Solid wood Soffets, vent ideas.

[WarnerConstInc.]

Looking for an interesting idea for putting some ventilation in some old solid wood soffets.

No insulation in the way, top plates are 12" above the top sides of ceiling joists.

I don't care for the small round vents, the aluminum rectangle ones look cheap.

I thought about drilling some smaller holes in a neat pattern.

Plunge cutting come saw cuts would be neat but, way too awkward.

I have some copper somewhere, I could make some small grates with it that slide into the opening I cut.

I wish I had some more smaller old floor registers, that would be neat.

I could make some grates that look like the old wood floor grates. Those things take forever to make but are pretty cool.

Any thoughts?

[SLS-Construction]

Buy some? There are a few places on line that sell them & probably cheaper than you could make them

Plunge cut with a router using a jig?

[Leo G]

Here ya go


http://fototime.com/D57C6D32B4560B2/orig.jpg

[neolitic]

How deep are they?
How about those aluminum
continuous strip vents?

[Blue]

working on a home now built in '78. the soffit vents are manual custom made sliding doors. i had replicate 3 of them and thet are easy to make.

cut rectangle any size you want. staple screen over opening. build frame with sliding door inside,screw on knob, attach.

[Blue]

my favorites are the 3' hockey pucks because you can be done with one in about 15 seconds.

[naptownCr]

working on a home now built in '78. the soffit vents are manual custom made sliding doors. i had replicate 3 of them and thet are easy to make.

cut rectangle any size you want. staple screen over opening. build frame with sliding door inside,screw on knob, attach.

For what reason would you ever want to close them?

[WarnerConstInc.]

Buy some? There are a few places on line that sell them & probably cheaper than you could make them

Plunge cut with a router using a jig?

I have not really looked yet on line.
If I was doing a bunch that had the same cut out, the router and template is the only easy way.

Here ya go


http://fototime.com/D57C6D32B4560B2/orig.jpg

How big do you think the soffets are?:laugh3:

How deep are they?
How about those aluminum
continuous strip vents?

Depth of overhang is near 24" perpendicular from the house.

Of course being an old house it follows the rafter pitch. You know, that looks way better than boxed and returned to the house, now that I think about it.
Width of wood soffet is nearly 18" and about 1 1/4" thick.



The one's about 2-3" wide?

[Leo G]

Oops, soffits? Oh, not gables....my bad.

[neolitic]

Excellent question.
I'm starting to think
I'm tripping around here...

[Blue]

For what reason would you ever want to close them?

i would say to leave them open all the time but all the science you read now says thats bad. maybe the old builder new something we didnt back then. this is the only property i have seen manual ones i will say that

[neolitic]

The one's about 2-3" wide?

Yup..................

[naptownCr]

i would say to leave them open all the time but all the science you read now says thats bad. maybe the old builder new something we didnt back then. this is the only property i have seen manual ones i will say that
You are correct but I would like to see the science that says to close them.

[Winchester]

I would either drill holes or plunge saw with bugscreen stapled on the backside. :surrender:

[nEighter]

http://www.mckinneyhomerebate.com/images/dsc03973_640.jpg

have no clue what it is made of, but I like the look. I like the continuous kind personally. I put up a shat ton of the rectangle ones on my place this last fall. It would have been cool to do something like this, a better finished look IMO. I may do this in the next couple years. I want a hot tub and a new deck is needed under the MIL door out back.

[Bender]

I've worked on a couple homes now where they never even cut out for the vent.
Just nailed a cheesy rectangle soffit vent right to the soffit.
Classy:rolleyes3:

[neolitic]

http://www.mckinneyhomerebate.com/images/dsc03973_640.jpg

have no clue what it is made of, but I like the look. I like the continuous kind personally. I put up a shat ton of the rectangle ones on my place this last fall. It would have been cool to do something like this, a better finished look IMO. I may do this in the next couple years. I want a hot tub and a new deck is needed under the MIL door out back.

Hardie?
B/S extra characters....

[OGStilts]

Did a house once that had an open rafter tail detail where we put crown between the tails and left a gap above the crown for the ventilation. Used some bug screen to keep the bugs out. It was a cool detail, you couldn't even see the ventilation from the ground. Sorry, I don't have any pics.

