How Much Does It Cost To Install Soffit And Fascia?

Updated on August 9, 2026 | Written by Alec Pow
This article was researched using 9 sources. See our methodology and corrections policy.

Replacing soffit and fascia typically costs about $900 to $6,800 for 100 to 200 linear feet of roof edge on a one-story home, with combined replacement running roughly $9 to $34 per linear foot. A smaller repair can stay under $1,000, while a two-story house, wide soffits, difficult access, rotted rafter tails, damaged gutters, or premium materials can push the final project to $7,000 to $10,000+.

The two components should not be priced as though they are identical. Current HomeGuide data puts fascia replacement around $5 to $12 per linear foot and soffit replacement around $4 to $22 per linear foot for typical 1- to 2-foot-wide soffits. The combined $9 to $34 per linear foot figure is a useful first estimate for a house needing both, according to its current soffit and fascia pricing.

The largest surprise is often hidden behind the old material. Removing rotten fascia can expose damaged subfascia, rafter tails, roof decking, blocked ventilation, or gutter problems. Those repairs can add hundreds or several thousand dollars to a quote that originally looked like a simple exterior trim replacement.

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• Combined soffit and fascia replacement costs about $9 to $34 (at $30 per hour, earning that amount would take about 0.3 to 1.1 hours of work, before taxes) per linear foot in current 2026 pricing.
• A typical 100- to 200-foot project works out to roughly $900 to $6,800 before major structural repairs.
• Current soffit replacement alone commonly costs $1,000 to $4,000, averaging about $2,200.
• Fascia replacement commonly costs $1,050 to $3,300, with an average around $2,500.
• Rotted eaves or rafter tails can add $650 to $4,000.
• Replacing gutters at the same time can add another $629 to $1,735 for many projects.

How Much Does It Cost to Install Soffit and Fascia?

The most useful starting measurement is the number of linear feet around the roof edge that needs work. A simple rectangular one-story house may have about 100 to 200 linear feet of fascia, while larger homes, garages, porches, gables, dormers, and complicated rooflines can add considerably more.

Project	Current installed price	Typical total
Fascia replacement	$5 to $12 (about 10 to 24 minutes at $30 per hour) per linear foot	$500 to $2,400
Soffit replacement	$4 to $22 per linear foot	$400 to $4,400
Combined soffit + fascia	$9 to $34 per linear foot	$900 to $6,800
Current Angi soffit range	$6 to $30 per linear foot	$1,000 to $4,000 commonly
Current Angi fascia range	$7 to $22 per linear foot	$1,050 to $3,300 commonly

Angi’s July 2026 soffit replacement data gives a somewhat wider range of $6 to $30 per linear foot. It puts an average soffit project at about $2,200, with most homeowners spending $1,000 to $4,000 and difficult projects reaching $9,000.

Its May 2026 fascia replacement data puts installed fascia around $7 to $22 per linear foot, averaging approximately $14.60 per foot. A typical project costs about $2,500.

What 100, 150 and 200 Feet Cost

The $9 to $34 (about 0.3 to 1.1 hours of work at $30 per hour) per linear foot combined range makes it possible to build a useful first budget before a contractor visits.

Roofline needing replacement	Low estimate	High estimate
100 linear feet	$900	$3,400
150 linear feet	$1,350	$5,100
200 linear feet	$1,800	$6,800

For a house with 150 feet of affected eaves, the arithmetic is 150 × $9 = $1,350 at the low end and 150 × $34 = $5,100 at the high end.

This is also why the home’s floor area alone is a weak estimator. Two 1,800-square-foot houses can have very different roof-edge lengths if one is a compact two-story design and the other is a sprawling one-story house with attached porches and multiple gables.

Soffit and Fascia Are Priced Differently

Fascia is the vertical finishing board along the roof edge. It often provides the surface where the gutter system is attached. Contractors commonly quote it by linear foot.

Soffit covers the underside of an enclosed roof overhang. Its real material quantity depends on both length and width. A 100-foot roofline with a one-foot overhang has about 100 square feet of soffit, while the same roofline with a two-foot overhang has about 200 square feet.

