Fascia boards and Soffits - Painting v PVC Cladding
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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.
I did my facias last year (Capped not painted). I used a ladder for front/back as I had similar issues with a garage apex I couldn't get access to the apex on and then a tight side access path. I think I paid about 600 quid (cash) for a couple of weeks but I had to shop around that was for sure.
I also got a tower for 100 quid for a few weeks.
You need to sand them down before and prep, that needs side to side force so doing on ladders is not the one for me.
Also guttering should be redone too, you don't want that being painted around do you?
You can get corner standoffs that could work on the chimney breast but you need to be very careful.
I would cap them or pay to replace if you are talking about this much cash to paint.
I also got a tower for 100 quid for a few weeks.
You need to sand them down before and prep, that needs side to side force so doing on ladders is not the one for me.
Also guttering should be redone too, you don't want that being painted around do you?
You can get corner standoffs that could work on the chimney breast but you need to be very careful.
I would cap them or pay to replace if you are talking about this much cash to paint.
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