Better than Everest?
One of our previous customers inherited a Everest Roofline installation when they moved house and looking past it’s best, gave us the job of replacing it. Viewed for the first time it actually didn’t look that bad, so the big question was… could we do better? Let’s see.
Most of us of a certain age will remember their TV adverts and slogan.
Fit the best – fit Everest
and this is testament to their brilliant advertising campaign.
Main reason for the change was the accumulation of grime. This wasn’t helped by the profile used as this type of ‘ogee’ styling with it’s angles & curves just traps dirt & once built up is impossible to remove.
Interestingly, Everest still use this same profile today.
Amazingly on strip down we discover the fascia board installed is very thin and flexible, so weak in fact that it needs a wooden strengthener for support.
However, the soffit look’s decent enough 10mm & solid, just a shame someone had to thickly mastic it to the brick around the entire house – took us ages to scrape it all off!
Definitely NOT Best Practice.
It seems that the wooden strengthener is again used for support, nailed to the top of the barge-rafter. If you look closely you’ll see the almost standard application of clear mastic almost 10mm thick in places. All have to be removed before we proceed.
A right mess.
Don’t know where to start?
Only joking of course!
Why people hire us!
Taking shape nicely.
Here’s OUR fascia & soffit. It’s at least 10 times as good as the one we are replacing. No grooves to trap the dirt and just look at that ‘highly polished’ reflection!
Looking Good.
We’re perfectionists with our guttering.
Why people hire us!
Finishing off.
Box-ends cut perfectly & horizontal. Corners vertical. All fixings behind the trims.
We use the right equipment.
Health & Safety is top priority.
Why people hire us!
Finished.
Bargeboards fitted. Nails neatly spaced. Perfectly cut.
and rather proud of it to be honest!
In summary
In Summary – Better than Everest?
We think we produced an excellent result usng superior roofline products along with our best practice methods which always generate a top result for each and every customer. Considering Everest may well quote you twice as much in the first place, it’s fair to say you could save literally thousands of pounds by using our services.