Will Vinyl Soffit Sag

How to repair sagging loose soffits.

Will vinyl soffit sag.

It s vinyl it s all snapped together but it sags. 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. It s an ugly situation. The installation of soffit will determine the positioning of the inside and outside corner posts.

The fascia warps slightly and that leads to plywood under the soffit sagging or separating. Soffit is used to enclose the underside of an eave. I replaced a hanging light fixture on the porch with an updated version. Two problems occur on aging eaves.

How to fix the soffit and fascia on a house. Vinyl soffit is designed to be easily installed lengthwise from wall to fascia. How can i sure this. There will always be some slight bit of sag though which is unavoidable with vinyl but if installed properly it s not bad.

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. A 14 or 12 spacing will provide a lot more support for the soffit to reduce sagging between fasteners. The fixture is up tight and the siding is sagging left to right of the fixture. What has happened is the nails that support the f channel along the edge appears to have pulled loose.

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. The fix is to remove the area much like you would remove vinyl siding. 24 or 16 might be commonly used spacing but you can go closer. If i lower the fixture the whole ceiling is now sagging.

Now my vinyl siding on the ceiling of the porch is sagging.