Replacement fascias

[The Old Chapel]

We currently have wooden fascias, these were fitted in 2005 and are now rotten again and need replacing. We're in a conservation area, if we were to replace the fascias with wood effect upvc, would that require permission from the local authority?

 

[malcolm]

Small chance of approval depending on your area. That wood has been painted with plastic paint and has kept water in. The answer isn't plastic. It's stripping the plastic paint off and re-painting in linseed paint that won't cause this sort of issue.

 

[Feltwell]

Yes it would need permission , and you're highly unlikely to get it. Inappropriate modern plastic fascias, doors and windows are exactly the kind of thing a conservation area is designed to keep out. Agree with Malcom, they wouldn't have rotted had the right decoration been used & maintained. I personally have gone off linseed paint because of the drying time problems and it going dirty over time - but - Bedec MSP is very well regarded by myself and several others on here. It's a water based, microporous paint that lets the wood breathe, is very easy to use and is very durable. Painted timber will look far more appropriate than any UPVC.

 

[Cubist]

Most, if not all, plastic fascia used on domestic buildings is merely a cover nailed directly to the existing timber. As a consequence this traps moisture in the wood and encourages further deterioration. Ultimately, the strucural integrity of the timber is lost and it, together with its plastic fascia, will collapse.

Plastic composite planks are available for use to replace the extant woodwork and will stand the test of time perhaps but.... sunlight and weathering will affect its colour.... and so.... you're back where you started.

Cheaper and easier to simply re-paint and with no hassle with the planning authorities.

 

[The Old Chapel]

Thanks guys. Had a firm out to look, they have said some facias look like they would require replacement and have said they would replace using wood not UPVC. Will update we we get further in to things.