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  • 13-02-2016 9:54pm
    #1
    somejoke
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    Little or no paint left on them but timber looks sound enough from the ground, but probably lots of little cracks in the timber.

    Can they be treated with some good timber paint or even masonary paint or even creosote, as ordinary paint will just crack in no time unless a rolls royce job is done which I can't afford but just looking for a short term solution.

    Any advice appreciated.


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  • #2
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,904 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    somejoke wrote: »
    Little or no paint left on them but timber looks sound enough from the ground, but probably lots of little cracks in the timber.

    Can they be treated with some good timber paint or even masonary paint or even creosote, as ordinary paint will just crack in no time unless a rolls royce job is done which I can't afford but just looking for a short term solution.

    Any advice appreciated.

    There is a lot to be said about PVC Facias.


  • #3
    A Law
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭A Law


    somejoke wrote: »
    Little or no paint left on them but timber looks sound enough from the ground, but probably lots of little cracks in the timber.

    Can they be treated with some good timber paint or even masonary paint or even creosote, as ordinary paint will just crack in no time unless a rolls royce job is done which I can't afford but just looking for a short term solution.

    Any advice appreciated.

    Would it be an option to cover them with PVC facia? I did mine recently. Just take down the gutters and put it over it. Only complication is putting the gutters back up, getting the tilt just right and having to make the gutter a little longer to make up for the extra length. Easy if its a bungalow. €15 for 5 metres so not madly expensive.


  • #4
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    joefuss1986 wrote: »
    Would it be an option to cover them with PVC facia? I did mine recently. Just take down the gutters and put it over it. Only complication is putting the gutters back up, getting the tilt just right and having to make the gutter a little longer to make up for the extra length. Easy if its a bungalow. €15 for 5 metres so not madly expensive.
    If you did not want to disturb the gutters, you could just rip the PVC down with a skillsaw and seat it under the existing guttering. Saves a lot of hassle/time. The wood fascia behind the guttering is usually unexposed to the elements so is typically far healthier than those parts that have been weather beaten.


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