Fascias, Soffits & Guttering

Pre cut soffit ventilation strips

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.37 PM

Hi My thirty-year-old detached house has a hip roof and was built with wooden soffits with continuous ventilation. The wood is in good condition as I had it painted every four or five years. I’ve had the fascia and soffit capped with pvc. The new vents are the strip kind. Although I have roof tiles to ventilate the loft, I’ve been told that I need these ventilation strips on the soffit to ensure the wood beneath doesn’t rot. However, it has occurred to me that rain and moisture from the atmosphere will get through the vents and eventually rot the wood anyway as it can no longer be painted. I’m thinking about blocking them by employing someone to glue pvc strips over them. I’ve just seen another house that has had the soffits capped and the ventilators are small round ones with a finer mesh and I think these would be better as less rain and moisture would penetrate. Is it worth changing the vents? I would be grateful for any advice. Thank you