Brown upvc facia and guttering

gpg1967 · 28 Jul 2014

About 10 years ago I got a couple of quotes for my facias to be replaced, we wanted to have brown upvc but were put off by the people who quoted saying that the brown would fade quite quickly so we had the wood painted instead.

I am now looking to have this work done and wondered if anybody has had problems with the brown fading ?

footprints · 28 Jul 2014

Certainly had brown guttering from Wickes go white in a very short time.

gpg1967 · 28 Jul 2014

Thats my main concern was hoping that after all these years maybe things would of got better.

footprints · 28 Jul 2014

I was looking at upvc gutter boards last year and the black are only guaranteed for about 10 years while the white were a lot longer, 25 I seem to remember.

Pinnacle69 · 28 Jul 2014

woodgrain type fascia boards are usually colourfast but brown upvc isn't good as for guttering same applies, brown isn't perfect but should last ok why not black guttering on woodgrain fascia ?

alan333 · 28 Jul 2014

To echo what Pinnacle69 says - we installed woodgrain fascia to a relative's house, must be over 10 years ago, and it still looks like the day it went up.

Mw Roofline · 30 Jul 2014

Foiled fascia now outlasts it's ten year guarantee, don't ever put gloss brown fascia on your house.

Freefoam do a brown gutter called Freeflow. It's co-extruded so white on the inside. It slows the fading process down by 'up to' 40%

We only started using Freeflow about 6 years ago and all our black and brown jobs are still mint. The downpipes seem to have lasted well too.

s60tsy · 31 Jul 2014

the dearest parts are the brown fascias & soffits, which back in the day some were just 'brown' upvc boards, and yes they faded. nowadadys they are 'foiled' with a coloured sheet in your chosen colour/pattern and they last a very long time. but the gutters are still one colour plastic and may fade quickly/slowly, however the gutters are not the dear part if the worst comes to worst. i think one company does do a foiled gutter profile £$£$

gpg1967 · 4 Aug 2014

Thanks everyone for your comments once again the people on this site have come up with some great advice again

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