Changing soffits (and maybe fascias and gutters) before a re-roof. Is that stupid?

[Oxbow16]

Hi folks

 

Hope you're all enjoying the nice weather.  

 

I've almost finished hacking off the concrete render from our stone building.  We'll be having it re-pointed, but not rendered, and as such the soffits are no longer wide enough.  Plus, they need to be the ventilated type on some sections.  So once the pointing is finished, the plan is to put in new soffits to the correct width and with ventilation slots where needed.  

 

While I'm at it, I might change or at least paint the fascias and barge boards, and I hope to put in deeper/better gutters.  

 

The thing is, at some point in the future we are likely to need a re-roof.  It could be soon, it could be a few years time.  Would it be daft to put in new soffits/fascias/gutters and THEN have a re-roof?  Or are they pretty separate things?  Is there a usual order of events?

 

Many thanks

[TonyT]

I would do it at the same time but make sure that the scaffolder knows this so suitable space can be left

 

much easier/quicker/safer for all parties working off scaffold.

 

allow for some rotten wood so be prepared with some timber preservative, and or a rate for replacing timbers.  Unforeseen extras can soon bump the cost up.

 

good luck

[Oxbow16]

Thanks @TonyT  

 

When you say at the same time, do you mean?  At the same time as what please?  

 

Ta

[Russell griffiths]

5 minutes ago, Oxbow16 said:

Thanks @TonyT  

 

When you say at the same time, do you mean?  At the same time as what please?  

 

Ta

As a new roof, scaffolding up once, roof off, new facia soffit gutter and roof. Scaffolding down. 

[Oxbow16]

I can totally see the sense in that.  But obviously we need to address the soffits issue as soon as the pointing is done.  So perhaps we should look to make the soffits good and ventilated in whatever way we can manage, and then do the whole thing properly at re-roof time (whenever that may be?).  

 

I should add - there will be a scaffold up for the repointing on the back of the house (where the gutters are).  The gable end section where we will need barge boards and standard (unventilated) soffits will be done off roof ladders.  

 

Cheers

[Onoff]

Sitting here mulling the same question. I often do.

 

 

As I'd like to do EWI, a warm, new roof and hip to gable conversion I figure that would negate all the new soffits and fascias if I did them now.

 

So I carry on mulling and do nothing...

 

Tbh it's only time and money stopping me 😂

 

 

[Onoff]

@Oxbow16, you'll note I've retro fitted soffit vents. Easy to do.