wooden fascia - repair or colourbond it?
hi guys!
right now im having a dilemma in either having to repair my wooden fascia (mostly only corners have started to rot?) or covering them with colorbond!
If i was to go ahead with just repairin/repainting my wooden fascia
1) is it a good idea to install those metal corners thingy? (a piece of thin metal that covers the corners - so that the timber wouldnt split again (how true is that i dunno - was told by a handyman))
2) can some1 recommend me a paint that is used for outdoor timber? (some1 told me WATTYL? comes with 10yr warrenty - so does that mean the paint will not peel off within 10 yrs if not i get my money back? or how does these paint warrenty work?)
3) besides just replacing the rotten corners - are there other measures i could take to prevent wood rot?/splitting?....etc
lastly the price between fixing/painting my wooden fascia is abt 3.5K but installin the colorbond cover will set me back a whoopin 4.5K (but then i would still need to hire some1 to paint the Eves which will roughly cost abt 1K)
so all up the colorbond fascia will cost me abt 2K more than just repairing the fascia
any advice/comments are greatly appreciated!
many thanks
ryan