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Fascias, Soffits, Guttering, Cladding



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Roofline........what's that then?
The point where your roof meets the outer walls of your house is called the ROOFLINE.

 
The Fascia is the long straight board that runs along the lower edge of the roof. It is fixed directly to the roof trusses and usually does all the strong arm work of supporting the bottom row and carrying all the guttering. This is no mean feat, especially when the heavens open. In a down pour the roof of a 3-bed semi could be dumping several gallons of water per second into those same gutters. 

The Bargeboard is the show off. It demands to be seen and won't carry a stitch of guttering. But then the condition of the bargeboard can often make or break the look of a house, and over the years it has evolved into some pretty fancy shapes to say the least.

The Soffit board is the unsung hero of the threesome. Saddled with a name that sounds vaguely medical, it is tucked away underneath in a supporting role to the other two boards. But without it they would not look half as good. The sofit board also provides a vital function theses days in providing ventilation to the roofs of our centrally heated houses. Without adequate ventilation , condensation will form in the roof void increasing the risk of timber decay.

The Box End is the equivalent of the local pub three characters. It's on the corner and they always end up in it .The box end is a work of art, accommodating as it does the many different angles, planes and heights of the three boards as they head for another get together.

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Conservatories

Fascias, Soffits,
Guttering, Cladding

Clad All Over!
Cladding is a wonderful thing. Certainly the builders of the 1960's and 70's thought so. They saw plastic and wood cladding as a cheap means of covering large areas of the building and at the same time creating a new look.
Unfortunately the wood cladding needed a lot of maintenance and the plastic was not very rigid and didn't have good thermal insulation qualities.
Plastic technology has moved on since then and cellular PVC can now provide a strong, attractive and highly durable finish. Cellular PVC can also significantly improve the thermal performance of a building particularly when combined with insulation, and in any case it has better thermal properties than wood.
Some of us must have timber, and really PVC doesn't suit every house. At Rainbow, in association with Swish, we are well aware of this, so in order to keep the traditionalists happy, we now offer Timbrex, a high quality substitute.

Timbrex has the textured look of timber without the pain of painting or the potential for rot.
the really clever part is that Timbrex is actually produced by hot pressing real wood fibres, from a renewable source, into the shape and texture of a rough sawn plank and the baking on a coloured finish.

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