How to fit it
The questions we answer at the counter every week, written down. Numbers, spacings and the mistakes worth avoiding, then the exact parts, on the shelf in Liverpool.
Fascia & Soffits
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How to fit soffit boards and vents
Soffit boards close the eaves and carry the loft ventilation. The gap sizes, vented board versus circular vents, cutting, joining and fixing.
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How to fit uPVC fascia boards: cover or replace?
Cover board over sound timber, full 16mm replacement over rot: how to tell which your roof needs, plus fixing centres, joints and corner trims.
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What size fascia board do I need?
Measure the existing timber and go one size up, never down. Cover boards are 8mm, replacement boards 16mm, both stocked 150mm to 405mm in 5m lengths.
Composite decking
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How to fit guttering: fall, brackets and downpipe
Set guttering to a 3mm per metre fall with brackets at 1m maximum: bracket spacing, unions, stop ends, outlet position and downpipe setting out.
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Push fit or solvent weld waste pipe?
Push fit unscrews and comes apart; solvent weld is glued and permanent. How to tell what is in your wall, pick 32mm or 40mm, and get the fall right.
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Which gutter profile do I need?
Half Round 112mm, Deepflow 120mm, Ogee 125mm or Squareline: how the four gutter profiles differ on capacity and looks, and why none of them interconnect.