ᐅ Eaves Overhang Cladding

Hello everyone,

I wanted to ask about your experiences with roof edge cladding. The verge overhang (and also the eaves overhang) is usually clad with wood. Our builder has now offered to replace the cladding with metal at the same price. The overhang will be about 25 cm (10 inches), but the roof will still have a traditional capped tile finish.

The builder would of course save the effort of painting the cladding twice, while on the other hand, we would have the advantage of less maintenance in the future with the metal cladding.

How demanding is the maintenance of a wooden verge overhang in practice? Repainting every 3-4 years?
Has anyone had any negative experiences with titanium zinc metal cladding? Rust issues?

We can imagine both options aesthetically, as the house has a modern design.

Thanks for sharing your experiences,

Axellent

This was a loooong topic for us – painted wood was initially favored because of maintenance. Having to repaint every 3-4 years is a bit too frequent, but you definitely need to repaint at least every 8-10 years if you want the wood to last. This means expensive scaffolding again, sanding, and multiple coats of paint. Personally, I wouldn’t feel like doing that...

Then we considered aluminum beech as eaves cladding – but later it was discouraged because it warps in heat.

Next was standing seam zinc sheet metal – I still think it looks nice, especially on a more modern house. But it is expensive (especially if done nicely, i.e., with vertical seams). I’m surprised to hear it is supposed to be cheaper or about the same price as wood.

In the end, for the eaves, we chose colored panels (anthracite) from Trespa. The verge trims themselves are made of white plastic – also for durability. And since we don’t like fascia boxes, we clad the roofslope’s edge instead.

On the extensions, we had anthracite-colored standing seam sheets installed on the sides, and we are very happy with how it looks.

Here are a few pictures:

Here is another example of a bargeboard cladding. Additional costs for the single-family house were about €500 (I’m not exactly sure, as our clients negotiated directly with the roofer). The undersides were painted at no extra cost, based on the homeowners’ choice. Now the “cap” of the single-family house shines entirely in RAL 7016.

Best regards, Bauexperte

Thank you for the two responses. For us, it seems to be only about the underside of the roof overhang. Our developer definitely wants to have a prestigious project in the new development area that looks as stylish and modern as possible, in our opinion. According to today’s statement, the eaves side will definitely be made of wood and will be painted.
However, painting it should not be too time-consuming.

I have a picture on the developer’s website, but I’m not sure if it’s allowed to be posted here.??!?