How To Install Fascia & Soffits Featuring Skill Builder

With this video, we collaborated with the brilliant guys over at ‪@SkillBuilder‬. We provided the fascia and soffit boards for them to use to take you through the process of fitting them effectively, while providing some handy tips and tricks along the way.
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[@sitatt]

Great vid! Thanks for sharing this - really tidy job!

[@robertthomas8381]

Hi do you to soffits or fascia first?

[@Morning_Rays]

Hi James, in case of cladding gable wall, do we fix soffit over the cladding or does cladding covers the soffit? Thanks

[@handle1196]

Great content. I like the idea of the OSB facia first but wondering how high do you position the top of this above the rafters for slates?
Can you still do this on a new build where some kind of over facia or eaves ventilation strips are required?
Looks like 18mm OSB at 3:00 just not sure if the over fascia venta would nail into this end grain.

[@nbpltd]

With the OSB fascia, you would position it between 25mm and 40mm above the rafter feet.
In theory, there's no reason why you couldn't do this on a new build, but as you say, you might not be able to use over-fascia vents, in which case you'd have to implement a different method of ventilation, with products such as circular soffit vents, vented soffit, soffit vent strips or vented eavesguard.

[@johnbower]

Tidy job, What thickness was the OSB board you nailed to the ends of the rafters behind the plastic fascia

[@AJ-ds5gf]

Looking at 3:00, I'd bet it's 18mm OSB3.

[@christopherhighcock7363]

Do I need to seal the soffit against the wall?

[@nbpltd]

Yes, that would be recommended to prevent water from getting inside the eaves.

[@chrispemble7261]

at 12.59 what is that pen you're using please?

[@AJ-ds5gf]

It's called the "Tracer" pen.

[@arsecheese51]

Pencil

[@PaulM_aka_4c21]

What about air vents ?

[@nbpltd]

Depending on the pitch of the roof, the eaves should have continuous ventilation of 10mm or 25mm, which can be achieved with either over fascia vents, soffit vents, vented soffit or vented eavesguard.