Vents in the soffit.
Soffit under porch roof.
Many accessories including trim soffit and fascia are available for a vinyl siding job.
Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing.
Porches are often attached to the house.
If the calculations call for a final strip less than half the width of your soffit board plank material begin by ripping the first section down to split the difference.
Remove the rotted section of fascia.
The soffit is a horizontal covering on the underside of the porch roof overhang that encloses the space between the porch walls or supports and the ends of the roof rafters.
Though porches are more open to the air they may still have ventilation problems under the roof.
Problems with porch roofs can cause intrusion of water into the interior of the house.
Pull down to remove the old soffit.
When covering a porch ceiling you can use the same materials used to cover a soffit.
Soffit and fascia repair 1.
Aluminum soffits can also be angled to follow the slope of the roof.
Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar.
If it comes off without splitting reuse it later.
Instead of the flat boxed soffits shown in this article older and some newer homes may have a soffit style that features either exposed rafter tails or enclosed soffits that follow the slope of the roof.
Porch roofs can also develop ice dam problems like the rest of the house s roof.