By The Roofing Brief Team. Last reviewed: October 2026.
The soffit and fascia replacement cost in 2026 runs $6 to $12 per linear foot installed for aluminum, $8 to $15 per linear foot for wood, and $4 to $8 per linear foot for vinyl. Combined fascia plus soffit plus gutter packages from a single contractor visit run $15 to $30 per linear foot installed, with the discount coming from shared mobilization, ladder setup, and scaffolding. On a typical 2,000 sq ft home with 180 linear feet of perimeter, the all-in soffit and fascia replacement runs $1,500 to $4,500 depending on material choice and rot extent. When existing fascia is rotten from years of overflowing gutters or ice dam backup, replacement is not optional. Brands to know: Mastic, Alside, CertainTeed and James Hardie.
The short version
- Aluminum soffit and fascia: $6 to $12 per linear foot installed, 30 to 50 year life, lowest maintenance.
- Wood soffit and fascia: $8 to $15 per linear foot installed, 15 to 25 year life if painted every 7 to 10 years.
- Vinyl soffit and fascia: $4 to $8 per linear foot installed, 20 to 30 year life, lowest cost.
- Fiber cement (James Hardie HardieSoffit): $10 to $18 per linear foot installed, 30 to 50 year life, paintable.
- Combined soffit + fascia + gutter package: $15 to $30 per linear foot, $2,700 to $5,400 on a 180 lf perimeter home.
- Major brands: Mastic Home Exteriors, Alside, CertainTeed Restoration Millwork, James Hardie HardieSoffit, Royal Building Products.
- Outside benchmark: HomeGuide’s soffit and fascia cost guide (November 7, 2025) puts fascia at $5 to $12 per lf, soffit at $4 to $22 and a whole eave at $9 to $34.
What soffit and fascia actually do
The fascia is the vertical board running along the roof edge, supporting the gutter and capping the rafter tails. The soffit is the horizontal panel underneath the roof overhang, closing in the space between the fascia and the exterior wall. Together they enclose the eave, ventilate the attic, keep rodents and birds out, and shed water away from the wall. When either fails, the failure cascades: rotten fascia drops gutters, missing soffit lets squirrels and bats into the attic, blocked soffit ventilation traps heat under the roof deck.
Soffit panels come in two styles: solid (closed, no airflow) and vented (perforated for attic intake). Most homes use a mix, with vented panels along the perimeter where the rafter bays open into the attic, and solid panels at gable ends or where there is no soffit ventilation path. Check each vented panel’s published Net Free Ventilation Area (NFA) per linear foot. For the soffit vent ventilation math, see our companion guide on soffit vents.
Aluminum: the workhorse choice
Aluminum is the most-installed soffit and fascia material in 2026 because it doesn’t rot, doesn’t need painting, comes in factory-baked colors, and installs faster than wood. Material cost at the supply house is $1.50 to $3.50 per lf for fascia (0.024 or 0.027 gauge aluminum coil stock) and $2.00 to $4.00 per lf for soffit panels (vented or solid). Installed pricing runs $6 to $12 per lf depending on whether the contractor is installing on bare framing (lower cost) or wrapping over existing wood fascia and soffit (higher cost due to capping prep).
| Aluminum scope | Cost per lf installed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fascia only (cap over existing wood) | $4 to $7 | Wraps existing wood, no rot remediation |
| Soffit only (vented panel) | $5 to $9 | Adds attic intake ventilation |
| Combined fascia + soffit (cap over existing) | $6 to $12 | Most common scope, no rot |
| Tear off + replace fascia + soffit + sub-fascia | $10 to $18 | Includes rotten wood removal and 1×6 sub-fascia |
| Combined fascia + soffit + gutter package | $15 to $30 | 5 inch K-style aluminum gutter with downspouts |
Major brands: Mastic Home Exteriors (Ply Gem), Alside, Royal Building Products, Quality Aluminum Products, and Berger Building Products all manufacture residential aluminum soffit and fascia. Mastic and Alside dominate the supply house shelves in most regions. Color matching to existing gutters is standard (the same coil stock feeds both gutter and fascia production). For the gutter side of that same coil-stock pricing, see our breakdown of aluminum gutters cost.
