CES WINDOWS can transform the look of your home with new Soffits & Fascias.

Just take a look at the front of your house right now and compare it with the houses around you! You can see that the houses which stand out are the ones that have new soffits - the fittings under your roof.

One great thing about soffits is they make your whole roof area look fantastic - if you stand in your driveway and look at your roof, you'll see the soffit plain enough, but maybe not the roof itself as it tapers away from the house!

The other great thing is that soffits are do not suffer from direct exposure to rain, the sun and the worst elements nature has to offer. This is simply because they are protected by your roof.

The result is that soffits can last for decades, looking like they were installed only months earlier! Keep them reasonably maintained and only an expert could tell the difference.

This is why soffits are so important at creating a wonderful and long-lasting look for your house. Often overlooked when they need replacing, yet always noticed when they look fantastic - and we at CES Windows want your home to look fantastic!

So what is a Soffit?

The word 'Soffit' comes from the French word soffite, formed as a ceiling or directly from suffictus for suffixus, Latin suffigere, to fix underneath.

The word is used in architecture to describe the underside of any construction element.

Examples of soffits include:

• the underside of an arch or architrave (whether supported by piers or columns),
• the underside of a flight of stairs, under the classical entablature,
• the underside of a projecting cornice, or side of chimney
• the underside of a ceiling to fill the space above the kitchen cabinets, at the corner of the ceiling and wall,
• the exposed undersurface of any exterior overhanging section of a roof eave.

In popular use, soffit most often refers to the material forming a ceiling from the top of an exterior house wall to the outer edge of the roof, i.e., bridging the gap between a home's siding and the roofline, otherwise known as the eaves. When so constructed, the soffit material is typically screwed or nailed to rafters known as lookout rafters or lookouts for short.

Soffit exposure profile (from wall to fascia) on a building's exterior can vary from a few centimetres (2-3 inches) to 3 feet or more, depending on construction. It can be non-ventilated or ventilated for cooling non livable attic space.

Soffits and Fascias can often look tired, old and rotten especially after having new windows or doors fitted, here at CES Windows we can provide a full package to suit your needs using the very best 'Roofline' Products to improve your home.

Available in a variety of colours and styles to match your home.

Over clad or full 'rip off' options available to suit your requirements of your budget.

All work is guaranteed.

References

• This article incorporates text from Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press.