Will Vinyl Soffit Sag
I replaced a hanging light fixture on the porch with an updated version.
Will vinyl soffit sag. How to fix the soffit and fascia on a house. There is a tool with a little hook on one end that reaches between the joints of each section and disconnects one from the next. The fascia warps slightly and that leads to plywood under the soffit sagging or separating. How to repair sagging loose soffits.
All the really loose and missing pieces you can see in one particular picture were caused by the roofing contractor who replaced the shingles when we purchased the. A 14 or 12 spacing will provide a lot more support for the soffit to reduce sagging between fasteners. It s vinyl it s all snapped together but it sags. We only recently bought this house and heard from the neighbors that a lot of the damage was done during the 2004 hurricane season in florida.
Now my vinyl siding on the ceiling of the porch is sagging. Two problems occur on aging eaves. It s about a 12 wide by 20 long section. It s an ugly situation.
It also is necessary to complete the soffit before the final course of siding is installed on the wall. You have a vinyl soffit. The fix is to remove the area much like you would remove vinyl siding. How can i sure this.
If i lower the fixture the whole ceiling is now sagging. The installation of soffit will determine the positioning of the inside and outside corner posts. The fixture is up tight and the siding is sagging left to right of the fixture. Soffit is used to enclose the underside of an eave.
There will always be some slight bit of sag though which is unavoidable with vinyl but if installed properly it s not bad.