[Sandywjo]

If I understand correctly, you can either buy aluminum fascia "panels" or buy the fascia in the form of a rolled aluminum? Advantages from one to other including which is more expensive to install.
I assume we could also use a rolled aluminum to cut pieces of trim (cladding) around windows and doors?:smile:

 

[GottaFixIt]

If you have a break, you can bend your own flashing. I think you'd need an extrusion machine to make the fascia out of coil stock (the rolled aluminum).

 

[Bud9051]

You can rent the breaks and no problem making fascia, just use some scraps to practice. Other tips from the forum here can walk you through it. And yes, the bend it yourself approach can cover just about anything. Lots of videos and how-to online.

If you were just doing the fascia and the preformed option were to fit, then it is an option. But, in places where the trim has to fit over the previous trim end, I cheat and give it a little wider gap which I'm not sure is accounted for with the pre-made.

Bud

 

[firehawkmph]

Factory made fascia is more expensive than buying a roll of coil stock and bending it yourself. Also the factory fascia may not be the right height for your job. It can be trimmed, but that is usually done with a siding brake, not snips for a long cut along the length. That being said, if you've never used a brake before, and you don't have somebody standing there to show you how, you'll probably scrap more than what you'll make. Installing it also requires a few tricks to make it look nice. Sometimes it's better to just get ahold of a local siding guy and let him do the fascia trim. You could hang the soffit easy enough, google it, there's plenty of easy to follow instructions out there with pictures.
Mike Hawkins:smile:

 

[joecaption]

If you go with the rolled coil it would allow you to pick any of about 50 or more different colors.
I'd strongly suggest using the PVC coil not the painted, less likely to scratch.
The premade facia I've seen has two raised areas across the middle of it for added strength which is fine for long runs but there's no way to blend it in when boxing in on the end of the roof where the rake is.
When I install it I use an oval shaped tiny punch to make the holes for the trim nails in the area where the metal is bent on the bottom.
That way there's less face nails showing and it allows the metal to expand and contract, at the top I do a 1/2 hem, making the whole piece stronger and less likely to oil can (buckle)