what do you call

[dan orourke]

..........

[Lee Nettnin]

I call it part of the fascia

[Scott Patterson]

the triangular section under the rake board end?

Box cornice

[John Goad]

Framers in this area call it a "bird box", but box cornice sounds better on a report, unless I guess, your client is a framer from this area:)

[Bruce Breedlove]

"bird box" is the term I learned when I was building houses in GA. That may be a regional term.

[Kevin Barre]

It's "bird box" here also...but I learned that from framers...

I think "boxed end of soffitt" or "enclosed soffitt end" would work for most folks.

[Scott Patterson]

It is also called a "Corner return".

This website might help with some terms.
Building Construction & Finishing (http://www.waybuilder.net/sweethaven/BldgConst/Building01/default.asp?iNum=1002)

Most of this information comes from a book called "Modern Carpentry" by Willis H. Wagner & Howard Bud Smith, 2003. ISBN # 1-59070-202-6 Publisher is The Goodheart=Wilcox Company.

It is a book that I use all of the time when it comes to questions about light construction.

[Lloyd Woods]

I call it part of the gable trim

[Brian Hoagland]

I call it part of the fascia
I'm with you, I think every body else is correct with regarding the framing underneath as to the actual construction terms but the exterior facing is a part of the fascia. Besides, most laymen can get a grip on fascia but lose the ability to understand these other terms. Now if you need to refer to the structural wood elements behind the one by, it might be a good idea to go with some of those terms as applicable in your area.

[Eric Barker]

Rake return.

[Rick Hurst]

In layman terms, its the end corner of the roof. :D

[Nolan Kienitz]

In layman terms, its the end corner of the roof. :D

To get fancy: ... Northwest or Southeast ... end corner of the roof :confused:

[Richard Rushing]

Cornice return.

Rich

[brian schmitt]

we old timers call that a "pork chop".

[Ed Voytovich]

the triangular section under the rake board end?

On older houses where the return is three dimensional, and where real carpentry was required, we refer to this detail formally in Central New York as a gable end return. Informally, it's a pigeon walk.

For this miserable, etiolated, two dimensional detail in modern construction, the term "pork chop" seems just right.

[Eric Barker]

I start writing pork chop and people will really wonder what I used to do. :)

[Richard Rushing]

Or what you eat...:)