Fascia boards and Soffits - Painting v PVC Cladding
Discussion
Hi All,
Our fascia boards and soffits need repainting; I got a painter in and he gave me a quote of £1500 for four sides of the house.
However, he said that he'd require scaffolding for the two gable sides of the house - as shown in the pics.
The quote for scaffolding each side, was £1600 plus VAT - I was told that the VAT could be 'dropped', if I was prepared to pay cash - as if I have £3200 lying around in cash.
IF I paid the bill and included the VAT, I'd be looking at a total of £1,500 + £3840 = £5340 . . . which seems a lot to me, especially as the painter said that he could do the job in 5 days. I think the painting quote is 'reasonable'; the scaffolding quote less so.
Or I could go for UPVC Cladding - a salesman dropped off leaflets at all the local houses and the quote for ours was £3200 (I'd hope that they have their own scaffolding).
The wood seems to be in very good condition, just in needs of a repaint for cosmetic purposes.
I'd welcome any advice/guidance as to what the best course of action might be.
Our fascia boards and soffits need repainting; I got a painter in and he gave me a quote of £1500 for four sides of the house.
However, he said that he'd require scaffolding for the two gable sides of the house - as shown in the pics.
The quote for scaffolding each side, was £1600 plus VAT - I was told that the VAT could be 'dropped', if I was prepared to pay cash - as if I have £3200 lying around in cash.
IF I paid the bill and included the VAT, I'd be looking at a total of £1,500 + £3840 = £5340 . . . which seems a lot to me, especially as the painter said that he could do the job in 5 days. I think the painting quote is 'reasonable'; the scaffolding quote less so.
Or I could go for UPVC Cladding - a salesman dropped off leaflets at all the local houses and the quote for ours was £3200 (I'd hope that they have their own scaffolding).
The wood seems to be in very good condition, just in needs of a repaint for cosmetic purposes.
I'd welcome any advice/guidance as to what the best course of action might be.
I would get a price to replace, and then it can be forgotten about for a few years.
From your quote, scaffold is about right against what I was charged for when my solar was installed last year [basically I was told to expect £1000 inc VAT per side of the house]. Labour and paint doesn't seem overpriced at all
From your quote, scaffold is about right against what I was charged for when my solar was installed last year [basically I was told to expect £1000 inc VAT per side of the house]. Labour and paint doesn't seem overpriced at all
carinatauk said:
I would get a price to replace, and then it can be forgotten about for a few years.
Sir Bagalot said:
Forget cladding, go for replacement
Thank you for such prompt replies.If I go for replacement, should I go for wood, or should I go for solid UPVC - which should never need painting ?
Am I the only one thinking “buy a quality ladder, make sure it’s secure and then do it yourself?” If you have quick drying primer you’ll have that done in a day, maybe a weekend if you have to do a bit of sanding a filling. If you use a quality paint you’ll probably have to do it again in five years. This is no different to hanging the lights of the guttering at Christmas. Ladder, primer, paint, brushes, £500. Job jobbed.
SonicHedgeHog said:
Am I the only one thinking buy a quality ladder, make sure it s secure and then do it yourself? If you have quick drying primer you ll have that done in a day, maybe a weekend if you have to do a bit of sanding a filling. If you use a quality paint you ll probably have to do it again in five years. This is no different to hanging the lights of the guttering at Christmas. Ladder, primer, paint, brushes, £500. Job jobbed.
No chance. That's a long way up to the ridge & the angle is way too steep. Maybe reachable with a tower but it would be a bit marginal.SonicHedgeHog said:
Am I the only one thinking buy a quality ladder, make sure it s secure and then do it yourself? If you have quick drying primer you ll have that done in a day, maybe a weekend if you have to do a bit of sanding a filling. If you use a quality paint you ll probably have to do it again in five years. This is no different to hanging the lights of the guttering at Christmas. Ladder, primer, paint, brushes, £500. Job jobbed.
When I was young and very fooish, I climbed a ladder and painted them from the roof. After dropping the brush for the second time I tied to my neck. When I finished I decided the next time I would get them changed to UPVC. Oh and several new underpants 
SonicHedgeHog said:
A compact scissor lift will cost about £200 to hire. Save money buying the ladder and use the lift all the way round the house. £5000 to paint soffits or £3500 to replace with UPVC to avoid a bit of DIY seems unnecessary to me.
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