Fascias and soffits replaced right, with a 20 year written guarantee

What our fascias and soffits includes

• New uPVC fascia boards, replacing rotten or warped timber along the whole eaves line
• New soffit boards, plain or ventilated, so the loft gets the airflow it needs
• Bargeboards and gable-end cladding in white, black or woodgrain finishes
• Rafter feet checked, and any rotten ends cut out and replaced with treated timber
• New gutters and downpipes fitted to the new fascia in the same visit
• Scaffold or access tower, risk assessment and waste removed from site
• Domestic and commercial properties, in styles and colours to match the existing design

Fascias and soffits that stop the rot reaching your roof

The fascia is the board fixed across the ends of your rafters. It holds the gutters and closes the edge of the roof. The soffit is the board under the overhang, closing the gap between the fascia and the wall and letting air into the roof space. When either one fails, rain reaches the rafter feet, birds and wasps get into the loft, and the gutters start to drop.

We replace fascias and soffits in uPVC for houses, extensions and commercial buildings. Timber that has soaked up water for years will not hold a fixing, so we cut back to sound wood before anything new goes on. Over 25 years' experience on roofs means we read the problem from the ground: the way the gutter sags tells us which board has gone.

What failing boards look like from the ground

You can spot most roofline faults without a ladder. Look along the eaves from across the road. A wavy line means the boards have warped. Sagging gutters mean the fascia has lost its grip on the fixings. A dark stripe under the gutter edge means water has been running behind the board for a long time.

Look up at the soffit as well. Sagging or missing panels, brown water stains, flaking paint and gaps at the wall are all signs of moisture in the overhang. Starlings and wasps use those gaps, and a nest in the eaves puts droppings and damp into your insulation.

• Peeling paint and bare grey timber: the board has been wet for years
• Soft, spongy wood under a screwdriver: rot has taken hold
• Open joints at corners and where boards meet: water is getting behind
• Sagging or leaking gutters: the fascia is no longer holding the brackets

Replace or cover over: how we decide

Many firms sell a plastic cover over the old board because it is quick. That is only right when the timber underneath is dry and sound. Seal a wet board under uPVC and the rot carries on out of sight until the cover starts to bow.

Before we quote, we press-test the timber with a screwdriver and look at the rafter ends from the ladder. Then we tell you which route your roof needs, in plain terms, with the price for each. If the cheaper option would cost you more in two years, we say so, because we are the ones who put our 20 year written guarantee on it.

Full replacement

Everything comes off: the old fascia, soffit and any bargeboards. We inspect the wall plate and rafter feet, cut out soft timber and splice in treated lengths, then fit new boards fixed back to solid wood. This is the right job when the boards are soft, split or more than 20 years old.

Cover over sound timber

If the original fascia is dry and straight, a new uPVC fascia fixed over it gives a clean finish at a lower cost. We still renew the soffit and check the rafter ends, because the soffit is where moisture and pests get in first.

Bargeboards and gable cladding

The sloping boards at the gable end take the worst of the wind and rain. We replace bargeboards with uPVC to match the fascia, and clad gable ends where the old finish has failed, fixing battens to a flat, true face before the cladding goes on.

Soffit ventilation and your loft

A cold loft needs air moving through it. A ventilated soffit board or a continuous vent strip at the eaves lets damp air out of the roof space and stops condensation settling on timbers and felt. Solid boards in the wrong place choke that airflow, and the first sign is black mould on rafters and a musty smell in the loft.

We choose the soffit type to suit the roof: plain boards where ventilation comes from elsewhere, vented boards or disc vents where it does not. If the roof is being re-covered as well, the new roofs team sets the eaves ventilation and the membrane together so the whole edge works as one system.

Fascias, soffits and guttering in one visit

The gutters hang off the fascia, so replacing one means disturbing the other. Doing fascias and soffits and the guttering together means one scaffold, one set of site costs and a finished roofline that matches. One reviewer had the guttering, soffits, ridge tiles and a slate panel renewed in a single run of work.

Want to see what drives the price before you call? Our fascias and soffits cost guide explains it, and your own quote from us is free.

Profiles, colours and finishes

uPVC fascias come in square-edge, bullnose and ogee profiles, in white, black, grey and woodgrain finishes. We match the style already on your house, or give you a clean change if the old boards were a patchwork of repairs. Soffits are fitted in flat, tongue-and-groove or hollow-section board with trims in the same colour.

Joints between boards are sealed and fixed with corrosion-resistant fixings, and every length is cut to run true along the eaves. The finish should look like one continuous line from the road, not a series of repairs.

Fascias and soffits across Luton, Dunstable and the surrounding towns

Luton and Dunstable are full of 1930s semis and post-war houses with boxed eaves, where the timber fascia has been painted, patched and painted again for decades. The same is true of the older terraces and the 1960s estates. We work across the area from our Dunstable office, and cover Luton, Bedford, St Albans, Milton Keynes and the towns between.

If the roof itself is leaking as well, we repair the cause at the same visit: see roof repairs for tiles, ridges and lead, or dry verge and ridge for the gable edge.

Signs you need us

• Paint flaking or peeling from the fascia, with bare timber showing through
• A screwdriver sinks into the board when you press it
• Gutters sagging or pulling away from the roof edge
• Gaps or daylight at the soffit, or birds and wasps getting into the eaves
• Brown staining or green growth running down the boards under the gutter
• Black spots of mould on the soffit or on rafters in the loft