Recent content by br05

figured i'd give an update on this, been a while. after removing the first soffit, the rest were fairly easy since i knew what i was doing. didn't help that some were both interlocked and stapled, but not a big deal. had to remove some fascia on one side of the house, much easier task. got a...

Hi walrus, yes i noticed that earlier, haven't gotten all the way there yet but making progress. Fortunately, they only used staples to set the soffit pieces to the front board (fascia overlay was nailed). this makes it very easy to get them loose, since i can just reach in and push down, pops...

i don't want to break something. if someone experienced could monitor what i was doing, i'd give it a shot.

lol not happening.

thanks looney, i've watched this video and probably twenty others. of course, my soffit is a little different... it looks like it interlocks, rather than being nailed each piece (maybe some are nailed up, i haven't been able to pull the flashing out far enough, i'm afraid of bending it). i'll be...

thanks dudemaar, after looking into this further, I think it will run the cable up inside the soffit, to the siding corner cap, then down inside of the corner cap (it looks like there's a lot of space in there), come out at the bottom to the bottom piece of siding, then along the bottom piece of...

Thanks Mat, It is vinyl siding, yes. I'm trying to keep it as close to the original appearance as possible, so adding more conduit is not something I'd like to do. Personally, if I must run it through the siding, i'd run it vertically behind the 'right angle' cap or edging, whatever it's called...

Hello, I've lurked this forum for quite a while and finally purchased a surveillance system (PoE). My problem now though, is that I don't really know how I'm going to install the cameras. We own a manufactured home with a full basement. I would like to run the ethernet through the soffit...