Wood: the traditional and most expensive choice
Wood soffit and fascia is what older homes (pre-1980) and high-end new construction use. Material is typically 1×6 or 1×8 cedar, redwood, or primed pine boards for fascia, and 3/8 inch plywood or 1×6 tongue-and-groove cedar for soffit. Installed pricing runs $8 to $15 per lf because wood is heavier, requires priming and painting after install, and has more cuts (no factory pre-formed corners or J-channels).
| Wood scope | Cost per lf installed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1×6 primed pine fascia (paint-grade) | $6 to $10 | Lowest-cost wood, requires paint every 7 to 10 years |
| 1×6 cedar fascia (stain-grade) | $10 to $16 | Higher cost, beautiful with stain |
| 1×6 tongue-and-groove cedar soffit | $12 to $20 | Premium high-end home look |
| 3/8 inch plywood soffit (paint-grade) | $5 to $9 | Workhorse paint-grade wood soffit |
| Combined wood fascia + soffit | $8 to $15 | Mid-range wood scope |
For wood fascia, Homewyse (May 2026) estimates a national average of $8.53 to $13.02 per linear foot installed for 5/8 inch pre-primed solid wood boards, inside the $8 to $15 band above. HomeGuide’s soffit and fascia cost guide (November 7, 2025) shows installed fascia at $5 to $12, soffit at $4 to $22 (1 ft to 2 ft wide) and labor at $2 to $7 per lf each.
Wood is the choice when matching historic homes, satisfying historic district requirements, or when the architectural design demands a specific board profile. The downside is the paint cycle: wood fascia exposed to ice dam backup, gutter overflow, and UV needs repaint every 7 to 10 years. Skip the paint cycle by 2 to 3 years and rot starts. Repainting 180 lf of fascia is a $1,500 to $3,000 project every cycle. Over a 30 year roof life, wood fascia paint maintenance adds $4,500 to $9,000 total. Aluminum eliminates that cost.
Vinyl: the budget choice
Vinyl soffit panels are the cheapest scope, running $4 to $8 per lf installed. Vinyl is dimensionally stable, never rots, never needs painting, and installs faster than aluminum (lighter, easier to cut). The downside: vinyl gets brittle in cold and warps in heat, especially on south-facing eaves with direct sun exposure. A 30 year vinyl soffit panel often looks tired (faded, sagging) at year 15 to 18 even though it hasn’t failed structurally.
Vinyl fascia is less common than vinyl soffit because vinyl alone doesn’t have the rigidity to support gutter weight. Most “vinyl” fascia installs are actually vinyl panel cladding over a wood or aluminum sub-fascia. The same material trade-off shows up on gutters, laid out in our comparison of vinyl vs aluminum gutters. Brands: Royal Building Products, CertainTeed Restoration Millwork (PVC, technically not vinyl but in the same category), Mastic, Georgia-Pacific.
Fiber cement: the premium long-life choice
James Hardie HardieSoffit is the dominant fiber cement soffit product, running $10 to $18 per lf installed. The material is portland cement, cellulose fiber, and sand pressed into rigid panels, then primed at the factory for field painting. Hardie comes in vented and non-vented panels, with vent strips precision-cut at the factory for clean attic intake. Per James Hardie’s HardieSoffit page, soffit products carry a 30-year non-prorated limited substrate warranty; read the ColorPlus finish terms separately.
Hardie is the choice when: the house has Hardie siding (visual match is automatic), the homeowner wants the wood look without the paint cycle (Hardie paint cycle is 15 to 20 years vs 7 to 10 for wood), or the homeowner is in a fire-prone area (Hardie is non-combustible, qualifying for Class A fire ratings and some California WUI zone construction requirements). The downside is install labor: Hardie panels are heavy, dust-generating to cut, and require carbide blades and respirator masks. Labor cost is 30 to 50 percent higher than aluminum.
Combined fascia + soffit + gutter package pricing
Combined soffit, fascia, and gutter packages run $15 to $30 per linear foot installed, or $2,700 to $5,400 on a 180 lf perimeter home. The single biggest cost-save on soffit and fascia work is bundling with new gutters, because shared mobilization, ladder setup, and scaffolding get allocated across more linear footage of finished work. Typical 2026 pricing for a combined package, 5 inch K-style aluminum gutter included:
| Package scope (180 lf perimeter home) | Total cost | Per lf |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminum fascia + vented soffit + 5 inch K-style gutter | $2,700 to $4,500 | $15 to $25 |
| Wood fascia (primed paint-grade) + plywood soffit + gutter | $3,600 to $5,400 | $20 to $30 |
| Vinyl soffit + aluminum fascia + gutter | $2,200 to $3,600 | $12 to $20 |
| Hardie soffit + Hardie trim fascia + gutter | $4,500 to $6,300 | $25 to $35 |
The aluminum + gutter package at $15 to $25 per lf is the volume seller for 2026. Most homes in the Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic markets get bundled like this. For the gutter portion of the package, see our research on gutter cost per linear foot. For the underlying roof work that often triggers a soffit and fascia replacement, see 2026 roofing cost report.