[WarnerConstInc.]

This is all existing. I am looking for a creative/different way to do this versus the standard small round vents or the square metal vents.

I don't really care if it is discreet or not, just something original/different from what we always see.

[WarnerConstInc.]

My only issue I have with the hardie type soffets is the exposed nail heads, wht the hell are you supposed to do with them?

[neolitic]

My only issue I have with the hardie type soffets is the exposed nail heads, wht the hell are you supposed to do with them?

Same here.
I wasn't suggesting it,
just guessing what Nap was
talking about.

[WarnerConstInc.]

Same here.
I wasn't suggesting it,
just guessing what Nap was
talking about.

I knew you were not suggesting it.
I have a whole house re-side, fascia, soffet and window job coming up as soon as the weather breaks. Thinking of doing cement plank and maybe verticle board and batten on the top half. I was looking into the panels for the soffets but, I dont like the exposed nails on them either.

[tomstruble]

loneframer has a nice vent slot detail with t&g

[naptownCr]

working on a home now built in '78. the soffit vents are manual custom made sliding doors. i had replicate 3 of them and thet are easy to make.

cut rectangle any size you want. staple screen over opening. build frame with sliding door inside,screw on knob, attach.


For what reason would you ever want to close them?

i would say to leave them open all the time but all the science you read now says thats bad. maybe the old builder new something we didnt back then. this is the only property i have seen manual ones i will say that

You are correct but I would like to see the science that says to close them.

Same here.
I wasn't suggesting it,
just guessing what Nap was
talking about.

I was talking about sliding doors over the vents and should they ever be closed and challenged the part in red

[neolitic]

working on a home now built in '78. the soffit vents are manual custom made sliding doors. i had replicate 3 of them and thet are easy to make.

cut rectangle any size you want. staple screen over opening. build frame with sliding door inside,screw on knob, attach.

For what reason would you ever want to close them?

Excellent question.
I'm starting to think
I'm tripping around here...

This is the proper order
for that exchange.

[neolitic]

http://www.mckinneyhomerebate.com/images/dsc03973_640.jpg

have no clue what it is made of, but I like the look. I like the continuous kind personally. I put up a shat ton of the rectangle ones on my place this last fall. It would have been cool to do something like this, a better finished look IMO. I may do this in the next couple years. I want a hot tub and a new deck is needed under the MIL door out back.

Hardie?
B/S extra characters....

My only issue I have with the hardie type soffets is the exposed nail heads, wht the hell are you supposed to do with them?

Same here.
I wasn't suggesting it,
just guessing what Nap was
talking about.

Sorry, should have typed "Nate."

[Eieio]

I actually believe everyone is on the same page for once

[naptownCr]

Glad to see the confusion has been cleared up

[neolitic]

Glad to see the confusion has been cleared up

I'm old.
Give me a break.
Senior discounts and all....:grin:

[naptownCr]

I'm old.
Give me a break.
Senior discounts and all....:grin:

Quit whining so am I

[nEighter]

could you use a SS screw or even just paint them? I don't think it would be that big of a deal if you did them right.

[WarnerConstInc.]

I just don't like seeing them.

Most defiantly SS.

[tomstruble]

the word i keep hearing about soffit vents is ''continuous'' that may help with your decision

[Blue]

You are correct but I would like to see the science that says to close them.

Everone please note:

Scratch that Nap. I mispoke again. The science of CRAWLSPACE venting has chaged to a closed controlled enviornment not attic. The most important part of the attic venting is the soffit vents. They provide the air to allow the roof top vents to suck through.

[neolitic]

Everone please note:

Scratch that Nap. I mispoke again. The science of CRAWLSPACE venting has chaged to a closed controlled enviornment not attic. The most important part of the attic venting is the soffit vents. They provide the air to allow the roof top vents to suck through.

That's much less trippy. http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu61/neoliticman/smiliethumbsup.gif

[naptownCr]

Everone please note:

Scratch that Nap. I mispoke again. The science of CRAWLSPACE venting has chaged to a closed controlled enviornment not attic. The most important part of the attic venting is the soffit vents. They provide the air to allow the roof top vents to suck through.:2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup: