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Old 05-13-2008, 06:06 PM   #21
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On returns runing soffits we made our own H channels all the time, but on a large ceiling you know the old saying. White, White and White are three different colors. Thats when we would use a T-Channel and J's to match the soffit we are using for the ceiling. On large H-Channels made with the coil the color wouldn't match like the T-Channel.
Ick, I know what you mean, I was doin good till the started chaning things around on me. We get the economy soffit, "snow" and "snow J" and white coil. Seems ok. We just finished a white house today. tommorow we will be wiping all the finger prints off

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Old 05-13-2008, 07:33 PM   #22
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These brake made trims are not for a novice and can only be made to be the length of the brake. If your not very experienced bending and hanging coil you could spend a lot of time wasting coil. In a situation where you need more than one piece the job made pieces are hard to butt together unless perfectly made.

I agree. I can normally get it come out looking good but lately I just order some aluminum j-channel and screw it together using 1/2" hex screws. It looks better and you can split the seems etc.

I did a porch a couple weeks ago that was an older restaurant patio on a golf course. It was 48x48 and had all kinds of lights and sprinkler heads etc to cut around. Paid great though because I only had to cut the lengths of the final row of beaded panel.
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Heads up on using grey back economy soffit. We have had 3 Alcoa jobs warp out under patios. The new unpublished installation for this product requires a nailer every 12 inches instead of 16. If your not specifying exactly what soffit you want you may be getting economy and paying for premium. This was the case of these 3 jobs sent out from Lansing Building Products last year.
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We started using Ventura Hidden vent soffit two years ago and now that all we use.
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Heads up on using grey back economy soffit. We have had 3 Alcoa jobs warp out under patios. The new unpublished installation for this product requires a nailer every 12 inches instead of 16. If your not specifying exactly what soffit you want you may be getting economy and paying for premium. This was the case of these 3 jobs sent out from Lansing Building Products last year.
Oh YUP! No Doubt!!! I didnt specify. We ONLY use economy soffit on regular soffits 8-20 inches, and thats it. We use 2" beaded on porches and patios. The one thing thats always made me nervous about economy soffit is that its painted not solid vinyl.
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Textured soffit board? Do you have a link or a manufacturer or something I can look at?

I have to have at least 15 posts to do anything apparently...

go to lpcorp.com and search "smartside soffit"

Sorry, I'd throw you a link but am not allowed to.
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I started running my furring strips on 12" a couple years ago. The weath goes from 0 to 100 here and It was giving me problems bubbling up.

I think you should always run 12" centers...
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