Soffit and fascia replacement decision table
| If your eave shows | Then |
|---|---|
| A screwdriver tip sinking 1/4 inch into the fascia | Replace it, not cap it: tear-off plus sub-fascia runs $10 to $18 per lf in aluminum. |
| Sound boards with failing paint only | Cap the fascia in aluminum at $4 to $7 per lf. |
| A roof or gutter replacement planned within the year | Bundle it: $1,500 to $4,500 added to a reroof against $2,500 to $6,000 standalone. |
| No attic intake air | Specify vented aluminum soffit at $5 to $9 per lf and check each panel’s published net free area. |
| Hardie siding, or a fire-prone area | Price HardieSoffit at $10 to $18 per lf; it is non-combustible. |
| A historic district or a required board profile | Price wood at $8 to $15 per lf and budget a repaint every 7 to 10 years. |
| Budget is the limit and the eave is not south-facing | Price vinyl soffit at $4 to $8 per lf; vinyl fascia is usually cladding over a sub-fascia. |
When rot dictates immediate replacement
Replace now, not next year, if any of these five signs appear: each means water, pests or failed ventilation is already at work.
- Visible rot, soft wood, or peeling paint exposing bare wood. Probe with a screwdriver. If the tip sinks in 1/4 inch with light pressure, the wood is structurally compromised.
- Gutter pulling away from the fascia. Loose hangers mean the fascia behind them is rotten or split.
- Animal entry holes. Squirrels, bats, raccoons and birds enter through rotten or missing soffit panels and nest in attic insulation.
- Ice dam staining at fascia. Brown or black streaks mean ice dam water is backing up; see ice dam protection membrane code.
- Visible attic insulation through soffit gaps. Means panels are missing or shifted, which kills attic ventilation balance and accelerates shingle wear.
Gutter overflow from clogged or undersized gutters is the most common cause of fascia rot: water soaks the board and rots it from the back first.
See fascia rot from gutters, soffit vents and fascia board specification (fascia board).
Regional cost variation
Aluminum soffit and fascia runs $6 to $9 per linear foot installed in the Midwest and $10 to $16 per linear foot on the California coast, with most regions falling in between. The spread reflects labor cost more than material, since aluminum coil stock costs about the same nationwide. The table below breaks down installed aluminum pricing by region:
| Region | Aluminum fascia + soffit installed per lf |
|---|---|
| Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan) | $6 to $9 |
| Southeast (Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina) | $6 to $10 |
| Mid-Atlantic (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) | $7 to $11 |
| Northeast (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts) | $8 to $13 |
| Mountain West (Colorado, Utah, Arizona) | $7 to $11 |
| Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon) | $8 to $13 |
| California coastal (LA, SF, San Diego) | $10 to $16 |
| Texas (Dallas, Houston, Austin) | $6 to $10 |
Union versus non-union labor and scaffolding on two- or three-story homes drive the per-lf variation, not coil stock.
Cost by home size
Soffit and fascia replacement scales with perimeter, not floor area. A 1,200 sq ft ranch with 140 linear feet runs $2,100 to $3,500 for an aluminum and gutter package, while a 4,000 sq ft home with 260 linear feet runs $3,900 to $6,500. A 2,000 sq ft average home with 180 linear feet lands at $2,700 to $4,500. The table below shows the range by footprint:
| Home footprint | Typical perimeter (lf) | Aluminum + gutter package cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1,200 sq ft (small ranch) | 140 lf | $2,100 to $3,500 |
| 1,500 sq ft | 160 lf | $2,400 to $4,000 |
| 2,000 sq ft (average US home) | 180 lf | $2,700 to $4,500 |
| 2,500 sq ft | 200 lf | $3,000 to $5,000 |
| 3,000 sq ft (large family) | 220 lf | $3,300 to $5,500 |
| 4,000 sq ft (estate) | 260 lf | $3,900 to $6,500 |
The perimeter calculation: for a rectangular home, perimeter equals 2 times length plus 2 times width. A 40 ft by 50 ft home (2,000 sq ft) has 180 lf of perimeter. For a two-story home with a smaller second-floor footprint or an L-shaped house, the perimeter adjusts based on actual geometry. A two-story home with the same upstairs footprint as downstairs has the same perimeter as the one-story version, but ladder and scaffolding cost is 20 to 30 percent higher because the work happens at 18 to 25 ft height instead of 8 to 10 ft.
