DH Painter & Decorator handles fascia, soffit and roofline work in Pineham, NN4, the post-2007 estate close to M1 junction 15A, 2.7 miles from the town centre. Most homes here have uPVC rooflines, so the job is usually a thorough clean, a specialist-primed colour change or painting the remaining timber details.
A uPVC roofline changes the job
Homes of Pineham Village’s age usually have uPVC fascias, soffits and bargeboards rather than painted timber. Unlike timber, uPVC doesn’t rot, but it does go grubby. Gutter overflow leaves streaks on the face of the fascia, and soffits collect cobwebs and grime. The white can also drift towards cream over time.
That gives Pineham owners three realistic options, and Dean will tell you which suits your roofline:
- Clean only. A careful wash with a non-abrasive uPVC cleaner often brings the boards back without any paint at all.
- Repaint in a new colour. uPVC can be painted, but only after degreasing and a primer made for plastics. Ordinary gloss on bare uPVC will flake.
- Paint the timber parts only. Where the roofline is uPVC but the porch or a dormer has timber boards, we paint just those.
For timber rooflines and the general process, see our main fascia and soffit painting page.
Porch canopies, bargeboards and the timber that is left
Many houses on estates of this age have small pitched or flat porch canopies over the front door, sometimes with timber boards or a timber soffit underneath. These sit low, catch rain dripping off the main roof and are usually the first part of the front elevation to look shabby. Because they’re at door height, they also get noticed more than a fascia two storeys up.
Timber here is still young, so rot is rarely the issue. More often the builder’s single coat has worn thin on the top edges and end grain. We sand back, seal any bare end grain, prime and apply undercoat and top coat. If the main roofline is uPVC and you’d like the canopy to match, we can colour-match the timber to it.
Reaching the eaves on three-storey townhouses
Mayfly Road has three-storey terraced townhouses. Their eaves sit well above a normal two-storey roofline, and the top-floor bedrooms have Velux roof windows set into the slope. A ladder alone isn’t a safe way to clean or paint a full run of fascia at that height. We use a tower scaffold, positioned with care in tight terraced gardens, and we plan the work so the neighbouring house’s boards can be done at the same time if they’d like.
| Pineham house type | Typical roofline material | Usual access |
|---|---|---|
| Two-storey family home | uPVC, timber porch details | Ladder with stand-off |
| Three-storey townhouse | uPVC, high eaves | Tower scaffold |
Where a tower is already up for the roofline, it often makes sense to clean the Velux frames and paint any high timber details while the access is there, rather than paying for a second set-up later. We will point out anything at that level worth doing in the same visit.
Gutters and the damp valley edge
With country park land opposite and Wootton Brook running through Pineham, windblown leaves and debris end up in gutters, and blocked gutters then overflow onto the fascia below. Before we clean or paint, we check the gutter runs and point out any blocked outlets or leaking joints, because a new finish won’t last under a steady drip. Pineham has no conservation area, so a change of roofline colour is not limited by heritage rules, although any estate covenants on external appearance still apply. The Pineham area page lists the other services we offer locally.
Last updated by Dean, DH Painter & Decorator.
