The Timber fascia had completely rotted away. The old fascia was completely saturated and the rot had penetrated into the timber joists behind. Note the seedling that has just taken hold too! A full inspection of all surrounding joists was therefore required to ensure that no further hidden damage had been done. This is a clear warning as to the hazards of over-cladding and to the risk of employing inexperienced fitters.
Note the extra down pipe installed into the aluminium gutter. As there is no suitable connectors for continuous aluminium gutters the down pipe is simply placed into a hole and crudely sealed with silicone. This also applies to the stop end part of the guttering.
As you can see below, the gutter is very flimsy so numerous brackets are required to fix it to the fascia board. This makes it extremely difficult to clean out, and this type of gutter needs to be installed absolutely level with no fall or slope, so the build up of debris is exacerbated. The photograph shows how debris can quickly build up to block the gutter. Here you can see the flimsy side of the product and all the fixing brackets. Whoops my window won’t open! .. Note the fascia board has been cut out
A section has been torn away in the wind and this could be a lethal flying object if it were to have hit someone.
Why have other companies’ fascia boards and guttering changed colour? This is mainly due to inferior products. It is therefore essential that you see the BBA (British Board of Agrément) certificate before choosing a company to carry out your roofline refurbishment. Salmon-pink fascias, as they are known in the trade. In this example below we can see the discolouration, not only on the fascia boards but also on the brackets and guttering components. Clearly there is no consistency in the manufacturing process here!
Just a few wrong ways to construct a box end gable corner. In these pictures, the companies which carried out the work on these homes, are clearly incompetent in constructing a boxed end.
The question has to be asked what else are they incompetent in doing? The so called fitters have simply stuck pieces of fascia board together in an attempt to construct the box end detail, look around your area and you’ll be surprised how many are like this.
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