Fascias, soffits and guttering in Scunthorpe

Fascias, soffits and guttering in Scunthorpe

Fascias, soffits and guttering in Scunthorpe, carried out by our own directly employed roofers. Free survey, photographs of the problem, and an itemised quote in writing before the work is booked in.

It covers the DN15, DN16 and DN17 postcode districts. Scunthorpe is in the middle of our Scunthorpe patch, covered by the Scunthorpe team on 01724 706 781, and the survey is free whether or not you go ahead with the work.

The roofs in Scunthorpe

The town sits in open country with the Trent to the west and the Wolds to the east, so there is less shelter than the built up streets suggest. That shows up at the ridge and the verge first, and on the exposed elevation of anything on the edge of an estate.

Scunthorpe's housing is largely twentieth century, so a great many of its roofs are concrete interlocking tile laid on felt, all reaching the end of their fixings around the same time.

A lot of Scunthorpe estate housing still has its original timber roofline, or a uPVC board capped straight over rotten timber by somebody else. We take the old timber off so you can see the rafter feet, which is the whole point of replacing it.

Opening up fascias, soffits and guttering on Scunthorpe's Westcliff homes

Westcliff's post war house rows make the underside of the eaves a useful place to investigate when gutter replacement is being considered. Around Newbolt Avenue, later loft insulation and older enclosed soffits can leave the roof edge with a different ventilation arrangement from the one originally intended. On a concrete tiled Westcliff house, a decayed underlay tail may also let water reach the fascia behind an apparently serviceable gutter. Fascias, soffits and guttering here need assessing with the tile edge and loft opening, because a tidy new board will not correct a blocked air path or an unsupported drainage edge.

On a Newbolt Avenue roofline, we examine the eaves from inside where accessible before removing the fascia and checking the condition of its supports. Westcliff front paths and closely spaced entrances influence the working platform, particularly where long boards must pass a neighbouring house on their way to the scaffold. We restore the underlay discharge at the tile edge, provide the ventilation needed by that particular roof build up and then fit the replacement boards. The gutter is positioned afterwards to receive water from the Westcliff tile overhang, with the outlet checked against the existing downpipe connection.

Replacing a Westcliff house's eaves boards and rainwater goods takes a few working days, depending on how much concealed timber needs attention. For a Newbolt Avenue row, platform access, the condition of the underlay tails and the required soffit ventilation are important price factors. Aftercare includes keeping loft insulation away from any designed eaves air path and observing whether rain enters the gutter cleanly beneath the concrete tiles. The free survey brings photographs of what we find and an itemised written quote linking the visible Westcliff roofline replacement to the concealed eaves details that need putting right.

What fascias, soffits and guttering in Scunthorpe involves

• Colour matchingWhite, black, anthracite grey, rosewood and golden oak, matched to your windows and doors.
• Dry vergeMechanically fixed dry verge fitted at the same time where the gable mortar has failed.
• Bargeboards and claddingVerge bargeboards and gable cladding in matching colour and finish.

That is the short version. There is a fuller explanation of the work, the materials and the detailing on our fascias, soffits and guttering page.

Signs your Scunthorpe property needs this

• Capped over fascias, where uPVC was screwed onto rotten timber rather than replacing it
• Soffits with holes where birds or squirrels have got into the roof space
• Green staining down the wall beneath a gutter joint or downpipe

Capping over versus full replacement

Capping is when a thin uPVC board is fixed over the existing timber fascia. It looks the same on day one and costs less, and if the timber behind it is sound it can be a legitimate job. The problem is that most people are replacing their roofline precisely because the timber is not sound, and capping seals wet, rotting wood behind a plastic board where nobody can see it.

Fascias, soffits and guttering in Scunthorpe at a glance

What affects the price in Scunthorpe

• Whether dry verge or gable cladding is being fitted at the same time
• Colour and finish, since woodgrain foils cost more than white
• Guttering profile and whether the roof needs a deeper flow section

Everything is priced after we have seen the roof, in writing, with the scope written down so there are no new numbers once work starts.