Fascia and soffit Cork questions answered

€800 to €1,400 for a mid-terrace, €1,000 to €1,600 for a semi (front and rear) and €2,000 to €3,500 for a detached house, supplied and fitted. With new gutters, a 3-bed semi is €1,400 to €3,500. The Cork price guide has every job.

One to two days for a semi, two to three for a detached house. Scaffolding or rot behind the old boards adds time.

Yes. A fascia section up to 3 m is €150 to €300, a soffit section €120 to €250 and a corner or joint €100 to €200. See repairs.

Not for fascia and soffit on its own. With SEAI's external wall insulation grant (€6,000 for a semi, €8,000 for a detached house), the soffits and gutters usually need adjusting anyway, so do them together.

Very little. The old boards and gutters come down in sections and leave in the company's van, and the ground under the eaves is swept at the end of each day. The work is all outside.

Ask for the guarantee in writing with the price: the company's on the workmanship, and the board maker's on the uPVC and its colour.

One fascia and soffit company that covers your part of Cork. They look at the roofline, price it in writing and do the work. We never send your details to more than one company.

Yes: Cork city and the whole county, from Carrigaline, Cobh, Midleton, Mallow, Youghal to Mitchelstown, Kanturk, Dunmanway and Millstreet. Pick your town on the form.

If paint is flaking at the corners, gutter brackets are pulling forward, or a screwdriver pressed into the timber behind the gutter sinks into soft wood, the old timber must come off and be replaced with 18 mm structural board.

On 1970s to 1990s Cork estates, the last 150 mm of bitumen felt overhanging the gutter has usually rotted away, letting wind-driven rain drip behind the fascia onto the soffit and wall head; rigid PVC felt trays cure this permanently.

White cellular uPVC reflects heat best, whilst modern foiled Anthracite Grey (RAL 7016), Black Ash, and Rosewood boards use heat-reflective exterior foils warranted for 10 years against warping or fading.

Yes. Adding 300 mm of fibreglass on the attic floor often blocks the old eaves gap; fitting continuous 10 mm or 25 mm vented soffit boards restores through-draught across the rafters and clears winter roof-space condensation.

Installers bridge conservatory glass roofs and flat-roof extensions using lightweight aluminium conservatory-span staging beams supported off the main wall and garden, so nobody steps on the roof glazing or EPDM.

Most two-storey semi-detached and terraced houses are completed off modular aluminium access towers and wide staging boards included in the quote; only three-storey townhouses or steep street drops need fixed tube-and-fitting scaffolding.