Leave them up all winter, they are a bear to install 12' up.
I usually take them down for summer, but didn't last year,
not sure that was detrimental as the upper windows are open all summer.
Don't think religion ever had anything to do with it,
but in my book 'Dude' has always been gender...
My overhangs with fascia are pretty good, but when the lower roof gets full of snow and can blow into the upper soffits, so I installed furnace filter to keep the snow out.
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