Fascias and soffits, fitted right

Fascia and soffit replacement strips tired or rotten boards back to the rafter ends and fits new uPVC that will not rot, peel or need painting. It matters more than it looks: the fascia carries your gutters, and the soffit ventilates your loft, so when either fails the problems spread well beyond flaking paint.

What the service covers

• Full replacement: old boards stripped to the rafter ends, timber behind inspected and treated, new uPVC fascias and soffits fitted.
• Vented soffits: new soffits with built-in ventilation, or over-fascia vents, restoring the airflow lofts need.
• Capping: new uPVC fixed over existing boards, a legitimate budget option over sound, dry timber only.
• Combined guttering: new gutters hung on the new boards in the same visit, since the brackets fix to the fascia and the old gutters come off anyway. See our guttering service.

When your boards need replacing

Flaking paint and soft timber are the obvious signs: if a screwdriver pushes into the board easily, rot is established. Sagging or leaking gutters often trace back to failing fascias losing their grip on the brackets. Birds or wasps getting into the roof usually means gaps in decayed soffits, and damp rafter ends or a mouldy loft point at water tracking behind the fascia or blocked ventilation. Any of these means the boards are past cosmetic fixes.

How the work runs

A whole-house replacement usually needs scaffold, because the work happens at gutter height on every elevation; a single run, such as one rotten length above a garage, can often be done from a tower for less. The installer strips the old boards, checks and treats the rafter ends behind, fits the new fascias, soffits and trims, and rehangs or renews the guttering. Most whole-house jobs are done in two to four days including the scaffold.

What fascias and soffits cost

These are the 2026 rates from our fascias and soffits cost guide, which also covers what scaffold adds and when capping makes sense:

The ventilation bonus

Soffits are your loft's air intake, and old timber ones are often unvented or sealed shut by decades of paint. That traps moist household air in the roof space, where it condenses on the underside of the felt and drips back onto the insulation. New vented soffits restore the airflow and cure many persistent damp-loft problems as a side effect of the job. If your loft drips in winter, read our guide to condensation in the loft before blaming the roof covering.

Why use a vetted installer

Fascia work is a doorstep-sales favourite, and the difference between a proper job and a cover-up is invisible from the ground. Every installer we refer is vetted for insurance, trading history and the quality of recent work, and their quotes can be checked against the fair rates above. Get up to three itemised quotes through our free quote service, with no obligation to accept any of them.