Roof and exterior
Fascia board replacement cost
148 ft of fascia on a two-storey house is about $2,544 to replace — the board, a drip edge, two coats of paint, and the gutter taken down and rehung, which is on every fascia job and on almost no quote. With vented soffit under the eaves it is $3,520; wrapped in aluminium over sound wood, $2,291 and never painted again; with rot in the rafter tails behind the board, $4,608. This measures the eaves and rakes, decides wrap or replace by what a screwdriver finds, counts the vented feet the attic needs, and puts the gutter on the quote.
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Fascia and soffit cost calculator
The eaves, the rakes, and what is behind the board
Fascia runs along the eaves and up the rakes; soffit is the eave times the overhang. The job is what stays: wrap sound wood, replace the board, or replace the rafter tails too.
The horizontal edges, where the gutters are.
The sloping gable edges. No soffit to vent.
96 sq ft of soffit.
Gutter down, old board off, new board up, drip edge, gutter back. The soffit stays. The commonest job when the gutter has been overflowing.
The board every house had. Primed on four sides and painted, it lasts as long as the gutter stays clear; the bottom edge and the joints go first.
For the ventilation check.
25% on the hours.
Down first, rehung last.
A carpenter off a ladder, by the foot.
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Replace the fascia board only
$2,544
148 ft of fascia · $17 a foot · 18.5 h · gutter down and up $144
The gutter is why, and the gutter is a line
Fascia rots because the gutter overflowed or dripped behind it for years, and replacing it means the gutter comes down and goes back on new hangers — $144 here. A drip edge over the new board is what stops it happening again.
This eave, each fascia
| Primed wood | $2,544 | painted, and again · 15 yrs |
| PVC | $2,815 | never painted · 40 yrs |
| Fibre cement | $2,752 | painted, and again · 30 yrs |
Same eave, same job. The painting is in the price where the board needs it.
One eave, four jobs
Wrap it, replace the board, replace both, or replace both with the rafter tails.
What the crew charges for
- 10 × 16 ft boards of primed wood fascia
The board every house had. Primed on four sides and painted, it lasts as long as the gutter stays clear; the bottom edge and the joints go first.$336 - Drip edge
Metal drip edge over the fascia, under the shingles, so water leaves the roof instead of running behind the board.$133 - Gutter down and rehung, 72 ft
Taking the gutter down and rehanging it on new hangers, per foot. It is on every fascia job and on almost no quote as a line.$144 - Painting, two coats
Two coats of exterior enamel on wood or fibre cement, off a ladder along the whole eave. Aluminium and PVC skip it for ever.$192 - 18.5 hours off a ladder
Everything on a fascia job is done off a ladder along the whole eave, and a second storey is a longer ladder and a slower foot.$1,628 - The old boards away
Rotten wood and old panels.$110
What it costs
National average. 148 ft of primed wood fascia, two storeys, gutters rehung. Not included: new gutters, roof sheathing rotten past the eave, or rake boards on a steep gable that needs a lift.
If the gutter was the cause and it is undersized, it is replaced while it is down — priced on the gutter page; rot that runs up into the roof deck is on the roof repair page.
Worth knowing
- 72 ft of eave and 76 ft of rake is 148 ft of fascia — 10 sixteen-foot boards with the waste — and 96 sq ft of soffit under the eaves at a 16 in overhang. The rakes get fascia and no soffit worth ventilating.
- The gutter comes down and goes back up on new hangers: $144 here, on every fascia job, and on almost no quote as a line. It is also why fascia rots — the gutter overflowed or dripped behind the board for twenty years — so a gutter that was doing that is rehung with a drip edge over the new board and, if it was undersized, replaced while it is down.
- Primed wood fascia is painted — two coats off a ladder along 148 ft, $192 here — and again every six or seven years. PVC or an aluminium wrap is the same eave with no ladder in it for the rest of its life.
- A second storey is 25 per cent on every hour: a longer ladder moved every four feet along the whole eave, and planks or a lift on the rakes.
