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First, which part is which The roof edge comes with vocabulary, and the names are worth two minutes. The fascia is the flat board facing you at the edge of the roof. The soffit is the underside, the panel you see when you stand under the overhang and look up. The eave is the part of the roof that hangs out past the house.You will not need this vocabulary often, but it appears in every estimate, and quotes are hard to compare when you are not sure what is being described. So