uPVC on top of asbestos panels?

Kiran

Beenie wrote: »

We were very dispirited I have to say. Everything about our home improvement seems to be fighting us. The land slopes, so we need scaffolding for even small jobs; the land is mostly clay, so we need expensive piling under the proposed extension; and then the discovery of asbestos soffitt panels and the recommendation to get rid of it. Talk about a money pit.......

You can write a book on the number of obstacles that get put in the way of what should be relatively simple jobs. Some you can laugh at others that make you want to throttle the previous owners, lol.


If you want freshen up the asbestos cement boards you can paint them with an alkyd paint

Ruski

You can fit soffit boards too - they will not need to disturb the existing soffit panels.
The 'starter trim' which will butt to the house brick can be screwed to the masonry, or (if you have the space) a batten can be screwed to the wall underneath the existing soffit, and then the uPVC soffits can attach the starter trim to that - this will lead to an extra 1" deeper fascia and barge boards, but that, again as Doozer says, is literally pennies to the cost.

HTH

Russ