On this page — 5 sections
The gutter rotted it, and the gutter is a line
The short version
- Board only $2,544. With soffit $3,520. Wrapped $2,291. Rotten tails $4,608. The same eave.
- The gutter comes down and goes back: $144, and on no quote as a line.
- Wrap sound wood; replace soft wood. Press every foot first.
- The attic breathes through the soffit: 60 vented feet for a 1,000 sq ft attic.
Fascia does not rot on its own. It rots because the gutter hanging on it overflowed when it was blocked, or dripped behind it where there was no drip edge, and the board sat wet under the paint for twenty years. So replacing it means the gutter comes down first and goes back last on new hangers, with a drip edge over the new board — a line on every fascia job and on almost no quote. And if the gutter was the cause, it is cleaned, resized or replaced while it is off, or the new board goes the same way.
The rest is arithmetic: fascia along the eaves and up the rakes, soffit under the eaves times the overhang, and the job decided by what a screwdriver finds under the gutter.
fascia = eaves + rakes · soffit = eaves × overhang
- eaves
- the horizontal edges, where the gutters are
- rakes
- the sloping gable edges — fascia, no gutter, no vented soffit
- overhang
- wall to fascia, in feet
Worked through — 72 + 76 = 148 ft of fascia, 10 sixteen-foot boards with the waste; 72 × 1.3333333333333333 = 96 sq ft of soffit.
| Wrap over sound wood | Replace fascia and soffit | |
|---|---|---|
| What stays | The old board and soffit | Nothing but the rafters |
| Painting | Never again | Wood: now, and every seven years |
| This house, two storeys | $2,291 | $3,520 |
| Per foot of fascia | $15.48 | $23.79 |
| If the wood is soft | Rot in a sealed box | $4,608 with the rafter tails |
MaterialsEstimator, Fascia and soffit replacement price survey · checked 2026-09-23
The attic breathes through the soffit
An attic needs vent area of 1/150 of its floor, and the code wants half of it low, at the eaves, with the other half high at the ridge. The soffit is the low half. A vented vinyl or aluminium panel gives about 5 to 10 sq in of net free area per foot; a 1,000 sq ft attic wants 480 sq in at the eaves, which is 60 ft of vented soffit against 72 ft of eave on this house. Vented panels along the lot does it.
Plywood soffit has no vents of its own, and a soffit replaced in solid panels because they looked neater is an attic without air. The mould on the underside of the roof sheathing is how it is found, two winters later.
480 sq in
At the eaves
1,000 sq ft attic, 1/150, half low
60 ft
Vented vinyl soffit
8 sq in a foot
72 ft
Eave on this house
Rakes do not count
$237
Soffit and channel
96 sq ft
International Code Council, IRC R806 — Roof ventilation (2021) · checked 2026-09-23
Wood, fibre cement, PVC, or a wrap
Primed wood is the board every house had: cheap, painted on four sides, and good for fifteen years if the gutter stays clear. Fibre cement does not rot and wants paint. PVC looks and cuts like painted wood, never rots and is never painted, and costs the most on the day and nothing on any day after. And an aluminium wrap over the existing board is the cheapest way to never paint again — over wood that is sound.
| Fascia, both replaced | Board, per ft | Painted | Years | This house |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primed wood | $2.1 | Yes, and again | 15 | $3,520 |
| PVC | $5 | Never | 40 | $3,792 |
| Fibre cement | $3.4 | Yes, and again | 30 | $3,728 |
| Aluminium wrap over the existing board | $1.7 | Never | 25 | $2,291 |
Two storeys, vented soffit, gutter rehung. The wrap row is over the existing board and soffit.
Alcoa / Ply Gem / Royal Building Products, Aluminium and vinyl soffit and fascia installation instructions · checked 2026-09-23
Before the ladder goes up
On the list
- Eaves and rakes measured separately: fascia is both, vented soffit is the eaves only.
- The old board pressed with a screwdriver every few feet under the gutter. Soft anywhere means replace, and a look at the rafter tails.
- The overhang measured, wall to fascia, for the soffit.
- The attic floor area, for the vented feet.
