If your soffit or fascia is peeling, sagging or starting to rot, replacing it with vinyl or aluminum means you won't be repainting or patching wood again in a few years. Both materials are low-maintenance, and both are widely used on Florida homes. They just behave differently in heat, humidity, salt air and storms. Here's how they compare, and how to decide which one suits your home. What Soffit and Fascia Do Fascia is the board that runs along the edge of your roof. It clos

Most gutter cleaning advice is written for homes up north, where the leaves drop in October and the job gets done once before winter. Florida doesn't work that way. Debris falls all year, the rainy season dumps more water in four months than some states see in a year, and a clogged gutter in July has to handle a downpour that can arrive with almost no warning. So the honest answer to how often you should clean your gutters here is: more often than the national advice suggests