What material - soffits 1930's house

[welsh]

Hello 1930s house assume with newer roof, not sure on this. Any idea what these soffits are made of ? Plastic looking at clips, hoping not asbestos ? Any ideas ? Thanks askin as want a fan fitted and to extract though soffit, if not it's a big ass drill or tile vent I assume. Cheers

 

[Mottie]

Looking at the plastic headed nails, I’d say UPVC.

 

[welsh]

Oops cheers. I suppose that could be covering the original wood.

 

[vahids1639]

@welsh I am in the same situation as you, wana to put a vent for a fan on soffits, what was the soffits made of for you? Did you manage to fit in the vent?

 

[RandomGrinch]

As @Mottie , definitely uPVC, clean up a patch and you will see the shine.

Oops cheers. I suppose that could be covering the original wood.

Or asbestos! If you can peep into the soffits from the loft, you will get a better idea.

Edit. Oh dear, just realised this was a resurrected post!

 

[Mottie]

I thought you were just catching up…

 

[vahids1639]

Had a look from the loft, tapped them, they sound like wood.

 

[vahids1639]

Does anyone know if I can fit the vent to the soffit from the loft rather than going in the middle of the air on a ladder?

 

[RandomGrinch]

Does anyone know if I can fit the vent to the soffit from the loft rather than going in the middle of the air on a ladder?

Yes, its possible, if you can fit a right angle drill and hole saw comfortably into the eaves.
However, as the uPVC soffits may only be attached by a couple of nails to the wood, cutting through this from above could lead to an untidy hole.

The vent cover can even be fitted from above, just throw some string down through the hole, and pull it up from inside!

 

[vahids1639]

Yes, its possible, if you can fit a right angle drill and hole saw comfortably into the eaves.
However, as the uPVC soffits may only be attached by a couple of nails to the wood, cutting through this from above could lead to an untidy hole.

The vent cover can even be fitted from above, just throw some string down through the hole, and pull it up from inside!

Thanks a lot for the directions. I thought of using an angled drill with a hole saw. but, using the string to bring up the vent was clever, cheers.