Hello,
currently having the old wooden facias and asbestos soffits removed and replaced with upvc, on my 60's bungalow..
There are a few places where there are gaps between the soffit and facia that are large enough to allow insects in. In one place there is a horizontal gap between the soffit and the facia, of about 10mm for maybe a meter. When I suggested that this was not right, the response was that the original rafter foot was longer then the others, and that it could not be cut down, because it meant cutting the all, removing tiles etc., which was not part of the job.
Similarily where there is a 5mm vertiical gap between the soffit and the top of the outer wall, this was because the wall is not level. In a few other places holes exist because narrower soffit boards are being used, so where the brickwork is chipped a hole now appears. Again this is fault of the brickwork and not the install.
My view is that there were no gaps with the old system, so the new install should be sound also. Am I being unreasonable, or is this the typical stanndard install?
currently having the old wooden facias and asbestos soffits removed and replaced with upvc, on my 60's bungalow..
There are a few places where there are gaps between the soffit and facia that are large enough to allow insects in. In one place there is a horizontal gap between the soffit and the facia, of about 10mm for maybe a meter. When I suggested that this was not right, the response was that the original rafter foot was longer then the others, and that it could not be cut down, because it meant cutting the all, removing tiles etc., which was not part of the job.
Similarily where there is a 5mm vertiical gap between the soffit and the top of the outer wall, this was because the wall is not level. In a few other places holes exist because narrower soffit boards are being used, so where the brickwork is chipped a hole now appears. Again this is fault of the brickwork and not the install.
My view is that there were no gaps with the old system, so the new install should be sound also. Am I being unreasonable, or is this the typical stanndard install?