Soffit boards - like Hardie Boards; but not..? What is it?

Soffit boards - like Hardie Boards; but not..? What is it?

My house, late 80s Florida construction, has a continuous vented soffit made
out of screen between two boards which are like Hardie; but not.

Harie Board seems closer to 1/4" but this stuff in my soffit is more like
1/2". It's 7-7/8" wide and seems made of some pressed wood with the faux
woodgrain finish.

A small leak caused by the satellite dish caused some deterioration. I can
replace the wood easily enough but I can't seem to find a replacement for
this soffit board. Neither my local Home Depot nor Lowe's had them.

Anyone know what this might be and what it might be called, so when I call
around looking for it I know what to ask? Is this stuff even made anymore?

Re: Soffit boards - like Hardie Boards; but not..? What is it?

"StarMan" <NOSPAM@hotmail . com > wrote in
news:QAFUj.554$C8.412@bignews2.bellsouth . net :

> My house, late 80s Florida construction, has a continuous vented
> soffit made out of screen between two boards which are like Hardie;
> but not.
>
> Harie Board seems closer to 1/4" but this stuff in my soffit is more
> like 1/2". It's 7-7/8" wide and seems made of some pressed wood with
> the faux woodgrain finish.
>
> A small leak caused by the satellite dish caused some deterioration.
> I can replace the wood easily enough but I can't seem to find a
> replacement for this soffit board. Neither my local Home Depot nor
> Lowe's had them.
>
> Anyone know what this might be and what it might be called, so when I
> call around looking for it I know what to ask? Is this stuff even
> made anymore?

It's probably some kind of fiberboard.

I would replace it with HardieSoffet. Rip some shims and nail them to the
bottom of the joists to make up the difference in thickness.
--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement

Re: Soffit boards - like Hardie Boards; but not..? What is it?


"Steve" <respond@online.newsgroup> wrote in message
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> "StarMan" <NOSPAM@hotmail . com > wrote in
> news:QAFUj.554$C8.412@bignews2.bellsouth . net :
>
> > My house, late 80s Florida construction, has a continuous vented
> > soffit made out of screen between two boards which are like Hardie;
> > but not.
> >
> > Harie Board seems closer to 1/4" but this stuff in my soffit is more
> > like 1/2". It's 7-7/8" wide and seems made of some pressed wood with
> > the faux woodgrain finish.
> >
> > A small leak caused by the satellite dish caused some deterioration.
> > I can replace the wood easily enough but I can't seem to find a
> > replacement for this soffit board. Neither my local Home Depot nor
> > Lowe's had them.
> >
> > Anyone know what this might be and what it might be called, so when I
> > call around looking for it I know what to ask? Is this stuff even
> > made anymore?
>
> It's probably some kind of fiberboard.
>
> I would replace it with HardieSoffet. Rip some shims and nail them to the
> bottom of the joists to make up the difference in thickness.


Thanks for the idea.

I'd need a full-length shim strip since it would need to contact the screen
at the edge.

Actually I've found where they made cedar lap siding (I guess a fiber board;
I didn't yet look closely at how it's made) which is of the exact size I
have (7-7/8" x 7/16") but I have no idea where to get one locally.

Re: Soffit boards - like Hardie Boards; but not..? What is it?

"StarMan" <NOSPAM@hotmail . com > wrote in
news:lsJUj.702$C8.166@bignews2.bellsouth . net :

> Thanks for the idea.

The bill is in the e-mail. :)

> I'd need a full-length shim strip since it would need to contact the
> screen at the edge.

I've used paint stirrers for shims. They're not the best wood, but they're
consistently sized (and free).

> Actually I've found where they made cedar lap siding (I guess a fiber
> board; I didn't yet look closely at how it's made) which is of the
> exact size I have (7-7/8" x 7/16") but I have no idea where to get
> one locally.

Check with lumber yards. You'd be surprised what they can order. They may
be able to get an exact replacement for you.
--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement

Re: Soffit boards - like Hardie Boards; but not..? What is it?

Steve <respond@online.newsgroup> wrote in
news:Xns9A98A1ABB5794184365720018436572@66.250.146.128:

> "StarMan" <NOSPAM@hotmail . com > wrote in
> news:lsJUj.702$C8.166@bignews2.bellsouth . net :
>
>> Thanks for the idea.
>
> The bill is in the e-mail. :)
>
>> I'd need a full-length shim strip since it would need to contact the
>> screen at the edge.
>
> I've used paint stirrers for shims. They're not the best wood, but
> they're consistently sized (and free).

Shims, backing, spacers, split pcs for plugging oversize holes in wood by
coating with glue and pounding in (wood match sticks good for this too),
I mean I use those for all kinds of stuff. I always grab a few when in
the Borg whether I buy paint or not. The 5gal ones are 1/4"...very
valuable:-)

I get the idea one day to swing by paint counter at WalMart and snag
some. The cheap bastards have them behind the counter with a sign above
them for the employee "Only 1 paint stick per customer". Can you imagine,
of the 10 richest people in the US, 5 of them are Waltons. Almost as
disgusting as that Sears Whore Bob VIla.

Recently I went to get a paint stick to actually mix paint. I had run out
:-(

>
>> Actually I've found where they made cedar lap siding (I guess a fiber
>> board; I didn't yet look closely at how it's made) which is of the
>> exact size I have (7-7/8" x 7/16") but I have no idea where to get
>> one locally.
>
> Check with lumber yards. You'd be surprised what they can order. They
> may be able to get an exact replacement for you.

Re: Soffit boards - like Hardie Boards; but not..? What is it?


"Red Green" <postmaster@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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>
>
> I get the idea one day to swing by paint counter at WalMart and snag
> some. The cheap bastards have them behind the counter with a sign above
> them for the employee "Only 1 paint stick per customer". Can you imagine,
> of the 10 richest people in the US, 5 of them are Waltons.

Funny. "I'm buying 20 gallons of paint". "Only only paint stick, sir".



> Recently I went to get a paint stick to actually mix paint. I had run out
> :-(

HAH!

Re: Soffit boards - like Hardie Boards; but not..? What is it?


"Steve" <respond@online.newsgroup> wrote in message
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>
>
> I've used paint stirrers for shims. They're not the best wood, but they're
> consistently sized (and free).

As I have, too. In fact I'm going to use a couple for a window sill where
the RO was 1/4" too low.

I'm a tad leary of using paint stirs on the soffit, though. As you said;
not the best wood, and this particular shim would be EXPOSED to the outside.
I would imagine stirs would be candy for termites... and there's also rot
(paint only is so effective)


> Check with lumber yards. You'd be surprised what they can order. They may
> be able to get an exact replacement for you.

I am going to call aroud today. With luck I'll find something. I looked
online and found there IS such a thing as 7/16" x 7-7/8" lap siding board
which looks close enough for my application. So it's made; I just have to
find it.