MDF fascia boards

[Cumbrianroofer30yrsexp]

I have been repointing verges on a house in the town where i live.These houses are appx 5 yrs old and cost an arm and a leg(very exclusive shall we say).Anyway i must have done work on at least 8 different houses.All pointing,not enough cement in the mix,all powdery.Basicly the whole estate is full of houses that are built to a poor standard.Right the customer said can you check my fascia board,the paint seems to have blisters on it.Check i did and to say i was shocked was an under statement,it was not wood but MDF,My fingers went right through the so called blister and into a brown mush.It was not the whole fascia board but the deep part at the bottom.They just dont build em like they used too........Keeps the likes of me in work anyway.

 

[Regencyroofingipswich]

MDF fascias

Thats a new one!!

Sounds worth a quote for full replacement upvc though, could be a nice job.

I was up on a new extention tuesday which cost 40k investigating a leak in the valley after the builders had done a bunk.

I was rather suprised to find a 12 inch strip of 4mm capsheet felt nailed into the valley instead of lead
They are out there alright!

 

[Mw Roofline]

We did a huge David Wilson site of 37 'new build' houses and they used the left overs of all the skirting board as fascia!! We couldn't believe it

 

[Cumbrianroofer30yrsexp]

@ Regencyroofingipswich-They just want the wide parts at the bottom replaced,the MDF,the rest is ok(real wood ).My mates a land scape gardener and he done a bit of work on a back garden on this estate.He said it was like 2 inch of top soil the rest was clay,he found scaffold clips,angle beads,bricks you name it.He said it looked like any rubbish lying around had just been burried in the gardens.