Soffits, fascias etc - v.confused

[MuffinMclay]

Is the wooden board that goes round the top of older houses (just below the roof, underneath the drain pipe) called a soffit, a fascia, or something else altogether?

Ours needs replacing, and I don't know what to say needs doing when I phone someone. I don't want to sound too much like a useless woman when I call.

fascia board is the flat bit that comes down from roof down a bit of the wall..the sofft is the bit which go's from roof..straight out to the peak of underside of roof(makes a kind of 90degree angle shape if you look from side

yours is a fascia, if you house is like mine(1940's big bay windowed semi) you wont fit soffits on as roofs are designed differently.

My goodness that was quick! So it is the fascia board that I need replacing (I think).

Better dig out the yellow pages...

think so, is it the bit coming down top of wall from roof and is your guttering attatched to it?

It is a Victorian semi, with big bay windows.

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front facing is fasia, underside is soffit

ooh it similar to mine then you prob wont need soffit, recently had mine done and it wouldnt go on..where are you, i have one or two good roofers

Now I'm even more confused. Could be a barge board. We don't have the sort of box structure that you see in that pictures, just drain pipe with a wooden boad behind.

I'm in Nort Herts.

Fascia lies flat to the wall, soffit forms the underside of the eaves as you look up...
obvious, huh?

so this wood go's across the top of wall of your house just below roof and your drain pipe and guttering are attatched /go across it?

Oh God It seems thread has moved on a bit since I typed that...

thin of it like fascia=face..the part thats is out turned toward the outside of house, fronting out.

pinkchick - that is exactly it.

ta daaa...now go talk turkey with some rough bloky types about what width and trim youre after
BTW im in teesside so im no good to you for recomendations..sorry

bit too far, but thank you.

LOL, just get 2 or three round for quote tell them you need your fascia boards replacing..you can get wooden or upvc, depending on your windows wood is more expensive i think?, but my cousin(roofer) did mine so cant really guess, i got mates rate as he did all guttering and pipework too