My work over the last 32 years has all been done to the original British Standards specifications. Firstly we push back the bottom row of tiles, at this point we fit a new strip of felt as the original felt will have almost certainly rotted away. The job of the felt is to ensure the rainwater comes off the bottom row if tiles and feeds it straight into the gutters.
Now remove the existing timber fascias. These are replaced with a new solid treated kiln dried backing board, pressure treated to British Standard 5589. The purpose of this board is to take the weight of the heavy tiles. This board has to be kiln dried timber so it will not sweat with the PVCu fascias on top of it.
The PVCu is fitted over the kiln dried timber with 40mm stainless steel wire nails. Once done we then put up the new gutters and downpipes. For all our new installations we then offer HALF PRICE cleaning for 5 years and with this comes adding an extra year to the 10 year guarantee each year. So with this service the guarantee will never expire, if at any time anything is required, it's all sorted for free.
Now remove the existing timber fascias. These are replaced with a new solid treated kiln dried backing board, pressure treated to British Standard 5589. The purpose of this board is to take the weight of the heavy tiles. This board has to be kiln dried timber so it will not sweat with the PVCu fascias on top of it.
The PVCu is fitted over the kiln dried timber with 40mm stainless steel wire nails. Once done we then put up the new gutters and downpipes. For all our new installations we then offer HALF PRICE cleaning for 5 years and with this comes adding an extra year to the 10 year guarantee each year. So with this service the guarantee will never expire, if at any time anything is required, it's all sorted for free.
Services
Order your replacement Fascias, Soffits & Barge boards and you will receive free guttering. Once installed you are eligible to have half price cleaning of the fascias, soffits and gutters for a period of 5 years. You will receive an extra years guarantee each year that you take up the cleaning service.*.
A & S Home Improvements specialise in full PVCu replacement fascia boards, soffit boards, barge boards and guttering. Our Team install replacement PVCu fascia boards, soffit boards, barge boards & guttering. We now offer a Cleaning and maintenance service to ensure your fascias are pristine year after year.
The soffit is the horizontal board that you look up at from underneath. We remove the old soffit if possible and fit the maintenance free interlocking soffit boards conforming to British Board of Agreement Standard 83/1185/C to the whole of the property. In most modern day properties the soffit is made of asbestos, this will not rot and is better left undisturbed for health reasons.
The barge boards are the boards fitted on the gable ends of a property. As there is nothing load bearing on the gable ends, it means no requirement for backing boards. When we take down the existing barge boards, there is a 42 rafter running directly behind them. This acts as a good fixing for the new PVCu boards to be fitted.
Our first task is to clean out all the debris from the gutters and check all the downpipes for blockages. Our work is all done off ladders by hand, we do not use long poles standing on the ground. Cleaning by hand is the only proper way to get the best results. Secondly, we wash clean and dry all of the fascias, soffits, barge boards and downpipes.
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Annette Bryant
Aug 24, 2021
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