Roofs & cladding
The difference between a garage that has been repaired and one that looks new is almost always the trim. Cladding covers the tired timber for good.
Most garages carry a lot of exposed softwood — the fascia along the front, the bargeboards up the gable, the posts either side of the door. It is the first thing to go and the last thing anyone gets round to, and once it has gone soft it takes paint for about a season.
Cladding it over in coated steel or uPVC ends the maintenance. We match it to the door and the roof, so a garage that has had door, roof and cladding done reads as one job rather than three.
The old up-and-over had lost most of its paint and the flat roof had gone back to bare, rotten boards. Roof, door, fascia and side cladding were all replaced in one visit - a new box-profile roof, anthracite door and white cladding right round.
Detail
Anything structural gets replaced. Cladding over soft timber hides the problem rather than fixing it.
Fascia, bargeboard, corner trim and door in the same colour family, so it looks designed.
The timber posts either side of the door take the worst of it. Clad or replaced as part of the job.
Coated steel and uPVC need washing down, not repainting.
Before you decide
The part of the conversation most quotes leave out.
What you are actually getting. If something here does not suit your garage, say so and we will price the alternative.
| Materials | Coated steel and uPVC |
|---|---|
| Colours | Anthracite, black, white, cream, woodgrain foils |
| Covers | Fascia, soffit, bargeboard, gable, corner posts, door reveals |
| Fixings | Colour-matched, into sound timber or masonry |
| Maintenance | Wash down; no repainting |
| Typical duration | Half a day to a day alongside a roof or door |
Our work
Real jobs, our own photographs.
The old up-and-over had lost most of its paint and the flat roof had gone back to bare, rotten boards. Roof, door, fascia and side cladding were all replaced in one visit - a new box-profile roof, anthracite door and white cladding right round.
Red-stained timber side-hinged doors that had rotted along the bottom rail, replaced with an anthracite up-and-over. The pitched box-profile roof and new fascia went on at the same time.
The blue up-and-over had rusted through at the bottom and the timber surround had gone soft. New anthracite up-and-over, white cladding to the posts and head, and a new roof edge.
Questions
Only where it is sound. Anything soft comes out first. We check it at the survey and the quote says which it is.
That is the point of doing them together. Anthracite door, anthracite fascia and trims is the combination we fit most often.
Fascias and soffits on the house, yes, where we can reach them safely. Anything needing a scaffold gets priced with the scaffold in it.
Also worth a look
Box-profile steel over new bearers. Old felt stripped, asbestos handled properly.
Four types of door, and the right one depends on your garage rather than on what we would like to sell you. Here is what each one does well, and what it does badly.
Replacement windows, including the single misted unit nobody else will come out for.
Send a photograph and a postcode and we will come back with a figure. If it is a repair and the door is stuck, ring instead — we prioritise those.
