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I've been installing fascia and soffits for about 18 years. On a house like this, I would normally fit a 10mm vent nailed to the top edge of the fascia with a rigid eaves felt fitted above it, overlapping into the guttering. I would also suggest you go into the loft and ensure any insulation...

I often remove roof moss for customers, always manually with a scraper and brush. I then apply diluted Benzalkonium Chloride onto the tiles, it's a chemical that can be found in dozens of commercial moss killing products. I get mine from Bonnymans as they sell it at a whopping 50%...

I was really delighted to see that two people have recently been convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for their part in a roof coating (painting) scam that involved mis-selling of "thermal" roof coatings that were supposed to reduce heating bills. These products do not reduce...

roof coating crap

If this was a chimney on my house I would get a scaffold tower up and lower the stack down to gutter height and then rebuild it, new bricks and new lead flashing. I accept that this isn't going to be cheap but a good roofing company with an experienced bricky on the team could do this in a day...

I don't normally do any cement work if the temp is going to dip below 5degrees in the next 3 days. If I really must then Ill add some frostproofer and use a hessian sheet, but I still wouldn't do the work if the temp was likely to fall below 0degrees. The British winter is usually wet and windy...

If there is no insulation in the loft then this may explain why so many vents have been put in. Warm moist air from the house rises, nothing to stop it entering the loft where it then condensates on the underside of the felt. Most roofers will just add more vents to allow the air to escape...

I was just wondering if the regulars here think £3500 is a reasonable price for a full rewire in a 3 bed house, occupants will be vacating for duration and property is located in Surrey. I had a look at Which and QuotationCheck and they seem to agree.

Ive been installing fascias and soffits for over 15 years and can only agree with the other commenters here. You are looking at scaffold all round the house, all edging tiles off, felt trimmed back, timbers removed/cut. Lots of new timberwork, new felt, new roofline boards, additional...

Well, if the roofer went ahead without giving you a price for the work (verbal or otherwise) then he has opened himself up to the possibility of not being paid the full amount he expected. I don't see a problem with you not paying the invoice in full, after all it is his fault for not...

"We might hold off paying what's owed" Yeah, I would! Don't think you need anyone else to tell you how **** this work is. The photos are self explanatory.

Ive got an old Youngman-SGB system whch is very similar as the Boss tower, excellant aluminium tower, got mine second hand about 15 years ago, used daily and still going strong now. Can't recommend those towers enough, best purchase I ever made in my life, it hs paid for itself and some! If you...

I have a dewalt circular saw (such as http://ow.ly/tfkCH ) , as long as the board is turned upside down it won't chew up the front side of the fascia. Guy who works with me is old fashioned, he uses a pencil-line to mark the fascia and then cuts it with a normal handsaw, such as this...

But... MW Roofline, the owner of that site gets paid when folks click on the links to go check out the scammers, who pay for the priveledge. Ha! Interestingly today, I got chatting to a stair fitter who was telling me how his daughter just quit her job working as a door-to-door salesperson...

I was pleased to discover that there has been another conviction involving "roof coatings" ie paints that are widely being missold in the UK at the moment: http://roofcoatingscam.com/yet-another-conviction-roof-coating-scammer/ and http://roofcoatingscam.com/prison-for-roof-coaters/...

Can only agree with Catlad, boards usually start at 150mm but they can be cut down to size, no more difficult than cutting timber though. The 75mm size is strange, how would it be possible to fit a gutter bracket to the board, without it hanging off the bottom of the fascia board? You...

I wrote this, feel free to use it as a reference - http://danielsroof.com/how-to-replace-fascia-and-soffits-boards-with-plastic-upvc/ I always use visible fixings for the fascia (2 x 65mm Polytop nails per rafter) I use Floplast, but I have used Swish and Celuform in the past and found...