Wood is a renewable product and can be recycled back into chippings for fuel, or back into the ground if it is clean.
No reason for it to rot if it has been fitted correctly and is protected.
Plastic is made from oil.
Wood doesn't need painting or preservative if it is protected from the weather as soffits are.
Sorry to hear that, Orange. You pro-wood boys - what went wrong here? Was the soffit made of untreated wood you reckon?I bought a new home in 2001. Despite a couple of re-paints my soffits, barge-boards, fascias etc were all rotting very badly at the front of the house especially, which gets most sun, rain and wind. Replaced them all with UPVC in 2010 and don't regret it at all - looks like new still and much smarter than the other tatty houses on the estate that have not replaced them yet. Actually, quite a high number have done the same as me.
Wood doesn't need painting or preservative if it is protected from the weather as soffits are.
It would be in the detailing.Sorry to hear that, Orange. You pro-wood boys - what went wrong here? Was the soffit made of untreated wood you reckon?