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Posted by Me on June 22, 2008, 3:12 pm
Thanks for all the help again... I was planning on running it the short
way since the soffit on the other side of the porch beam is running that
way. I was planning on putting a nailer down the middle so that I could
attach it since it's over a 24" run.
From what you said it sounds like to do it that way I'll definately need
some F channel along the house to hold it in place. I'm thinking about
trying to see if I can cut the F channel piece short enough to fit above
the bricks & against the house - maybe even just making it a U channel
and screwing it to the house through the inside part of the channel. If
that doesn't work I guess I'll go with the firring strip on the outside
of the brick... should that be put up with masonary screws or would
liquid nails do the trick?
>
> You mean a porch ceiling, not a soffit, and yes, you could lay the
> soffit vinyl on the brick, but that's probably not the best way to
> go. The top of the brick might not be totally even and without a
> channel to keep the end of the vinyl in plane it might wander around a
> bit, leave a varying width gap and look kind of pathetic.
>
> You also didn't mention which way you want the vinyl to run.
> Obviously the easiest is to run it the long way, but that will require
> you to pay much closer attention to keeping the courses straight so it
> doesn't appear to wander around as you look down the length of the
> porch. Running the vinyl the short way would require you to put up
> some 1x2 or 1x3 strapping/furring running the long way and that would
> take care of your fastening concerns at the brick. Running it the
> short way would probably be easier to install yourself, would require
> strapping and would probably leave you with more vinyl waste (assuming
> you don't want to join pieces that are running the short way - (you
> don't)), but that depends on the actual dimensions of your ceiling.
>
> R
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