Add Remove Attic Soffits

How to remove vinyl soffit position the ladder against the house under the soffit on level ground.

Add remove attic soffits.

This is a much cheaper alternative to extending the roof line and building new soffits. Removing vinyl soffits for replacement or repairs requires a helper to hold the ladder while you work. Pull any nails that remain in the soffit framing with a cat s paw. Insert your fingers in between the wall corner channel and the soffit.

Begin the job by pulling off the gutters. Affix rigid foam insulation to the attic side of the hatch or door. Cut in additional soffit venting where necessary and remove existing soffit grilles to improve airflow. Then inspect the length of the vent cutout.

Typically the panels are not secured. Vinyl soffits are the portion under the roof eaves between the wall of your home and the edge of the roof. Attic hatch or door. Add weatherstripping around the perimeter and a sweep to the door of a walk up attic.

Slide the panel toward the end of the eave to remove it from the j channel installed on the house. Use a zippered insulated tent to keep the enclosure draft free attic tent at 7 attic cover insulator 120. Move the soffit toward the retaining channel under the roof edge. When you near the end of the soffit stop short and connect the two cuts with a sharp chisel or sabre saw.

Slide the end of the pry bar between the top of an aluminum soffit panel and the bottom of the fascia board. In most cases all you have to do is remove about one inch off the top of the fascia the part that covers the end of the rafters on the roof install the drip edge finish with a vent that s on the top of the roof and you re good to go. As built the attic of our 22 year old house was ventilated with gable vents and soffit vents. Ensure all nails are removed from the panel.

Remove the screws holding the soffit panels to the underside of the roof. Remove existing shingle molding and frieze boards and replace any rotten fascia. According to the guy who writes the home improvement column in the local paper if you add a ridge vent you should close off the gable vents. Slide vinyl soffit out like a puzzle piece.

We replaced the roof recently and when we did we added a ridge vent. Pull the soffit panels out of the metal or vinyl holding that attaches to the house.