- The gutter: on the quote as a line, with a drip edge over the new board — and replaced if it was the cause.
- Wood or fibre cement: the painting, now and every seven years, on the quote. PVC or a wrap: never.
- Two storeys or a steep gable: the lift or the planks, and the hours they add.
What goes wrong
01Wrapping a soft board
The rot keeps going under the aluminium and takes the rafter tails; the wrap comes off in five years with the wood.
Instead — Press every foot. Wrap what is hard; replace what is not.
02A fascia quote with no gutter line
The gutter comes down and goes back on every fascia job — $144 here — and a quote without it finds it on the day.
Instead — Gutter down, rehung on new hangers, drip edge over the new board, as a line.
03Fixing the fascia and not the gutter
The gutter that overflowed or dripped behind the old board does the same to the new one.
Instead — Cleaned, resized or replaced while it is off, and a drip edge so water cannot get behind.
04Solid soffit because it looks neater
Half the attic's air comes in at the eaves. Solid panels or plain plywood is an attic without air and mould on the sheathing.
Instead — Vented panels along the eaves — 60 ft on this house — or vents cut into plywood.
05Nailing the new fascia to the old rafter tails without looking
Tails rotted with the board hold no nail, and the fascia sags with the gutter on it.
Instead — Cut back and sistered, about $70 a tail, before the board goes on.
06Wood fascia and no paint budget
Primed is not painted; bare primer chalks in a season. $192 of painting is in the price here.
Instead — Two coats now, or PVC and none ever.
07Fascia without a drip edge
Water runs off the shingle edge behind the board, which is how the last one rotted.
Instead — Drip edge under the shingles and over the fascia, $0.9 a foot.
08Pricing the rakes as eaves
Rakes have fascia but no gutter and no vented soffit, and on a steep gable they need a lift.
Instead — Measured separately, priced as fascia only, with the access they need.
- 01Measure the eaves and the rakesEaves are the gutter edges; rakes the gable slopes. Fascia is both; soffit is the eaves times the overhang.
- 02Press the old boardA screwdriver every few feet along the eaves, under the gutter. Hard: it can be wrapped. Soft: it is replaced, and the rafter tails behind it are checked.
- 03Decide wrap or replaceSound wood can be wrapped in aluminium and never painted again. Rotten wood is replaced, and wrapping it seals the rot in.
- 04Choose the boardPrimed wood and paint every seven years, fibre cement and paint, or PVC and no paint for forty.
- 05Count the vented feetAttic floor ÷ 150 × 144 × ½ is the square inches at the eaves; divide by the panel's net free area per foot.
- 06Put the gutter on the quoteIt comes down and goes back on new hangers, with a drip edge over the new board. It is a line, and it is why the fascia rotted.
A gutter that overflowed or sagged is why the fascia rotted, and while it is down is the moment to replace it — priced by the foot on the gutter page.
If the gutter was the cause- Fascia
- The vertical board along the roof edge that the gutter hangs on and the drip edge sits over. Along the eaves and up the rakes.
- Soffit
- The underside of the roof overhang, between the wall and the fascia. Where the attic breathes in.
- Eave
- The horizontal roof edge, with the gutter. The fascia here is behind a gutter and the soffit under it is vented.
- Rake
- The sloping roof edge on a gable. Fascia, no gutter, and the soffit under it is narrow and not the one the attic breathes through.
- Rafter tail
- The end of each rafter that the fascia is nailed to. When a gutter has leaked for years, the tails rot with the board, and are cut back and sistered.
- Drip edge
- The metal strip under the shingles and over the fascia that sends water into the gutter instead of behind the board. Its absence is why fascia rots.
- Fascia wrap
- Aluminium coil bent to the board's profile and hooked under the drip edge. No painting ever again, over sound wood.
- F-channel and J-channel
- The metal channels at the wall and at the fascia that vinyl or aluminium soffit panels slide into.
- Vented soffit
- Panels with slots that let air into the attic. About 5 to 10 sq in of net free area per foot, and the calculator counts the feet the attic needs.
- Net free area
- The open area of a vent after the screen and louvres. What the ventilation rule counts, and about half of a vent's face.
