Understand Essential Knowledge About Fascia, Soffits And Gutters On Your House Before The Structural Damage Sets In.

Unplasticised polyvinyl chloride, or PVCu (or uPVC) as it's more commonly known, has all but completely swept the board in the new guttering and fascia market. Their are a great number of answers why homeowners now choose PVC-U when thinking about a guttering replacement and new fascias on their property.

It is now widely recognised that the maintenance trouble and the technical performance of wood, particularly for roofline, is no longer satisfactory when compared with PVC-U.

A PVC-U roofline is better than timber because, as we all know, wood is a porous material. Once water has breached the outside layer, it is a matter of when and not if it will need replacing. This then paves the way for woodworm and many other vermin to set up home eventually causing structural damage. PVC-U rooflines will not rot, will never require painting, do not discolour and will keep on being maintenance free for up to fourty years. All they will have to have is the occasional clean with lukewarm foamy water.

Soffits
Fascia boards, also known as soffits, are boards fixed to the top of the outer walls of a building, just under the roof, which then projects over the fascia. This used to be generally made from wood, but these days PVCu replacements are more wanted as they are light, simple to fix, last longer and cheaper. Wooden boards need frequent painting and replacement and PVC-U in contrast is very resilient, only fading and cracking after quite a few decades.

Guttering
The guttering is fitted to the fascia and collects the rain from the roof, diverting it into down pipes which take the water down into the public waste water system, or away from the property to a soakaway, where it can disperse without contamination. Larger diameter downpipes take effluent from the toilets down into the sewers. If the guttering or downpipe is clogged up or cracked, then water can leak over the brickwork and penetrate into the house, causing damp problems.

Gutters have been made from many different types of materials, including concrete, timber, aluminium, galvanised steel and other metals, but before plastic became popular, they were mostly painted steel. This requires regular washing down and re-painting and if it's not done, rust can set in and create leaks. This means replacing sections, which is costly and hard because of the weight of the steel. PVC-U scores highly over steel on both those counts and when considering guttering replacement on your house we strongly recommend you opt for UPVC .

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