Fascias, Soffits & Guttering in Bournemouth & Poole

The boards and gutters along the edge of your roof. Unglamorous, easy to ignore, and the thing that quietly does the damage when it fails.

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Fascias, Soffits & Bargeboards
The boards that carry your guttering and close off the eaves. Replaced properly, with the rafter feet checked before anything covers them.
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Guttering & Downpipes
New runs, realignment where the falls are wrong, downpipes, and clearing them out yearly so they keep working.
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What is included on a roofline job

The parts that decide whether it lasts or just looks better for a while.

The rafter feet get checked

Old fascia comes off and we look at the timber ends behind it. Rotten rafter feet are common where guttering has been overflowing for years, and capping them with new board hides a problem rather than fixing it.

Falls set properly

Guttering has to run to the outlet. Level or backfalling gutter holds water, sags under the weight and overflows at the joints, which is what soaks the wall below.

Ventilation kept

The eaves are how a cold roof breathes. Closing them off with solid soffit and no vent traps moisture in the loft and rots the timbers you just paid to expose.

Brackets at the right spacing

Gutter that sags between brackets ponds and pulls at its joints. Bracket spacing is a specification, not a matter of what looks about right.

Downpipes taken somewhere sensible

A downpipe that discharges onto a path or against the wall is doing half a job. It wants to reach a gully or a soakaway.

Yearly clearing if you want it

Gutters fill with moss and leaves, particularly on a roof with trees near it. We will clear them yearly so you are not finding out they are blocked in the middle of December.

A roofline job from start to finish

Our own work, photographed across a single day: the rotten fascia, what was behind it, and the finished job.

Before: the timber fascia rotted through behind the gutter

During: stripped back, showing the decayed battens underneath

After: new fascia fitted with the membrane run over the rafters

Captions name the stage each photo shows.

How a roofline job runs

A typical semi is a day or two. Doing it alongside a re-roof adds very little time, because the access is already there.

We look at what is behind the boards

The fascia is only half the story. What matters is the state of the rafter feet behind it, and you cannot see those from the ground.

Access sorted

Scaffold or a tower depending on the height and the run. If you are having the roof done as well, this is already up and the roofline costs a fraction of what it would on its own.

Old boards and gutter come off

Everything comes off rather than being capped over. Capping is quicker and cheaper, and it seals rotten timber in behind new plastic.

Repairs, then new boards

Rotten rafter feet cut back and repaired, then new fascia, soffit and bargeboard fitted, with the eaves ventilation kept.

Gutter, downpipes and a water test

New guttering hung to the right falls and bracket spacing, downpipes connected, then run water through it and watch where it goes.

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What customers say

We are a new company and we are building this up honestly. These are the jobs people have been kind enough to comment on.

Sam Young

Southern Counties Roofing completed a full re roof for me. I was very pleased with outcome and there professionalism. Would deffo recommend.

Kris Pass

Great job, thanks guys. Would highly recommend.

Clive Curley

Nice guys to deal with and a good price a1

Repair the guttering, or do the roofline properly

Worth thinking about before you spend anything, because the answer changes completely if you are already having the roof done.

	Repair what has failed	Replace the roofline
Right when	One joint leaks or one bracket has gone	Boards are soft, painted timber is flaking, or gutter sags in several places
Timber behind	Sound, and you can see it is sound	Unknown, or already showing at the ends
Cost on its own	Small, often a single visit	A day or two plus access
Cost alongside a re-roof	Barely changes	Far less, because the scaffold is already up
What you end up with	The same roofline, minus one fault	New boards, correct falls, and the rafter feet actually checked

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What failing guttering actually costs you

Guttering is the cheapest part of a roof and it causes some of the most expensive damage. A gutter that overflows does not drip harmlessly onto the garden. It runs down the wall, soaks the brickwork, and keeps that patch wet through every wet month of the year.

Inside, that shows up as damp on the wall of whichever room is behind it, usually blamed on rising damp or condensation. Outside, it shows up as green staining, spalled brick faces after a hard frost, and pointing that has washed out. All of it from a blocked outlet or a length of gutter hung slightly the wrong way.

The other casualty is the timber directly behind the gutter. Rafter feet, fascia and the ends of the roof structure are the closest thing to a permanently overflowing gutter, and they are exactly the parts nobody inspects. It is why we take old boards off rather than cap over them: capping is quicker, it looks the same when finished, and it seals wet timber in behind new plastic where it carries on rotting quietly.

None of this is urgent in the way a leaking roof is urgent. It is slow, and that is precisely why it gets left. A morning clearing gutters once a year is the cheapest maintenance on a house, and it is the thing most people skip.

If you are already planning a re-roof, do the roofline at the same time. The scaffold is up, the roof edge is exposed, and the marginal cost is a fraction of what the same work costs as a separate job with its own access. We will tell you honestly if yours does not need touching.

Questions about roofline and guttering

Can you just cap over my old fascias?

We would rather not. Capping means fixing new plastic over the existing timber without seeing what state it is in, and that timber is the part most likely to have rotted. It is quicker and cheaper, and it hides the problem you were paying to solve.

My gutter overflows in heavy rain. Is it blocked?

Usually, but not always. It can also be the fall running the wrong way, brackets spaced too far apart so it sags and ponds, or an outlet that is undersized for the roof area feeding it. We can tell which by running water through it.

How often should gutters be cleared?

Once a year is enough on most houses. More often if you have trees close by, or a roof with a lot of moss on it, because both fill gutters far faster than leaves alone.

Should I do this at the same time as a new roof?

If the boards or gutters are tired, yes. The scaffold is already up and the roof edge is already exposed, so the extra cost is small compared with doing it later as its own job with its own access.

Will new soffits stop my loft breathing?

They should not, and we make sure they do not. The eaves are how a cold roof ventilates. Closing them off with solid soffit and no vent traps moisture in the loft, which is how you end up with condensation and rot in timbers that were fine before.

Do you do bargeboards as well?

Yes. Bargeboards are the boards on a gable end and they take more weather than anything else on the roofline, so they are often the first part to go.

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