such as in the picture. I need to do this quickly in the next few weeks before winter. What's the best way to make these metal cuts accurately and screen the…
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Can I attach drywall directly to a wood beam?
I'm finishing my basement and need to build a soffit around the HVAC trunks, pipes, and a wood beam. I'm planning to build a ladder on one side of the ducts and another between the ducts and the beam.
I'm hoping that I can just screw the drywall…
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How do I remove a panel from the ceiling of my side porch?
I have an uncovered side porch attached to the my brick ranch home. I noticed that parts of my roof are sagging and it is getting worse. I also noticed that some flashing around my chimney looks bad and I am hoping that I am not storing pools of…
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Is there a "Right" direction to build soffit with plywood?
Is there a right or wrong way to face the plywood when building a soffit for ductwork? I was following a tutorial from Family Handyman http://www.familyhandyman.com/basement/how-to-finish-a-basement-framing-and-insulating/view-all
which has the…
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Gable and Roof Vents Together?
I need to add some additional exhaust venting to my attics, along with some along the soffit as well. I need some knowledge on a few things as I can't seem to find answers for them on the interwebs:
Can continuous soffit vents be retrofitted…
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Should I block off the soffit vents in the vicinity of my bathroom exhaust vent which is in the soffit?
I've seen the other threads on here warning against venting a bathroom fan to a soffit: People warn against the moist air heading right back up the surrounding soffit vents and into the attic (especially in a colder climate like mine--Wisconsin). …
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How do I install a receptacle in the soffit?
I'd like to add a receptacle (for x-mas decorations etc) in the soffit of my house. I'd prefer flush-mounted so it's the least visible possible. It will be wired to a switch (timer) inside the house; I may end up running 14/3 to it so there's also…
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What are the pros and cons of removing exterior dentil molding?
My capping (or trimming) contractor will cap the wooden parts (e.g., rake, frieze, etc.) with wood grain style PVC coil. He said he will remove the existing wooden dentil moldings. He will add/cover the old vents with T-4 vinyl soffit.
I Googled it,…
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My contractor replaced old soffits and fascia with fiber cement panels. What type of molding/cleating should be used?
My contractor installed a narrow piece of wood molding in the corner where the soffit panels meet the wall of the house. See the diagram below.
The material used for the yellow piece is unprimed, unpainted wood, and looks like the type of…
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