Soffit & fascia installation in Opelousas & Lafayette

Enhance your home's exterior with our soffit and fascia system installation. Soffits provide crucial ventilation to your attic, helping to prevent moisture buildup and maintain air circulation.

Fascia boards offer a clean, finished look and protect the edges of your roof. Rotten fascia is also where gutters pull loose and water gets behind the drip edge.

We start by walking the whole roofline. From a ladder we check the fascia for soft or rotten wood, the soffit for gaps, sagging panels and blocked vents, and the gutters for how well they are holding on. From the attic we look at the rafter ends and whether outside air is actually reaching the attic through the soffit. We take photos of what we find.

You get a detailed written estimate with transparent pricing and no hidden fees. If we find rot that goes past the fascia into the rafter tails, we show you the photos and explain the repair before it is added.

Then the damaged boards and panels come off, the new fascia and soffit go up, and everything is tied back in to the drip edge and gutters so water runs where it should. We clean up thoroughly before we leave.

• Roofline inspection from a ladder and from the attic
• Photos and a written estimate
• Removal of rotten fascia and damaged soffit
• New fascia and vented or solid soffit installed
• Drip edge and gutters tied back in properly
• Clean-up of the work area

Soffit and fascia sit right where water, sun and animals hit the house first. Look up along the eaves for these:

Catching rot early usually means replacing a few boards. Waiting can let water reach the rafter tails and the roof deck, which is a bigger repair.

• Peeling or blistering paint on the fascia
• Soft, cracked or crumbling wood when you press on it
• Gutters sagging or pulling away from the house
• Soffit panels sagging, loose or missing
• Nests, droppings or chewed holes from birds, wasps or squirrels
• Dark stains or mildew on the underside of the eaves
• Water marks behind the gutters after rain

We install materials from GAF, CertainTeed and Owens Corning. For soffit and fascia, the choice comes down to how much upkeep you want and how the trim should look against your siding and roof.

Painted wood fascia gives a traditional look but needs paint to stay sound. Aluminum wrapped over the fascia boards, or trim boards made from PVC or composite, resist rot and need very little care. Soffit comes in vinyl, aluminum and painted wood, in solid panels or vented panels. Vented panels are what let the attic breathe, so we use them wherever the attic needs intake.

Color and profile matter too. We match the new trim to your roof edge and siding so the roofline looks finished, and so the drip edge and gutters sit tight against the fascia where water leaves the roof.

Humidity is hard on wood trim. In a climate this damp, paint lifts sooner and bare wood soaks up moisture and rots, especially on shaded sides of the house where it never fully dries.

Afternoon thunderstorms test the roofline every summer. When gutters overflow, water spills over the back edge and soaks the fascia, and leaves and pine needles from nearby live oaks and pines are the usual reason gutters overflow in the first place.

During hurricane season, from June 1 to November 30, wind can get under loose soffit panels and pull them off. An open soffit lets wind-driven rain straight into the attic. Secure panels and sound fascia keep the roof edge closed when the weather is at its worst.