What do you think of this roofing job?

[harrymonkfish]

Hi all

I just paid a roofer £950 to replace my soffits and fascia boards and guttering with new plastic. He said he would remove the old wooden ones, but I can still see them in the photo so I do not think he did what he said he would do. But please look at the photo. This is at the end of my roof where it meets my neighbour's terraced house. Whay do you think of this?

thanks
Paul

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I just paid a roofer £950 to replace my soffits and fascia boards and guttering with new plastic.

Two things - 1. He hasn't removed the timber ones. 2. He hasn't done the soffits at all.

£950 was what I was quoted around ten years ago, for a similar job front and rear. I decided to avoid the aggravation and save myself most of the cost by doing them myself.

 

[harrymonkfish]

Two things - 1. He hasn't removed the timber ones. 2. He hasn't done the soffits at all.

£950 was what I was quoted around ten years ago, for a similar job front and rear. I decided to avoid the aggravation and save myself most of the cost by doing them myself.

Yes the timber is stil there. He has just fixed teh plastic over the top. The soffits are there.

but the bottom edge of that fascia board should be sitting up flush to the soffit? Is that right? Surely he would have needed to trim the fasias to make them fit. That's how it works?

thanks

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

but the bottom edge of that fascia board should be sitting up flush to the soffit? Is that right? Surely he would have needed to trim the fasias to make them fit. That's how it works?

Maybe trim the fascias, but I am not seeing UPVC soffits, maybe a hint of fascia board used as soffit - the photo is to dark. Soffit are usually sat on the ledge of the fascia, the bottom lip of the L, and soffits are a double wall material. They fix between the bottom of the L and a U shaped channel fitted to the house wall.

Did they arrive to do the job on horses and wearing wide brimmed hats?

 

[catlad]

No need to take the existing timber off is it is still solid, but fitting a fascia that is 2" to big is poor. ( Lazy )

 

[Nige F]

Sadly Harry Monk, your roofer could be a Y - Front.

 

[Diver Fred]

Did they take the gutters down and refixed?