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Dark grey or black soffit /fashia help

13 years ago
Eekk !Today is the deadline ! I have chosen a cocoa siding with cedar beams - I need to make a decision on soffit and fashia
Dark brown,black or dark grey -- windows are white but will trim around with what ever color the fashia will be .
Help help any feed back would be fantastic

Comments (14)

  • 13 years ago
    Black and white are timeless. Have you considered cream or white? Cream is my suggestion
  • 13 years ago
    thank you so much for your comment - did you do you soffits black aswell or are they another color?
    also do you find it hard to keep clean looking
  • 13 years ago
    Your welcome. We will be doing the soffits and all the eave troughs in black. We only installed the fascia 5 months ago and so far they haven't needed cleaning ( I live in an area that is quite windy and I get snow and rain in the winter). They got dusty from the reno before being installed and I just gave them a quick wipe with some soapy water. I just went and looked at them and they don't look like they need to be cleaned yet . On my last house we had installed white fascia, soffits and eave troughs and they needed to be cleaned often as they got dirty quite easily and stains appeared on the eave troughs (drip marks) that were very difficult to clean. I could lighten the drip marks using a strong cleaner but could never completely get rid of them so even after cleaning they would still look a bit dirty hence one reason for switching to black. On all the roof edges where there won't be eave troughs we went to one of our local roofing companies and had them bend drip edge in black. Even though the fascia, soffits and eave troughs all came from different companies the blacks all look good together. Hope this helps.
  • 13 years ago
    I had black? It faded to grey. Be prepared to pull it down and replace. Luckily mine were only on the shutters. Pulled them down and used a krylon paint specifically for them. $$$
  • 8 years ago

    I am purchasing a home .The fascia is brown and the house has a tan gray brick front. Can i put on a white fascia and leave the brown soffits

  • 8 years ago

    Rick, start a dilemma of your own for more comments but, NO don’t do it. can’t you pick a color that coordinates with what you can’t change? White and brown no. Rich cream, maybe. Pics will help you get more advice.

  • 8 years ago


  • 8 years ago

    The brown facia looks great. White would be crap.

  • 8 years ago

    I HAVE LOOKED HIGH AND LOW FOR BLACK SOFFITS!!!! CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME? VINYL SOFFITS - I CAN FIND THE FASCIA - ANY IDEAS? HOME IS NOW DONE WITH CYPRESS SIDING WITH A GREEN ROOF - WE ARE APPROACHING 60 YEARS OLD AND WANT TO GET HOME IN A LOW MAINTENANCE STATE - GOING TO DO VINYL SHAKES ON TOP THAT LOOK LIKE REAL CEDAR - GREEN IS A CLASSIC WHEN IT COMES TO THE OLD LINCOLN LOG LOOK - MY HEAR IS SET ON BLACK - ANY ADVICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED

  • 8 years ago

    My new home (under construction) with a black flat tile roof has a painted black soffit and facia with black windows and I love it. The house is BM white wisp, not glaring but a soft white.

  • 8 years ago

    I would NOT use black soffit with green roof and brown shingles. Also would seriously urge anything other than vinyl. Hardie products are fantastic no maintenance products, and at 60 even real cedar shingles will probably never be your problem! :)

    post your own dilemma with pics, you will likely get more responses.

  • 8 years ago

    Renee Roberson I used Kaycan 4 panel Black LG for my soffits. I had a local roofing company make up all the fascia and drip edge using low gloss black and the Kaycan Black LG (low gloss) soffit looks great with it. Kaycan also sells a spray paint can of the Black LG which was perfect for touch ups if you get any scratches. Definitely worth getting a can or two. I live in a very sunny area and haven't noticed any fading yet but should it occur on the fascia or drip edge I would just clean it up and spray with the Kaycan spray paint. I had white on my last house and I found that the fascia and gutters had some staining especially after a new roof install and that has not been any issue with the black. I found the maintenance with white fascia, gutters and windows etc. was much more that I have found now having black. I don't know exactly where you are located so this is the link for Kaycan US. Good luck with your project. https://www.kaycan.com/product/aluminum-soffit-us/

  • 8 years ago

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT - I HAVE CHANGED THE ENTIRE DESIGN OF HOME NOW!!!!LOL!! GOING WITH MUSKET BROWN - WHEN IM DONE WITH PROJECT I'LL POST A PIC =)

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