Soffit capping

[fourstardan]

Working on this at the moment.

It would appear the existing soffits are inserted into Grooved Fascia board and then nailed in along the wall end.



I want to cap these (9mm board) and the fascia after, it has been done locally on the same construction of houses but not sure how.

1. Have they been stuck on with mastic to the existing soffit? I can put in a trim along the wall side to give it some support.
2. It's all angled and supported by the groove of the fascia?

Anyone got any alternative ideas?

[RECr]

Capping is nailed on with stainless ring shank nails with plastic heads. You'll be able to get them from wherever you get the capping. The facia capping is in an L shape to cover the join with the soffit.

[wolfracesonic]

Hard to give specific advice without a pic but if you fasten some j trim on the wall side, you can just slide your soffit into it and it will be secure without any visible fasteners, only needing polytops nailing in tight behind the facia: alternatively you can fasten the j trim to the facia and do your nailing against the wall, not sure what your set up is.

[fourstardan]

Thanks, forgot to mention I'd got trim.

I'll be doing the trim along the same line to get the soffit in the trim then cover over bottom of existing fascia and then secure that with the capping fascia.

Didn't realise the soffits were in like this at the moment and I've got to do this all along the roof soffits to do as well, deep joy.

[Sycamore]

Does anyone a ballpark on how much it costs to get soffits and fascias capped off?

It's on the list for our house which has the original wooden ones, but think again if I'm going up a ladder You're braver than me OP.

[fourstardan]

Sycamore said:

Does anyone a ballpark on how much it costs to get soffits and fascias capped off?

It's on the list for our house which has the original wooden ones, but think again if I'm going up a ladder You're braver than me OP.

I had another thread going on this.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Reality is do I want to spend 5k on a job I can do for 1k of materials over a 4-6 week period (if that), as long as I can get it done before autumn I'll be happy. I had one guy quote 4.5k to do it on ladders.

At the moment I'm doing the rear of my garage, I've just started this job over the weekend.

1. Use a decent supplier, I got fooked around by PBS https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
2. You may end up ordering wrong parts/bits when doing it online, I'm finding (hence the post starting) visually it's not all what it is, it's not a problem as the cost of the stuff is. I ordered the wrong trim initially etc
3. Cutting/working with the stuff is a piece of pis, I'm using a jigsaw
4. You'll need to spend on measuring devices, rulers, roofers truss recommended etc
5. The stuff is easy to bung on fascia, capping will be fine for me, a few sections on the roof sections may need replacing but they aren't rotten.
5. Use Youtube for help/guides

Working at height is the next work to do, but im "practising" on the garage sections.

I will be renting a tower to do the height work over a few days https://www.hss.com/hire/p/p89215/mitower-4m-platf...

[fourstardan]

Just an update, I think I'll be going with hollow soffit now.

Researching on YT it looks like the hollow stuff is far lighter can be tongue and grooved in and even bendable compared to normal. I had a go putting in a full run yesterday and it felt rather heavy to just sit in the U Trim and under the lip of the Fascia.

It may explain why all neighbours have this after the same work done!