fascia boards

[chunkolini]

Work is quiet, weather is nice, no paragliding so crack on with my old house.
Kitchen is almost finished.
but time for some outdoor work, I have dug out and filled cracks in the render under a million coats of paint, next I think is replace the guttering. Old cast iron wonky jobbies.
The fascia boards are a bit of a mix, some crumbly and some seem sound. So Plan A is replace them first.
What would anybody reccomend to use? I am thinking tanalised wood but not sure of the dimensions.
I'm not taking them down until I have sourced materials; but B+Q are local and are doing click and collect. So a good chance I will be able to get sorted.
So what material? thickness and width?
The old ones have the remains of about a hundred coats of gloss (old owner was a Paint Nazi, glossed everything that did not move) do I paint or leave them natural?
What do I fix them too? knowing this house it will be another comedy story, do I set the gutters level or slightly sloping towards the drain? the main wall is about 6m long and at the moment there is one down pipe near the middle straight above a drain.

 

[gaz1]

old fasia board is fastened on with nails

2 ways to go here either relace with wood up to an inch then paint or cover over with plastic or

gor for plastic fasia boards

your choice really and cost but lastic is just as good

 

[chunkolini]

Nail them into what? yep, thick as ..... here.
I think wood not plastic, I dont like plastic on houses. But maybe I can compromise. Time to think a bit.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Nail them into what? yep, thick as ..... here.
I think wood not plastic, I dont like plastic on houses. But maybe I can compromise. Time to think a bit.

Rafter ends usually

 

[gaz1]

fascia boards are normally fastened onto your roof rafters some are screwed to the building

usualy you will find its fastened to wood beams, rafters

 

[Rig Pig]

old fasia board is fastened on with nails

2 ways to go here either relace with wood up to an inch then paint or cover over with plastic or

gor for plastic fasia boards

your choice really and cost but lastic is just as good

Plastic is great, never paint again! No more fumbling about up a long ladder with a pot of paint, no rotten worm eaten wood. One of the first things I did when I bought the current house, thankfully the worm and rot hadn't transferred into the roof structure.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Not used composite but I'd definitely get a sample and consider it.
https://www.dinodecking.co.uk/categ...s/composite-decking-accessories/fascia-board/

 

[roofman]

Nail them into what? yep, thick as ..... here.
I think wood not plastic, I dont like plastic on houses. But maybe I can compromise. Time to think a bit.

black foiled plastic is the way forward..not that tacky looking white and never paint or rot in the future

 

[gaz1]

the thing is roofman many builders are not fitting the breather air grill this alone is causing more problems than what the wood did years ago

if you are doing sofit and fasia make sure it is fitted with air breather as well

 

[roofman]

the thing is roofman many builders are not fitting the breather air grill this alone is causing more problems than what the wood did years ago

if you are doing sofit and fasia make sure it is fitted with air breather as well

If we do a closed sofit we always put in a few vents on the underside

 

[Morrisman]

You have to get pvc angle strip and nail it onto the rotted remains of the old wood.

Well, that’s what they did with my sisters house, when she paid some clowns over a grand to ‘replace’ all the facias and stuff.

 

[brightspark]

You have to get pvc angle strip and nail it onto the rotted remains of the old wood.

Well, that’s what they did with my sisters house, when she paid some clowns over a grand to ‘replace’ all the facias and stuff.

did they have a white tranny van and speak with an irish accent and only a mobile phone number and hand flyers

 

[Morrisman]

did they have a white tranny van and speak with an irish accent and only a mobile phone number and hand flyers

 

[addjunkie]

Foil wrapped plastic for me too, the white I dont like!

 

[chunkolini]

Linky to foil backed plastic?
White plastic on my 160 year old house sounds sooooooo baaaaad.

 

[addjunkie]

https://www.chartwellfinishing.co.uk/products/fascia-and-soffit

One but there are many, basically the colur is a foil wrap of the plastic board

 

[Parm]

If we do a closed sofit we always put in a few vents on the underside

Ahh, but what do you know? Your ONLY. Roofer, not a builder

 

[Parm]

did they have a white tranny van and speak with an irish accent and only a mobile phone number and hand flyers

So, a very advanced crew then?

Normally they just knock door to door with a tranny on bent plates

 

[roofman]

Ahh, but what do you know? Your ONLY. Roofer, not a builder

roofing and roofline my saaaan...Its the builders that need to keep away from roofing

 

[Parm]

roofing and roofline my saaaan...Its the builders that need to keep away from roofing

Now theres the voice of experience and much heartache speaking out, pop’s