Soffit, Fascia and Gutters
The edges of your roof decide how long the rest of your exterior lasts. Fascia is the board behind your gutters; soffit is the finished underside of your roof overhang; gutters move roof water away from your walls and foundation. We replace and repair all three — plus exterior trim — across Cherry Hill, Voorhees, Marlton, Mount Laurel, Moorestown, Haddonfield and our other South Jersey towns, usually alongside a siding replacement but also as standalone work. Our rule at the roof edge is the same as everywhere else: fix what’s rotten before anything gets covered.
Why do we repair fascia before wrapping it?
Aluminum or vinyl trim wrap (thin, pre-finished coil stock bent over wood trim) is a good way to stop repainting fascia. It is a terrible way to hide rot. Wrap traps whatever moisture is in the wood against the wood, and the rot keeps spreading where you can’t see it — until a gutter full of wet leaves pulls the whole assembly off the house.
Our sequence: remove gutters, strip the old wrap or paint, probe every foot of fascia and the rafter tails behind it, replace damaged wood at unit prices you approved in your proposal VERIFY: SJCC price book, current rev, then wrap. You get photos of the bare wood before anything is covered.
Does your soffit actually ventilate your attic?
Your attic needs to breathe: cool air in through the soffit, hot moist air out through the ridge or roof vents. Vented soffit panels provide the intake. When soffit vents are blocked — by insulation stuffed into the eaves, solid panels installed where vented ones belong, or decades of paint sealing the perforations — attic moisture rises. That shows up as mold on the roof sheathing, curling shingles, and ice dams at the eaves in winter.
When we replace soffit, we verify intake airflow: we check that insulation is held back from the eaves (with baffles where needed), install vented panels with the net free area your attic requires VERIFY: current NJ/IRC ventilation requirements and soffit NFA per product, and photograph the open bays before the panels go up.
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Everything that goes wrong at the roof edge ends up in your walls. Overflowing or misdirected gutters are behind a large share of the sheathing rot we find at tear-off. Two details matter most:
- Kickout flashing. A kickout is a small flashing piece installed where a roof edge meets a wall. Its job is to push the water running down that roof-wall joint out and into the gutter, instead of letting it slip behind the siding. A missing kickout is one of the most common causes of hidden wall rot we find in South Jersey — a small part with big consequences. We install or correct kickouts as part of every siding job, and photograph them. What is kickout flashing and why does it matter? →
- Sizing and downspouts. Gutters must be sized and pitched to the roof area they serve, with enough downspouts to move the water away from the foundation VERIFY: gutter sizing per manufacturer specs. We hang new gutters after fascia work, not before, so the water path is built in the right order.
Exterior trim: the finish that frames the whole job
Trim is what your eye reads first: corner boards, window and door casing, frieze boards at the top of the wall, and the transitions where materials meet. We install PVC and wrapped-wood trim systems VERIFY per trim product specs, and we flash window and door heads — bending metal over the top of a casing is not flashing, it is decoration.
Trim choices change the look of a house more than most homeowners expect. We show you profile options with your siding samples at the estimate, and our project gallery shows real examples on South Jersey homes.
Soffit, fascia and gutter FAQ
Can you just wrap my fascia in aluminum?
Only if the wood is sound. Wrapping rot traps moisture and the rot continues unseen. We repair first, wrap second — and show you photos before anything is covered.
What is soffit and why does it need vents?
Soffit is the finished underside of your roof overhang. Vented soffit feeds fresh air into the attic; blocked vents drive moisture, mold and ice-dam problems. We verify airflow before closing the eaves.
What is kickout flashing?
A small flashing piece where a roof edge meets a wall, directing water into the gutter instead of behind the siding. Missing kickouts are a top cause of the hidden wall rot we find.
Should gutters be done with a siding job?
Usually yes — siding, fascia, soffit and gutters all meet at the roof edge. We price them as separate line items so you can decide what to include.