HomeGuide currently puts soffit installation at roughly $4 to $11 per square foot. For easier homeowner estimates, the same data translates that to approximately $4 to $11 per linear foot for one-foot-wide soffit and $8 to $22 per linear foot when the soffit is two feet wide.

This distinction fixes a common pricing mistake. The widely cited $9 to $34 combined figure is **per linear foot of eave**, not per square foot.

Vinyl, Aluminum, Wood

Material selection changes the bill, but labor and access can matter just as much. Current material-only fascia prices run from about $1 to $7 per linear foot, while installation adds labor and removal costs.

HomeGuide currently lists fascia materials around $1.50 to $5 per foot for vinyl/PVC, $1.25 to $4 for aluminum, $2 to $5 for wood or cedar, and $4 to $7 for composite or engineered wood.

Soffit materials show a similar spread. Current material pricing runs about $1 to $2.50 per linear foot for one-foot-wide vinyl, $2 to $3.50 for aluminum, $1.50 to $4.50 for wood, and roughly $1 to $2 for engineered wood or composite.

Angi reports broader installed soffit figures because its figures incorporate job complexity. Its 2026 estimates run about $7 to $20 per linear foot for vinyl, $9 to $30 for aluminum, $5 to $17 for wood, and $5 to $25 for composite.

The cheapest material is not always the cheapest completed job. Wood may require priming, painting, future repainting, and repair of water-damaged sections. Aluminum and vinyl avoid much of that finish work but have their own appearance and impact-damage tradeoffs.

Rot Behind the Fascia

A contractor cannot always see the full repair until old soffit and fascia come off. Water entering from failed gutters, roof edges, flashing, or deteriorated paint can rot the wood hidden behind the finished surface.

HomeGuide’s current eave repair pricing puts rafter-tail or rotted-eave repairs around $650 to $4,000. Replacing damaged rafter tails along a full roofline can run around $2,000 to $4,000.

Angi’s March 2026 repair data puts dry-rot-related soffit and fascia work at roughly $500 to $4,000 and water-damage repairs around $10 to $23 per linear foot in its current eave repair guide.

This is why a $3,000 replacement quote should not automatically be treated as a guaranteed final bill when visible rot is present. Ask whether the contract specifies a per-foot, per-hour, or fixed price for concealed wood repairs discovered after demolition.

Gutters Can Add Another $1,000+

Fascia and gutters are physically connected on many houses. Removing the gutter may be required to access deteriorated fascia, and an old gutter may not survive removal in reusable condition.

HomeGuide’s fascia estimate includes removing and reinstalling existing gutters in its basic $5 to $12 per linear foot figure, but replacement is a different charge. Angi’s July 2026 gutter installation data puts many complete projects around $629 to $1,735, averaging about $1,181. Material choice can push gutter installation anywhere from roughly $4 to $40 per linear foot.

Consider a 150-foot house using the midpoint of the combined soffit/fascia range. The midpoint is ($9 + $34) ÷ 2 = $21.50 per foot, giving 150 × $21.50 = $3,225.

If demolition then reveals about $3,000 of rafter-tail or eave repairs and the gutters need replacement at the current $1,181 average, that project reaches approximately $7,406. The visible trim was less than half of the finished bill.

Don’t Lose Soffit Ventilation

Some soffits are solid because the roof assembly receives intake air elsewhere. Others contain perforations or continuous vents that form the intake side of the attic ventilation system.

GAF explains that a balanced attic ventilation system uses intake ventilation near the soffits together with exhaust ventilation near the ridge. Replacing vented soffit with too little intake area can alter that balance.

HomeGuide currently prices individual soffit vents around $15 to $30 each and continuous vent systems at approximately $2.50 to $4 per linear foot. Angi gives a broader whole-project ventilation allowance around $315 to $465.

Homes without a conventional soffit can use other intake designs. CertainTeed, for example, sells a roof-edge intake vent specifically for homes with limited or no overhang. This is why there is no universal rule that every house must have both a soffit and a vented soffit panel.

Three Soffit and Fascia Cost Scenarios

Scenario 1, localized one-story repair: Twenty feet of damaged soffit and fascia at the combined $9 to $34 per-foot range works out to approximately $180 to $680. Contractor minimum charges and color-matching can push a very small repair higher, but replacing only the failed section can still be much cheaper than opening the entire roof perimeter.

