Roof repair and construction: how to choose soffit and fascia?
Most people will point to siding if you ask them to. But ask your non-construction friend what are soffit and fascia ? He will likely shrug his shoulders or assume that the first word refers to lighting elements and the second to medicine. However, these two names also apply to the elements of the roof of a modern house. The fact is that with the advent of new building materials, names and terms borrowed from other languages began to appear. What is a soffit? Most houses have a pitched, double-pitched, or more complex roof . The soffit, which is visible on the underside of the eaves (cornice), closes the space between the projecting roof and the wall. It's easiest to see the soffit when you're standing against the wall of the house, under the edge of the roof, and looking straight up. Aqua system metal soffits, for example, are similar to siding but only for eaves. What is fascia? The fascia is the open horizontal plank you see along the bottom of the roof (at the end of the ra...