Anyone Used Siding As Fascia

Fascia is the area of siding directly above the soffit.

Anyone used siding as fascia.

Fascia goes hand in hand with your home s soffit. Use a good quality exterior paint which will hold up to the elements for years. Fascia is very visible and needs to be in good shape so your home s curb appeal isn t in jeopardy. Your fascia is also where gutters are placed.

After all that prep work painting the soffit and fascia goes pretty quickly. It s the exposed board you see on the front of your roof s overhang. Paint the soffit and fascia. The moisture will seep inside the house and spread the damage.

Like vinyl siding vinyl fascia boards need a very tight seal to prevent water from seeping through. Unlike the other fascia materials vinyl will drastically expand and contract as the seasons change. Allen in spring has written to us. I started painting the soffit by running the paint brush down the middle of the board.

To make up for that you have to use j and f channel components for installation. He says i m gonna replace some dry rotted fascia boards and these ll support hardie soffit using half inch slot on the fascia for the soffit edge to guide into and the builder though when they put the house up used untreated wood probably pine so the guy over at the home improvement center recommends using treated one by six do you think this.