When installing or replacing fascias, the relative merits of using wood or UPVC fascia boards can sometimes present a real dilemma for those householders who desire quality as well as economy. The fact is, however that, on all levels, modern plastic fascias give even the best wooden alternatives a serious run for their money.
For some commentators, nevertheless, the many advantages of UPVC plastic fascias are unfairly discounted in favour of the ‘superior’ qualities of wooden versions.
Thus the fact that UPVC fascias are much cheaper than wooden fascias immediately goes out of the window in the false belief that this means UPVC fascias will ‘look cheap’.
The advantages that UPVC fascias have in terms of being lightweight, and therefore easier to install (some wooden fascia boards may need as many as three people to lift and install properly) are also mistakenly cast aside as a ‘sacrifice worth making for robustness and longevity’.
Finally, the capacity of some plastic fascia boards to slip over old wooden fascias is misleadingly dismissed as a job being only ‘half done’.
The facts are: modern grain effect plastic fascias do look as convincing as wooden boards; plastic fascias are durable – unlike wood they do not rot, warp in the heat, or require any paintwork; and provided the original wood is in reasonable condition, fitting plastic fascias over them does provide full protection.
At Bliby Plastics, as experts in plastic fabrication, let us explain the many ways in which modern UPVC plastic fascias can save you money and deliver you quality.
