Talk to me about Soffits/Fasicas...

[chris-red]

Hi all,

The soffits round the back look rotten, is this an easy job to do? A quick look at prices and it was eye watering to get someone to do it. More than I want to pay at the moment.

Slightly concerned about balancing a long bit of wood, drill impact driver and whatever else up a ladder
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[DrDonnyBrago]

If DIY, look into aluminium portable scaffolding towers. Can probably rent them too.

I predict your untimely demise if working solo off of a ladder.

[mudcow007]

I did all the gutters on my own last summer, up ladder an it sucked balls

get a scaffolding tower!

dont just cover the old boards if they are rotten, remove em, refit new wood an slap the plastic on top - if our boards were rotten i would have done this but i just repainted mine

[Tracey Suntan-King]

I don't know much about soffits and fascia, but I know what I like.

HTH
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Look out for asbestos.
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[BTTD]

You can get the thick PVC stuff that completely replaces the wood, however trying to fix a 3 metre length up off a ladder is not going to be easy.
If you can get a tower around the house definitely take that route. When I did mine I was hindered by a narrow side alley which wasn't wide enough to put a tower up so I had to get proper scaffolding. A local roofer had his own kit and in the end I got him to do the job as his price vs scaffolding company + me buying material and doing it myself wasn't that big a saving.
I did spend a lot of time thinking about doing it off a ladder as that would of been a significant saving, but in the end decided it was going to be more trouble than it was worth.

[mentalboy]