The right time to replace
The cheapest moment to replace soffit and fascia is during a roof replacement. The contractor already has the dumpster, the scaffolding, and the crew on site. Adding fascia and soffit to the scope adds $1,500 to $4,500 to a $15,000 reroof, but doing it separately later costs $2,500 to $6,000 because of the standalone mobilization. The second cheapest moment is during gutter replacement, when ladders are already up and the gutter is coming off anyway. Add fascia capping to a $1,800 gutter job and the all-in is $3,000 to $4,500.
The most expensive moment is as a standalone repair, with no other work happening. A 180 lf aluminum fascia and soffit replacement done standalone runs $1,800 to $3,600, vs $1,500 to $3,000 bundled with a reroof. The bundling save is real. If your roof is 18+ years old and the fascia is failing, get a single quote for the bundled package rather than two separate quotes. See our roof replacement quote guide for the bundled-scope methodology.
DIY vs hire it out
Material-only cost at the big box store: $400 to $1,200 for a 180 lf job (aluminum coil stock, J-channel, soffit panels, drip edge, screws). Add $200 to $400 for tool rental (aluminum brake, scaffold). Total DIY cost runs $600 to $1,600. Hired contractor cost runs $1,500 to $4,500. The DIY save is $900 to $3,000, but at the cost of 2 to 4 days of labor and ladder risk at 8 to 25 ft height. For most homeowners, the hire-it-out math wins.
Bottom line on 2026 soffit and fascia replacement cost
Aluminum at $6 to $12 per lf installed is the volume choice for 2026 because it eliminates the paint cycle, lasts 30 to 50 years, and bundles well with gutter and reroof work. Wood at $8 to $15 per lf is the historic and high-end choice but carries a $4,500 to $9,000 paint maintenance burden over 30 years. Vinyl at $4 to $8 per lf is the budget choice but ages faster. Fiber cement (James Hardie) at $10 to $18 per lf is the premium long-life choice for Hardie-sided homes and fire-prone areas. Bundle with a reroof or gutter project for the $15 to $30 per lf combined package and save 15 to 25 percent vs standalone scope. For a full breakdown of the gutter options in that bundle, see our guide to rain gutter cost and options. For the related fascia-failure prevention deep-dive, see our companion guides on fascia rot from gutters and soffit vents.
Soffit and fascia replacement: frequently asked questions
How much does soffit and fascia replacement cost per linear foot in 2026?
Aluminum runs $6 to $12 per linear foot installed, wood $8 to $15, vinyl $4 to $8, and fiber cement (James Hardie) $10 to $18. On a typical 2,000 sq ft home with 180 linear feet of perimeter, the all-in job runs $1,500 to $4,500 depending on the material you pick and how much rotten wood needs removal before the new panels go up.
What is the cheapest soffit and fascia material?
Vinyl is the cheapest at $4 to $8 per linear foot installed. It never rots, never needs painting, and installs faster than aluminum because it is lighter and easier to cut. The trade-off is durability: vinyl gets brittle in cold and warps in heat, so a 30 year panel on a south-facing eave often looks faded and saggy by year 15 to 18.
Should I replace soffit and fascia during a roof replacement?
Yes. The cheapest moment to replace soffit and fascia is during a reroof, when the contractor already has the dumpster, scaffolding, and crew on site. Adding it costs $1,500 to $4,500 on top of the roof, versus $2,500 to $6,000 as a standalone job later because of the separate mobilization. Bundling with a gutter replacement is the next best option.
How do I know if my fascia is rotten?
Probe the board with a screwdriver; if the tip sinks in 1/4 inch under light pressure, the wood is structurally compromised. Other signs include a gutter pulling away from the fascia, peeling paint exposing bare wood, animal entry holes, and brown or black ice dam staining running down the board. Gutter overflow from clogged gutters is the most common root cause.
Is aluminum or wood better for soffit and fascia?
Aluminum lasts 30 to 50 years, never needs painting, and costs $6 to $12 per linear foot. Wood costs $8 to $15 and needs repainting every 7 to 10 years, adding $4,500 to $9,000 over a 30 year roof life. Choose wood for historic homes or high-end board profiles; choose aluminum when you want to eliminate the paint cycle and lower the long-term cost.
Does soffit need to be vented?
Vented soffit panels feed intake air into the attic, so check each panel’s published net free area per linear foot. Most homes mix vented panels along the perimeter with solid panels at gable ends. Blocked or missing soffit ventilation traps heat and moisture under the roof deck.