Soffit and Fascia Tillsonburg

Roofline conditions in Tillsonburg

Tillsonburg sits on the sandy soils of the old tobacco belt. The relevance to siding is drainage rather than wind: sandy grade sheds water fast, which is generally good for the base of a wall, but it also means grade erodes and settles around foundations, and base clearance that was correct at install can close up over a decade.

At the roof edge that translates into ice and snow loading on the trough and the fascia, and into how much intake air the soffit has to carry through a long heating season.

About 50 minutes southeast of London.

Where soffit and fascia goes wrong

• Solid soffit installed the full run with no vented panels, which the roofing warranty and the attic both object to.

Which Tillsonburg housing takes soffit and fascia well

1900s–1940s — The core around Broadway. Frame and brick town housing from the tobacco years.

1950s–1980s — The residential ring. Standard bungalow stock in aluminum and vinyl.

2000s onward — The newer retirement-oriented developments on the town edges. Bungalow and townhouse stock in vinyl, much of it built for downsizers.

What drives the price in Tillsonburg

Linear metres of roof edge and the number of returns, corners and gable ends, not the square footage of the house.

Tillsonburg is 60 km from the London base. About 50 minutes southeast of London. Travel affects scheduling, not the price, and either way it is stated before you book.

How soffit and fascia is done properly

• Fascia carries the trough. A fascia board that has gone soft behind the capping will not hold a hanger under an ice load, which is why the board is checked before anything is fastened back to it.
• Soffit is attic intake air. Undersizing the vented percentage starves the roof of intake and shows up as ice damming and attic frost in February, not as a siding problem.