Extension external cornice - prices and ideas

MisterNick

We are having a single storey extension built across the back of the house, that requires an external cornice to run around the top level of bricks and finish it off.

We randomly got a quote of the internet which, for 19m of linear Bloomsbury facia, 4 mitre corners, and 2 welded gutter outlets, came in at just under £7.5k plus VAT. Our guys to fit, and a guttering kit was extra
This is way more than we had expected, and I suspect not what we want.

We have since looked for alternatives, but are struggling to find what we want. We have also looked at cornice stones but they tend to be for walls. We also not sure of whether we have have the correct terminology as it seems to be called other things.

 Any thoughts on whether our price expectation is way off, and any pointers as to where we may be able to go for alternatives. Also if anybody has any recommendations based on actual experience it would be appreciated. 

Many thanks

FreeBear

Post a few pictures of what you currently have, and I'm sure we collectively, can point you in the right direction.

Although, this is the sort of detail that your architect should be able to answer, and the builders should be familiar with sources of materials - That said, neither of them really care about pricing, as it is the customer that picks up the final cost.

MisterNick

Thanks Freebear. At the moment there is no existing as it is a new extension. There is another 1 and a half to two rows of blocks to go on.

i have spoken to the builder and architect and am quite happy with their responses. The ball is currently in our court to investigate what we want and come up with some pointers. I thought I would ask on here as we are more likely to get ideas and responses from a broader range of experiences. The builder isn't currently advocating wood due to maintenance.

Thanks again

Doozergirl

There's no other fascia on the building currently so you could have almost anything topping a parapet and go for a simpler look.  

It depend on how much you usually spend looking back at the house.  

Aluminium can isn't cheap but it would be cheaper.  

Or go for a cast stone capping with a decent overhang on it and use timber cornice. 

https://www.humbercaststone.co.uk/product/double-chamfered-wall-coping-280mm-x-600mm/?attribute_colour=Buff&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvL-oBhCxARIsAHkOiu16W5DowulSgRNHBRmkj35XWVm5XWNQUxfYFD5zwo0BPEDj85AodZoaAgu_EALw_wcB

FreeBear

MisterNick said: At the moment there is no existing as it is a new extension. There is another 1 and a half to two rows of blocks to go on.

Not seeing what you are trying to match up - The fascia on the existing property appears to be a plain uPVC affair. To replicate that on the extension would only be a few ££ in material costs.

MisterNick

Doozergirl said:

There's no other fascia on the building currently so you could have almost anything topping a parapet and go for a simpler look.  

It depend on how much you usually spend looking back at the house.  

Aluminium can isn't cheap but it would be cheaper.  

Or go for a cast stone capping with a decent overhang on it and use timber cornice. 

https://www.humbercaststone.co.uk/product/double-chamfered-wall-coping-280mm-x-600mm/?attribute_colour=Buff&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvL-oBhCxARIsAHkOiu16W5DowulSgRNHBRmkj35XWVm5XWNQUxfYFD5zwo0BPEDj85AodZoaAgu_EALw_wcB

Thanks Dozergirl,
I tried Googling aluminium external cornice and didn't many suggestions. Most were around aluminium trim
I saw this one;
https://victoriancornice.co.uk/product/exterior-coving-c832/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0uW-zpbDgQMVTMTtCh1KKAjkEAQYBCABEgIvrPD_BwE
 but unless I am missing something I can't wee what it is made of or the corner pieces

Thanks for the link. I had a look and presume you mean something like the CP54-890, but again not sure where the straight pieces are.

MisterNick

FreeBear said:

MisterNick said: At the moment there is no existing as it is a new extension. There is another 1 and a half to two rows of blocks to go on.

Not seeing what you are trying to match up - The fascia on the existing property appears to be a plain uPVC affair. To replicate that on the extension would only be a few ££ in material costs.

Sorry Freebear, I was a bit lacking on the description.

We are having upvc sash windows and upvc doors. We were going for aluminium until we decided on sash windows.
It is being silicon rendered, as is the rest of the house.

We are thinking of 200-400mm deep. and aluminium as it will be more durable, have a better finish and shouldn't show up the windows and doors. Happy to be educated on this.
You are right, that the existing on the house is plain upvc guttering, but we feel we want a better feature on the extension

We probably won't look back from the garden too much, but still want it to look nice when we do.

Although you can't see from the pictures, there are 4.5m x 2m and 1.5m x 1.5m lanterns going in. 

Slinky

What sort of roofing material are you having? We had EDPM which being grey went very well with the rest of the grey finish we had on the cornice and cladding. The cornice is upvc and the cladding is a recycled wood/plastic composite. (Silicon render below was changed from this as the supplier sent the wrong colour).

MisterNick

Like you say Slinky, it all blends nicely.

Our roof is being felted.

Where did you get your cornice from, and do they have a shaped version?

Doozergirl

You're having a felt roof?  

I think you've got your priorities mixed up here.  Other types of flat roofing materials these days have greater longevity than felt.  That would be far more important to me to spend money on than ornate trim.  

I was talking about aluminium coping on a parapet, keeping the look simple rather than full orangery style.

Do what you please but upgrade your roofing material, please.  🙏 

 

MisterNick

Thanks Dozergirl.
I have taken a few peoples view on the covering and the options we came up with were felt, fibre glass and rubber. We excluded rubber, and although fibreglass was considered superior to felt we thought that todays felting is a lot better than its reputation and it depends on who fits it. 
We struggled to find someone with a reputation for fibreglass, but the felter has a very good reputation, both with end users and in the building trade.
I appreciate your opinion and will investigate further