What are fascias, soffits and bargeboards

Fascias and soffits boards are the part of the house that you most likely don’t look at very often, if at all. Just to explain, the fascia and soffit is the area of your property that the gutter is attached to. The underside is known as a soffit and the part with the gutter attached to it, is the fascia.
Bargeboards are fixed to the gable end of the roof to protect the roof rafters. They are just as important as the fascias and soffits and need to be painted regularly.

What should I paint them with?

If your fascias and soffits are wood and not Upvc then at some point you will need to have them painted, you can paint them in a woodstain, such as Sadolin, or Gloss such as Dulux Weathershield or an exterior satin, again by Dulux. It really depends on your preference.
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Lining paper thickness

If you are planning on decorating a room and the walls aren’t that good your best option would be to line the walls with lining paper first.

So what thickness should you use?

Lining paper comes in different thickness known as ‘grades’.
The grades range from 800 to 2000 and vary quite a lot in thickness between the lowest to the highest grade.

Some ‘DIY’ stores only stock the lower grades of lining paper, maybe up to 1200 if you’re lucky, but normally only up to 1000 grade. You can buy the thicker grade papers form ‘trade’ outlets, local suppliers or online.
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Paint calculator

I’ve been working on the new paint calculator and I’m pleased to say it is now live.

All you need to do is fill in the dimensions of the surface area to be painted such as a room or even a feature wall, enter the m² of how far 1 litre of the paint you will use goes and finally decide on how many coats you want to do, then hit the calculate button, simple!

You can try it out here: https://www.propertydecorating.co.uk/paint_coverage_calculator.php

This calculator is as simple and as quick as all the other calculators.

As always, we welcome your comments.

Using the paint calculator is easy