On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 21:14:48 -0000, Colin Wilson wrote:
Just bought a house, and in the near-ish future i'll need to replace
the gutter boards and soffits (many of the air vents are currently
missing / damaged, as well as there being some minor rot to the
woodwork)

Most of the house is probably manageable, but how the hell do you work
above a conservatory without having to call someone in at hellish
expense with masses of scaffolding ?

Depends on the shape of the conservatory and what the roof is made of.
With mine, it's lean-to at the back of the house, with a polycarbonate
roof. I have in the past used crawling boards to distribute the weight
of people & things on the conservatory roof, while working above it.

If the poly's old, it might have gone brittle, but if so then it probably
needs changing as part of the work.