[David WE Roberts[_2_]]

I need a fascia board to cover:

2" wall plate
7" joist
2" purlin
Metal roof profile
Plus a bit more perhaps

this comes to between 12" and 13" wide and up to an inch thick.
I need a run of 7.8 metres.

I can't immediately find 13"/325mm wide sawn timber so I was wondering which
was best.

(1) Get shuttering ply or OSB and rip some strips from it with a circular
saw and butt them end to end.

or

(2) Use two runs of 6"-7" wide timber butted side by side.

Either way there will be joins.
I can't decide if it is better to have a few vertical joins or a continuous
horizontal one plus one or more verticals.

Cheers

Dave R

[Dave Starling]

On May 27, 12:34*pm, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:
I need a fascia board to cover:
this comes to between 12" and 13" wide and up to an inch thick.
I need a run of 7.8 metres.
You can buy UPVC fascia board that wide and approx 18mm thick. Trim
strips cover the joins. It wiill cost more than wood but then no
painting/rotting issues.

Dave.

[David WE Roberts[_2_]]

"Dave Starling" wrote in message
...
On May 27, 12:34 pm, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:
I need a fascia board to cover:
this comes to between 12" and 13" wide and up to an inch thick.
I need a run of 7.8 metres.
You can buy UPVC fascia board that wide and approx 18mm thick. Trim
strips cover the joins. It wiill cost more than wood but then no
painting/rotting issues.


Sounds good :-)

[David WE Roberts[_2_]]

"Dave Starling" wrote in message
...
On May 27, 12:34 pm, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:
I need a fascia board to cover:
this comes to between 12" and 13" wide and up to an inch thick.
I need a run of 7.8 metres.
You can buy UPVC fascia board that wide and approx 18mm thick. Trim
strips cover the joins. It wiill cost more than wood but then no
painting/rotting issues.

Dave.

http://www.fascias.com/en-gb/dept_123.html

For the 400mm = £OUCH!

[Dave Starling]

On May 27, 2:18*pm, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:

http://www.fascias.com/en-gb/dept_123.html

For the 400mm = £OUCH!
Thats expensive for sure, but when you factor in your time and
materials to prime, paint, maintain over the years perhaps its cheap
deal? I bought some upvc soffits and fittings from a plastics trade
outlet in our town and they were happy to give good price so it might
be worth shopping locally. Getting a 5 metre length home might pose a
problem if you only have a roofrack though.

Dave.

[Bruce[_8_]]

On Thu, 27 May 2010 04:58:22 -0700 (PDT), Dave Starling
wrote:

On May 27, 12:34*pm, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:
I need a fascia board to cover:
this comes to between 12" and 13" wide and up to an inch thick.
I need a run of 7.8 metres.
You can buy UPVC fascia board that wide and approx 18mm thick. Trim
strips cover the joins. It wiill cost more than wood but then no
painting/rotting issues.


Not only is it uPVC, it also looks like UPVC.

Best avoided, unless you like that look.

[george [dicegeorge]]

David WE Roberts wrote:
I need a fascia board to cover:

2" wall plate
7" joist
2" purlin
Metal roof profile
Plus a bit more perhaps

this comes to between 12" and 13" wide and up to an inch thick.
I need a run of 7.8 metres.

I can't immediately find 13"/325mm wide sawn timber so I was wondering
which was best.

(1) Get shuttering ply or OSB and rip some strips from it with a
circular saw and butt them end to end.

or

(2) Use two runs of 6"-7" wide timber butted side by side.

Either way there will be joins.
I can't decide if it is better to have a few vertical joins or a
continuous horizontal one plus one or more verticals.

Cheers

Dave R
Or get your local timberyard to make wood to fit.
But that wide it might warp over time.
And think of the hassle of painting it every few years,
and the danger of falling off a ladder.

If you use plywood get a better quoality than shuttering,
, its more waterproof,
or exterior grade,
the boat-building quality stuff is hugely expensive,
but the shuttering ply will rot quicker
with the expense of time and money of fixing it...

I'm using softwood for mine,
primed and painted with oil paint,
but I'm dreading getting u there on ladders in 5 years time,
or the cost of scaffold.

Scaffold's coming down net week so I'd better get back up there,
just stopped for a cup of tea!

Plastic has none of these disadvantage, but it looks like plastic.
If you have a nice rose people will look at that, not at the plastic.

Have you thought of the colour?
Black and white are boring,
green is quite good,
I did a survey while I was delivering liberal leaflets early May!


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