Cutting aluminum soffit - Fine Homebuilding
Feb 22, 2002 · Keep the blade in the right way, pull the saw backwards to cut. Best done with a homemade jig. Wear hearing protection. Ralph_Wicklund | Dec 02, 2001 02:59am | #4. *Try scoring the aluminum with a utility knife. Use a straight edge. Flop it back and forth a couple of times and it parts easily at the score line.
Best way to cut holes in Alum. Soffit??? - Fine Homebuilding
Oct 31, 2009 · Take a cheap hole saw of the proper size and cut a hole in a 3/4" hardwood plank. Save the plug. Sand the edges just enough so it slips into the hole saw without binding. Grind off the sawteeth on the hole saw and sharpen the rim to a knife-edge with a Dremel. Make a short bevel to preserve the strength of the rim.
Aluminum Soffit installed over Plywood Soffit - Fine Homebuilding
Sep 17, 2015 · For a typical suburban house of ~1000 square feet of ceiling, you need a minimum free area of 3.33 sq ft. or 480 sq in. This has to be divided between the roof vent and soffit vent. Perforated aluminum soffit has about 6 sq in of Net Free Area NFA per sq ft of soffit. Roof vents are usually about 50 sq in NFA.
tools for installing aluminum soffit - Fine Homebuilding
Replies. calvin | Nov 19, 2012 07:01pm | #1. Hand stapler. With F-channel (or J) on the wall and a wraparound fascia-hand stapler holds it in place fine till you get back and wrap the fascia. dsremodel | Nov 19, 2012 07:05pm | #2.
Aluminum Fascia Fabrication and Installation - Fine Homebuilding
Installing aluminum fascia. Snip the bend in the fascia that will cover the bottom of the subfascia about 1 in. from the end and use a hand bender to bend the flashing so it will wrap around the end of the subfascia board by about 1 in. 1 Slip the flashing under the drip edge and snug it to the subfascia. 2 Nail the bent end in place with 1-in ...
Aluminum soffit surgery - Fine Homebuilding
Jan 17, 2007 · Aluminum soffit surgery CleanCut | Posted in Construction Techniques on January 17, 2007 08:00am I need to replace about 200′ of aluminum vented soffit (with non-vented soffit) on a 6 month old house.
Favourite brand/type of snips/cutting method for aluminum soffit …
Mar 15, 2012 · I recently finished installing all of the soffit and fascia on a 24'x32' garage and I have a pair of large handled tin snips that I find perfect for cutting aluminum soffitt and SLIGHTLY underleveraged for cutting vinyl siding. I also have a pair of long nose tin snips that i use for vinyl siding and roof edge details, channel runner and the like.
Need Advice for Aluminum Soffits - Fine Homebuilding
Jun 24, 1999 · Another tip- if your soffit is continuous around the house, leave the area that is the less noticeable for last. Start at each outside 45 corner and work to the center of this area and cut the last piece to fit. This way all the mitered corners will match and the odd piece in the last section will not be that noticeable.
Aluminum soffits, no air flow - Fine Homebuilding
Oct 8, 2009 · A quick look at soffit price online does make the cost seem reasonable. New J channel and soffit would only be about $350 to go all around the house. The challenge would be to not destroy the aluminum fascia in the process. The staples attaching the soffit to the fascia board are behind the wrap of aluminum fascia.
A Vented Soffit That Blends In - Fine Homebuilding
Nov 21, 2022 · Installation is completed by covering the soffit end at the subfascia with Rollex’s color-matching aluminum fascia. The Stealth Soffit comes in 26 colors that are “baked-on” at the factory and can be purchased from local lumberyards carrying the Rollex brand. Cost is around $3.50 per lin. ft. Photos by Randy Williams.