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What is this Z-Shaped Alumnium Under The Soffit?
It's just a generic aluminum Z-flashing, likely custom made for your house by or for the contractor who installed the soffit. Once everything is set up it takes only minutes to make 10 foot lengths of ...
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What are the pros and cons of removing exterior dentil molding?
You're right that they're merely decorative. They're often a separate molding that lays over another board or molding. They can be removed or covered without issue.
I do think it's a loss of nice ...
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Should I install soffit or gable venting with a 3:12 pitch roof?
Code only determines how much ventilation, not what kind. There are different specifications of how much ventilation for the 2 most popular kinds which are considering.
With soffit and ridge vents, ...
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Help me build this soffit
This is how I ended up building the soffit. I decided to write this up as an answer, since there is not a lot of information, including on YouTube, dealing with building kitchen or basement soffits or ...
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Should I install soffit or gable venting with a 3:12 pitch roof?
You want soffit / ridge vents.
One of the main purposes of the attic ventilation on asphalt shingle roofs is to allow the roof sheathing to cool such that the shingles are not subjected to ...
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outdoor ceiling light installation
You need a box in that location , an "old work" box can be placed into the hole and it will provide the mounts for the fixture. Old work boxes have tabs or wings that anchor to the back side of the ...
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Ways to add proper ventilation to attic with ridge vent on roof?
I would add soffit vents. If it's wood soffit it's fairly easy to cut the holes with a small rotary saw or an oscillating multi tool. Then screw on prefab vents from any outlet supply. If it's ...
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Useless soffit on on low ceiling. Cover-up or stupid aesthetic?
It was popular in the 1980s and 90s to have soffits above the kitchen cabinets. So to directly answer your question Yes there is some justifiable reason to have remodeled to then-current trends, such ...
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Reason to Add A Soffit to a Shower
No. In fact I removed the one in my previous home after years of dealing with peeling paint. I'm honestly not sure whether it was a fashion trend or whether folks felt like it kept the shower bay ...
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Reason to Add A Soffit to a Shower
I think you would want the shower ceiling to be the same height as the rest of the bathroom especially with 8 ft ceilings. An average height man with raised arms would touch a 7 ft ceiling. Who wants ...
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How to cut round hole in aluminum soffit after installation
This old house has an excellent video on why the soffit location is bad, and how to vent through a common shingle roof.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqrZWd_CQIE
How to Vent a Bath Fan Through the ...
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Should I install soffit or gable venting with a 3:12 pitch roof?
Attic Ventilation shall be “cross ventilation “ and shall be 1/150th the area that is to be vented. (See ICC R806 Vents.)
However, there is one exception: The attic ventilation can be reduced to 1/...
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How can I vent my kitchen exhaust through vinyl soffit?
Chances are good that there was still enough airflow happening with the vented soffit panel in place. I'd try it out with the new fan and see how well it works before cutting the soffit up.
Since the ...
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Bird sleeping and eating soffit. How to make sure it is not coming back?
The slightly scruffy plumage and a flash of red on the tail but not on the head makes me think it is a juvenile red-shafted flicker - do you happen to be in the west of North America? - so it may not ...
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How to cut round hole in aluminum soffit after installation
You would want to use a bi metal hole saw. You are right to not want to use a wood only hole saw, the teeth tend to grab, not cut.
Try something like this:
Good luck.
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Can the drain pipes in my kitchen soffit be relocated into the wall?
You're dealing with some major renovations. I don't think we would be able to answer that accurately just by looking at pictures. The easiest part would be rerouting the electric cables. Junction ...
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need advice for installing electrical outlet inside soffit/eave
I suppose if you put an access panel in the soffit and a receptacle inside the attic. As far as the NEC is concerned there doesn't seem to be a problem. However if you install a piece of equipment ...
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Soffit vents and rafter baffles in finished attic
Those baffles can't "do their thing" if you close one end. You need a complete ventilation circuit between the soffit and the ridge to prevent extreme temperatures on your roof deck and heat ...
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Why is there water dripping through my soffits?
I'm sorry for your frustrations but what a sh!t job by this roofer. What even are those flaps hanging in the gutter; drip edge backup plan?
I'd like to see more angles of your roof line but I think ...
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What material should I use to hide a duct running just above the floor in a closet?
I have used 1x2’s as the frame around ducts and plywood to make a shoe rack.
I usually use Sheetrock/ drywall to close in ceiling mounted ducts. No one knew or will know it is a duct if you disguise ...
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Question about framing a lowered ceiling (like a large soffit.)
Dropped ceilings like you've described are a routine thing in commercial construction. I haven't done commercial construction, but I do have a habit (hobby?) of noting whatever details I can observe ...
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Anchoring cameras to Hardie Plank and brick
From a strength perspective you're fine. I think anchors in brick are usually rated for something silly like 400 pounds. Make sure you're drilling into brick and not the mortar.
Since this is for ...
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possible to have too much soffit intake venting for roof/attic?
You generally want a balanced system with equal intake and exhaust areas, but if you can't balance the system, then there should be more intake area so none of the exhausts (usually near the peak) get ...
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To much attic exhaust venting? Help check my math
You can never have too much attic vent. If you have proper insulation installed, with vapor barrier, there's no problem with heat or moisture loss from the house proper.
The roof itself is 'happiest,...
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How many soffit vents do I need?
Your attic ventilation should be a loop from bottom to top, so that convection and draft work with the system. Soffit venting should typically be at least a third of the total area, which is why you ...
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How do I remove pieces of my porch ceiling/soffit? (aluminum?)
Yeah, they're nailed on hidden flanges. You'll want to disassemble one end (wherever it's easiest to remove the fascia and/or trim channel) and pull nails one at a time. Be sure to keep track of order ...
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Is my contractor doing a botched up job installing the soffit
Vinyl expands and contracts as temperatures change. As long as the vinyl can move as required, staples could work, although not my choice, roofing nails driven by hand is my preferred method of ...
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Will I be able to run a duct over the wall to a soffit vent for a bathroom fan?
Welp, it worked out just fine! Still need to caulk it and paint it, but it installed easy and it's amazing the difference a properly vented bathroom makes.
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Cut steel fascia board cover lengthwise?
I'm not sure what sort of edge treatment you need at the top, but fascia and other light sheet steel can be cut with a sharp utility knife.
With clamps or a helper, lay a straightedge on the back ...
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Installing 15" deep wall cabinets on a 14" deep soffit
If the cabinets are deeper than the soffit, you have a "shelf" above the cabinets then. That would collect dust and cooking grime and be a pain to clean IMHO, let alone promote a spot for spider webs ...
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