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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Is installing a gable fan worth the investment?
We have 2 gable vents in our roof (approx 2' high or so), one at either end, and upon inspection it does not appear that there is really enough overhang in the roof for soffits. I still have to ...
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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 ...
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Do I need soffit vents for my knee wall attic?
I purchased a 55 year old home that has no soffit vents. The attic space consists of a knee wall attic space and peak attic space. The peak attic space has vents at each end and a ridge vent at the ...
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Which soffit vent should I install (size and angle)?
Two part question: big or small vent size, and parallel or perpendicular to house?
I'm going to install almost 40 of these soffit vents around my house. All the vents at my Home Depot are 16" wide, ...
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Coordinating colors of brick and roof [closed]
What colour siding, troughs, chingles, & soffit to match with existing white garage and a light colour brown brick?????? We are changing them due to water leakage. We have know idea what to Make ...
