Fascias, Soffits & Guttering
The boards and gutters at the edge of your roof do one job: keep water off the timber underneath. When they fail, the rot starts where you can't see it. We replace them in uPVC, vent them properly, and photograph every stage.
Book a roofline surveyFascias, soffits and guttering are the finish at the bottom edge of your roof — and the first line of defence for the rafter ends behind them. We strip the old timber or capped boards back, check what's underneath, and replace in uPVC with the ventilation building regs now ask for. Every job gets before and after photos. Backed by a workmanship guarantee.
The boards you never look at are the ones holding your roof edge together
Fascias, soffits and guttering sit at the very bottom edge of the roof. Most people never look at them until the paint is peeling, a board is sagging, or water is sheeting down the wall every time it rains.
By then the damage is usually behind the board, not on it.
The fascia is the upright board your gutter screws to. The soffit is the flat board tucked underneath, closing off the gap between the wall and the roof edge. Behind both sit the rafter ends — the timber that carries the bottom of your roof. If water gets past a split fascia or a blocked gutter, that’s the wood it rots first. And rafter ends are slow, expensive timber to put right.
We replace the lot in uPVC. No more painting. No more rot. And we vent it the way building regs ask for, so the loft behind it can breathe.
We check the timber before we cap or clad anything
There’s a quick version of this job and a done-right version.
The quick version is capping uPVC straight over your existing timber without looking behind it. It’s faster, it’s cheaper, and if the wood underneath is already soft you’ve just sealed a rotting problem inside a shiny new board. We won’t do that without telling you.
The done-right version is what we do as standard:
- Pull a board and look at the rafter ends and existing timber
- Replace any rotten or soft timber before the new board goes up
- Fit uPVC fascia and soffit — fascia screwed back to sound wood, not over rot
- Build in eaves ventilation so the loft can clear moisture
- Hang new guttering off the fresh fascia, set to fall correctly
- Photograph it before, during and after — including what was hiding behind the old board
You see the photos either way. If the timber was sound and capping was the right call, we’ll show you. If it had gone, you’ll see exactly why we replaced it.
Ventilation is half the job, even though you can’t see it
This is the part most cheap roofline jobs skip, because nobody’s looking.
Warm air from your house rises into the loft carrying moisture. It has to escape, or it condenses on the cold underside of the roof and the timber up there. That’s where loft damp, black mould and rotting rafter ends come from — and it’s a slow problem that shows up years later.
The fix is airflow. Vents at the eaves let fresh air in low down; it carries the moisture up and out at the ridge. Building regs have required ventilation on replacement roofline work for years, and a roofline job done without it is a job done wrong.
We fit either vented soffit board or continuous eaves vents, depending on what your roof needs. At the survey we’ll tell you which, and why. If you’ve got a dry ridge or dry verge system up top, the eaves vents are the other half of that airflow — we’ll make the whole roof work together rather than fixing one end and ignoring the other.
New fascia, new gutter, one visit
The gutter hangs off the fascia. So replacing the fascia and leaving the old gutter is a false economy — you’ve disturbed the thing the gutter mounts to, then bolted tired plastic back onto a fresh board.
We do it together. New fascia, vented soffit, and new guttering set to the right fall so it actually clears water instead of sitting in puddles and overflowing down the wall. One visit. One set of before-and-after photos. One workmanship guarantee covering the boards and the gutter as a single piece of work.
Why homeowners call us instead of the cheapest number
We’re not the cheapest roofline firm in Cheshire, and we don’t try to be.
The people who ring us aren’t chasing the lowest quote. They’re the ones who’ve had a fascia capped over rot before, or watched a gutter overflow within a year because nobody set the fall. They want the timber checked, the job vented to regs, and photographs that prove what was done.
Here’s what stands behind the work:
- Three generations of Cheshire roofers — this is the family trade
- An in-house, fully insured team — no subcontractors turning up to your house
- Before and after photos on every job, the roofline ones included
- The most-reviewed roofer in Middlewich, every review five stars
- A workmanship guarantee on the work
- A 24/7 phone line — 01606 537305
We work across Cheshire and South Manchester — Middlewich, Northwich, Knutsford, Winsford, Holmes Chapel, and up into Altrincham and Bowdon.
Book a roofline survey
If your fascias are peeling, a soffit is sagging, or the gutter’s overflowing every time it rains, the next step is a look behind the boards — not a number over the phone.
Call 01606 537305 or email middlewichroofing@gmail.com. We’ll survey the roofline, pull a board to check the timber, and quote a fixed price with the ventilation spec written in. You’ll know exactly what’s getting replaced and why before any work starts.
Common questions
Can you just cap over the old timber instead of replacing it?
We can, but we won't recommend it blind. Capping over means screwing uPVC board across the front of timber that may already be rotten. If the wood behind is soft, you've hidden the problem, not fixed it — and the rot keeps going. We pull a board off and check first. If the timber is sound, capping is fine and cheaper. If it's gone, we replace it. You'll see photos of what's behind there either way.
Why does ventilation matter on the roofline?
Warm, moist air rises into your loft and has to get out, or it condenses on the cold timber and underside of the roof. That's how you get damp, black mould and rotting rafter ends. Soffit vents let air in at the eaves; it carries the moisture out at the ridge. Building regs have required this on new and replacement roofline work for years. We fit either vented soffit board or continuous eaves vents and tell you which your roof needs.
How long does a full roofline replacement take?
A standard semi or terrace is usually one to two days. A larger detached with a complicated roofline can be three or four. We work off a tower or scaffold depending on height and access — we'll tell you which at the survey, because scaffold affects the price and we don't hide that in the quote.
Do you replace the guttering at the same time?
Almost always, and we'd push you to. The fascia is what the gutter screws onto. Once we've got the fascia off, fitting new gutter brackets to fresh board is straightforward — doing it later means disturbing finished work. New gutter, new fascia, vented soffit: one visit, one set of photos, one workmanship guarantee covering the lot.
What does it cost?
It depends on the run, the height, and whether the timber behind is sound or rotten — we won't pretend otherwise. We're not the cheapest roofline firm in Cheshire, and the homeowners who call us aren't ringing round for the lowest number. They want the timber checked, the job vented right, and photos that prove it. We survey, then quote a fixed price with no day-rate surprises.
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