Soffit & Fascia is The most important built in ventilation system of your home
- Trashton Porter
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min read
To have a healthy home it is imperative that your attic area is properly vented. Most homes have vents in the gables of the home as well as a ridge vent located across the peak of the roof. The most important venting of the attic area is located in the soffit area under the overhang of the roof.
Building contractors normally install very thin & cheap perforated aluminum soffit panel even in homes costing $500k or more. This aluminum panel gets moldy and looks bad in a short period of time. Homeowners immediately call a professional painting contractor who gladly spray paints the soffit panel. The freshly painted soffit panel now looks great!
The actual result from the soffit panel even being painted just once is that all of the perforations in the soffit panel are now painted closed and no longer allow air flow!! The condensation in the attic now cannot dissipate. The attic now gets super-heated during the day and air conditioning duct work gets very hot. Ac units run at full output and fail prematurely. Black mold can grow in the attic and the walls of the home. Electric bills go sky high and roof shingles curl up like potato chips...
If you have purchased an older home or if you have had your soffit panel painted the there is a good chance you need to replace the painted soffit panel immediately!!!
The only remedy for soffit panel that has been painted is the replacement of all soffit panel on the home. To remove aluminum soffit panel & install pure pvc vented soffit panel, is much cheaper than you think.

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