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A quick glossary The roof edge comes with vocabulary, and knowing them helps you read a quote. The fascia is the flat board facing you at the edge of the roof. The soffit is the horizontal surface tucked beneath the overhang. Eave is the general term for that overhang.You will not need this vocabulary often, but it appears in every estimate, and it is easier to compare two quotes when both are describing the same part of the building. When somebody says the channel mounts u