- 1/150 rule
- An attic needs vent area of 1/150 of its floor, half low at the eaves and half high. The soffit is the low half.
- Cellular PVC
- A foamed plastic board that looks and cuts like painted wood and never rots. The dearest fascia and the last.
Common questions
- How much does it cost to replace fascia board?
- About $2,544 for 148 ft on a two-storey house — $17.19 a foot: 10 primed boards, drip edge, the gutter taken down and rehung, two coats of paint and 18.5 hours off a ladder. On a single storey it is $2,218. With the soffit replaced too, $3,520; wrapped in aluminium over sound wood, $2,291; with rotten rafter tails behind the board, $4,608.
- How much does soffit and fascia cost per linear foot?
- About $17.19 a foot of fascia for the board alone and $23.79 with vented vinyl soffit under a 16 in overhang, on a two-storey house with the gutter rehung and the wood painted; $14.99 for the board on a single storey. Wrapped in aluminium, $15.48. The per-foot figure moves with the storeys and the overhang more than with the board.
- Why does fascia rot?
- The gutter. It overflows when it is blocked, or drips behind the board where there is no drip edge, and the fascia sits wet for twenty years while the paint hides it. Which is why replacing the fascia means the gutter comes down, why a drip edge goes over the new board, and why a gutter that was overflowing is cleaned, resized or replaced while it is off.
- Should I wrap the fascia or replace it?
- Wrap it if the wood is sound: aluminium coil over the board and panels under the soffit is $2,291 against $3,520 to replace both, and it is never painted again. Replace it if a screwdriver goes into the board anywhere — wrapping rot is a shiny lid on a wet board, and it comes off in five years with the rot behind it. Press every foot under the gutter before anyone bends coil.
- What is the best material for fascia boards?
- Primed wood: about $2.1 a foot, 15 years, painted; PVC: about $5 a foot, 40 years, never painted; Fibre cement: about $3.4 a foot, 30 years, painted. On this house, both replaced: wood $3,520, PVC $3,792. PVC costs more on the day and nothing on any day after; wood is the board every house had and it lasts as long as the gutter stays clear.
- Does the soffit need to be vented?
- Yes, if the attic breathes through it — which most do. The code wants vent area of 1/150 of the attic floor, half of it low at the eaves: 480 sq in for a 1,000 sq ft attic, which is 60 ft of vented vinyl soffit against 72 ft of eave. A soffit replaced with solid panels or plain plywood is an attic without air, and the mould on the roof sheathing is how it is found.
- What about the gutters?
- They come down first and go back up last, on new hangers, over a drip edge: about $2 a foot, $144 on this house, and it is on almost no quote as a line. Without gutters the same fascia job is $2,400 against $2,544. If the gutter was undersized or sagging — the reason the fascia rotted — it is replaced while it is off.
- What if the rot goes past the fascia?
- Then the rafter tails behind it are soft, and the new board has nothing to nail to until they are cut back and sistered with treated lumber — about $70 a tail, one every foot and a half of rotten eave. 12 ft of rot is about 8 tails and $560, $4,608 all in against $3,520 without. It is found when the old board comes off, which is why a quote with no line for it has not seen a rotten eave.
- How much does plywood soffit cost compared with vinyl?
- About the same in material and more in the end: $3,818 against $3,520 on this house, because plywood is painted — now and every few years — and the vents are cut in separately. It is the look on an older house. Vinyl and aluminium panels come vented, hang in channel, and are never painted.
- Can I replace fascia and soffit myself?
- The materials are about $707 for both on this house. The work is done off a ladder moved every few feet along the whole eave: the gutter down, the old board off, the new one nailed into the rafter tails, drip edge under the shingles, panels in channel, the gutter back. A single-storey eave is a long weekend; a two-storey rake on a steep gable is a lift or a carpenter.
- How long does fascia last?
- Primed wood 15 years or so with paint every seven and a clear gutter; fibre cement 30; PVC 40; an aluminium wrap 25, for as long as the wood under it stays dry. The gutter decides all of them.
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