Fascia capping - quality of work

siwatson · 23 Nov 2014

Hi, we recently had our fascia boards/soffits capped. Overall I think the quality of the word seems ok but, in a couple of places, the inside of the original fascia is still exposed (see attached photos).

Is this normal, will it cause problems, and should we insist that the company rectifies this?

Thanks.

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Alastairreid · 23 Nov 2014

The soffit should have been brought down to meet the fascia.

Unsightly and amateurish but wont do any harm.

noseall · 23 Nov 2014

We usually trim the existing wooden fascia as to allow the new soffit and fascias to full envelope the timber.

This can be tricky however if the existing soffit board is grooved into the fascia and that by trimming it means that no 'meat' is left cradling the soffit.

We double-soffitted once in order to deal with this problem but roof-line bods are unlikely to go to such trouble.

Mw Roofline · 23 Nov 2014

Going through the expense of scaffolding the whole property then why not have it done properly and have the wood removed?

(Or was it just that particular part that was scaffolded?)

It's the norm to see the inside of the fascia when you have capping done unless you've got a fitting team that care like noseall.

s60tsy · 23 Nov 2014

or chisel off the bottom inch of fascia first and the cover board will push up to the soffit

noseall · 24 Nov 2014

s60tsy said:
or chisel off the bottom inch of fascia first and the cover board will push up to the soffit

Isn't that wot Nosey said?

Mw Roofline · 24 Nov 2014

Is anyone else wondering why a vented soffit has been used on a capping job?

Maybe it was open eaves with only a fascia in place?
Maybe they somehow removed the soffit first?
Maybe they thought if they used a vented soffit it would ventilate the gaps

siwatson · 24 Nov 2014

Thanks for the comments. To clarify, the existing fascias are not rotten, just have flaking paint - we'e had a few contractors look at them and the wood itself is fine. The decision to cap rather than replace was partly based on advice from a few roofers that there was a risk of damaging tiles if they had to be lifted. The tiles are an old style and apparently hard to get hold of. Looking online, there seem to be as many professionals advocating capping vs replacement!

Some (not all) of the existing soffit is vented so they just capped with vented soffit all around.

I'll see what they say about getting new fascia/soffit to join properly but I'm guessing they'll be reluctant to do it.

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