Fascia Replacement Services

What Are Fascia Boards And Why Are They On Our Houses?
The fascia board is the protective board that covers the ends of the timber roof joists to stop the ingress of rain or snow into the roof and wall cavity of your home. It is usually combined with a soffit to close off the gap between the felt, tiles and wall of the property. This area is also known as the eaves or roofline of a house.

In the majority of house builds the original roofline Fascias & Soffit products are made from wood.

If your home was built after 1940, it’s unfortunately very likely that your roofline Fascias & Soffits where constructed with undried timbers, made from poor-quality softwood, and unleaded paint.

As a result, most rooflines require regular maintenance and repainting, usually around every four years. And with the increasing regulatory requirement for proper access equipment such as scaffolding towers, the cost of that maintenance can only increase over time.

Sometimes, properties built too close together can make access to the roofline more difficult, which – along with cost concerns – tempts homeowners to defer their repairs. But that just leads to more problems further down the line.

The desire to save money by patching up the roofline, instead of replacing it, is entirely understandable. Many of our own customers felt that way. But they found that, while they could put off replacing the roofline Fascias for a few years, the problem didn’t go away. So they ended up spending twice over: once to do the job cheaply, and again to do it properly. From a long-term perspective, running repairs to an ageing roofline are a false economy.

Quick Fix Methods
Fascia Cover BoardThe most popular temporary method is to install a thin Plastic Fascia Board on to old timber. The initial cost to do this is lower than using a full replacement system; however timber is a living organism, the wood sweats accelerating the problem by locking the moisture in to the board. This often gets done if the customer is thinking of moving home at that time.

Painting Fascia boards Around The Gutters
Painting old Fascias & soffits is a time consuming job that needs repeating regularly, to keep the boards in good condition.

To save both time and money The fascia boards often get painted with the Guttering left on, again this is understandable as once you remove the Guttering it becomes brittle.

Of course this is better than not doing it at all, however the top of the Fascia Board in contact with the Tile & Drip felt never gets protected.
Once the Drip Felt decays it splashes the water on to the top of the wooden Fascia Board, given time this will rot the wood.

To ensure that you only have to replace your Fascia & Soffits once, call the roofline experts on 01603 261481 or email me info@angliaroofline.co.uk | See our 5 Step Full Replacement Method on the Installation page to learn more.