Scenario 2, 150-foot whole-house replacement: The calculated base range is $1,350 to $5,100. A simple one-story vinyl or aluminum job with sound backing should sit closer to the lower half, while wide soffits, architectural corners, second-story work, or premium material push the quote upward.

Scenario 3, replacement with hidden structural damage: Start with the $3,225 midpoint example for 150 feet. Add roughly $2,000 to $4,000 for extensive rotted eave or rafter-tail work and the project can reach approximately $5,225 to $7,225 before any new gutter system or roof-deck repair.

Repair a Section or Replace?

Localized impact damage, one failed gutter joint, a small pest opening, or a short section of peeling fascia can often be repaired without replacing the full perimeter. HomeGuide puts average eave repair around $500 to $2,600.

Full replacement becomes easier to justify when rot is spread across several roof edges, old material is brittle or unavailable, paint repeatedly fails, ventilation needs redesign, or labor to patch many separate locations starts approaching the cost of a continuous replacement.

There can also be a cost advantage to coordinating exterior projects. If the roof, gutters, soffit, fascia, or siding all need work, sharing access equipment and demolition can reduce repeated setup. Compare the scope with current siding replacement costs before deciding which exterior components should be handled together.

DIY vs Professional Installation

A small one-story repair can be realistic for an experienced homeowner who understands carpentry, flashing, ventilation, ladder safety, and the particular soffit system being used.

Angi estimates professional soffit labor around $5 to $20 per linear foot. Removing the old material can add approximately $1 to $4 per foot. Those numbers explain why DIY can save meaningful money on a simple shed, garage, or low one-story repair.

A second-story whole-house replacement is a different decision. Access equipment, long material runs, gutter removal, concealed rot, roof-edge details, and the need to preserve ventilation make errors much more expensive. Forbes Home puts typical combined replacement around $2,700, with many projects from about $1,300 to $5,080, in its soffit and fascia estimate.

Related roof and gutter costs

If removal exposes structural deterioration, compare the repair with current roof truss costs. Homeowners replacing gutters or adding a gutter-protection system can also compare LeafFilter pricing per foot. Larger exterior projects may overlap with new siding costs when soffit, fascia, and siding have aged together.

What We Verified

• Checked: Current HomeGuide data confirms that the widely used combined figure is $9 to $34 per linear foot, not per square foot.
• Confirmed: 2026 Angi pricing puts soffit replacement around $6 to $30 per linear foot and fascia replacement around $7 to $22 per linear foot.
• Cross-referenced: Current repair data supports as much as $4,000 for widespread rafter-tail, dry-rot, or rotted-eave repairs.
• Verified: GAF and CertainTeed both treat intake ventilation as part of a complete roof-ventilation design, so vented soffit should not be replaced without accounting for the home’s existing intake system.

Answers to Common Questions

How much does it cost to replace soffit and fascia on a whole house?

A current planning range is about $900 to $6,800 for 100 to 200 linear feet on a straightforward one-story home. Larger, taller, damaged, or architecturally complex houses can reach $7,000 to $10,000+.

How much do soffit and fascia cost per foot?

Current combined replacement costs roughly $9 to $34 per linear foot. Fascia alone is commonly around $5 to $12 per foot, while soffit commonly runs about $4 to $22 per foot depending partly on soffit width.

How much does rotted fascia add to the bill?

Minor localized damage may add only a few hundred dollars, while extensive rafter-tail or rotted-eave repair can cost around $2,000 to $4,000. The full extent may not be visible until the old material is removed.

Do gutters have to come off to replace fascia?

They often do because gutters are commonly mounted to the fascia. Existing gutters may be removed and reinstalled if they remain serviceable. Replacing the gutter system can add about $629 to $1,735 for many current projects.

Does every house need soffit and fascia?

No. Many conventional enclosed eaves use both, but open-eave homes may expose their rafter tails and have no soffit. Intake ventilation can also be provided through roof-edge systems instead of conventional vented soffit. The correct detail depends on the roof design.