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- noun Plural form of
soffit .
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These were reused with their inscribed architrave fasciae (stepped profile) set horizontally, either as upper or as lower surface, and covered by mortared rubble, but showing their simple "soffits" (decorated sunken profile on the bottom of an architrave carried by free standing columns) as inner door frame.
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Air can get in around windows and doors, around recessed lights, around plumbing vents, wiring holes, switch and outlet covers, furnace flues and chases and around the frame work such as rim joists and soffits.
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First plug large gaps around chimneys, furnace flues, plumbing pipes, ductwork, light fixtures and soffits.
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Air can get in around windows and doors, around recessed lights, around plumbing vents, wiring holes, switch and outlet covers, furnace flues and chases and around the frame work such as rim joists and soffits.
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Lots of painted cement fiber siding, tight knot cedar plank feature wall, plywood soffits, aluminum windows and a Zincalume sheet metal roofing, have lead to a real piece of art.
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Some soffits can be replaced, or screened, if they have very large vented openings, or slots.
Stink bug weather & tips for keeping them out Kevin Ambrose 2010
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Cracks or gaps between the soffits, the siding and the roof can be caulked.
Stink bug weather & tips for keeping them out Kevin Ambrose 2010
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Carefully inspect house walls, soffits or birdboards lining the roof's edge and trim around windows or doors.
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First plug large gaps around chimneys, furnace flues, plumbing pipes, ductwork, light fixtures and soffits.
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Offered Clamato juice and salted almonds, I delighted over mahogany Empire furniture from the Stone House, silvered, shell-form grotto chairs, an array of monochrome Chinese porcelains, fancifully molded glass bottles and colored cut overlay glass decanters on the lacquered sideboard, mirrored commodes and the mirrored jambs and soffits of the windows reflecting sky and water.
Michael Henry Adams: Great Houses of New York: River House, the Best Address, Part II 2009
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