Fascias, soffits and guttering

Signs your roofline needs attention

• Water spilling over the gutter in heavy rain or dripping from the joints.
• Green streaks or damp patches on the wall below the gutter.
• Gutters sagging between brackets or pulling away from the fascia.
• Soft, rotten or flaking timber fascias and soffits.
• Birds or wasps getting into the roof space at the eaves.
• Old roofing felt at the eaves that has rotted and dropped into the gutter.

What we do

• Fascias and soffits: replacing rotten timber with uPVC, with ventilated soffits where the roof needs airflow.
• Guttering: new gutters and downpipes, re-aligning sagging runs to the correct fall, replacing brackets and resealing leaking joints.
• Clearing: gutters, downpipes and outlets cleared and flushed.
• Eaves repairs: fitting eaves felt support trays where the underlay has rotted, so water drains into the gutter instead of onto the fascia.
• Bird and pest guards at the eaves where needed.

The eaves: where roof and roofline meet

The bottom edge of a roof is where the covering, underlay, fascia and gutter all meet and it's often where problems start. On older roofs, the felt underlay at the eaves rots first because it's exposed to sunlight and weather. Water then runs behind the gutter instead of into it, soaking the fascia and wall. An eaves felt support tray fixes this without stripping the roof.

Gutter size matters too: a larger roof or an extension feeding into an existing gutter can overwhelm it. On period homes with cast iron gutters, we'll advise on repairing or replacing like-for-like, which conservation areas often expect. If roofline work reveals problems with the tiles, we'll show you and quote separately for a roof repair.

What affects the cost

The length of roofline, the number of storeys and access, whether fascias and soffits are replaced along with the guttering and whether eaves trays or other roof repairs are needed. Doing the whole roofline at once is usually better value than piecemeal repairs. Free inspection, written quote.

Roofers, not just gutter fitters

Roofline work is often sold separately from roofing, by firms who don't touch the roof itself. Because we're roofers, we check the eaves, underlay and first courses of tiles at the same time and fix the cause, not just the gutter.