Roofline costs
How much does it cost to replace fascias, soffits and guttering?
Cost guides publish averages for replacing gutters and for capping fascias, but a roofline is priced house by house. Here are the figures and what moves yours.
The short answer
MyJobQuote, a cost guide, gives £1,000 to £1,600 as the typical UK average for new gutters, and about £800 for capping fascias and soffits. Those are national guide figures, not a price for your house. Replacing boards, soffits and gutters together is priced only after a survey, and it comes as one written total price.
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The published figures and what they cover
The roofline figures on this page come from a cost guide we can name, MyJobQuote, a site that lists prices by job type and carries an update date on each page. Its pages show an update date and give no VAT basis, so nothing here says whether they include VAT.
| Job | Average | Page date |
|---|---|---|
| Gutter replacement, UK | Around £1,000 to £1,600 | 20/10/26 |
| Capping fascias and soffits | Around £800 | 17/09/26 |
MyJobQuote's gutter page does give one combined figure: guttering, fascias and soffits renewed together in uPVC on a 3-bedroom semi-detached house, £2,200 to £3,400. We still do not add the two averages above together, because capping and full replacement are different jobs. Capping leaves the old timber where it is, while gutter replacement is about the plastic or metal run alone, so a house that needs both has two separate jobs to price, with only one scaffold.
For clearing gutters rather than replacing them, Which? Trusted Traders give £75 to £350 for the front and back of the house (November 2025, excluding VAT) and expect South East prices at the upper end.
What sets the total for your roofline
Two houses with the same bedrooms can sit far apart, because a roofline is measured in metres of eaves and in height, not in rooms. A long, low bungalow and a tall, narrow terrace can need very different amounts of work.
- How many elevations need work, and whether gable ends bring bargeboards in.
- The height of the eaves, which sets the scaffold height.
- Capping over sound boards, or full replacement with the old ones taken down.
- Rafter feet found rotten once the old boards are off.
- The gutter profile: half-round, square, ogee or a deeper section.
- Bays, porches and extensions that change how access is set out.
- Whether old gutters and boards need taking away, and how much waste that makes.
- Whether the soffit needs a vent, or has to be tested for asbestos first.
Scaffold is part of that picture. Kent County Council licenses scaffolding on the highway at £52 per week for 2026 to 2027, and the East Sussex Highways fee table shows £127 for 28 days for Rye and Camber. The two are measured over different periods, so they do not compare directly. Our answer on scaffolding for fascia replacement goes through when scaffold is needed at all.
Reading a quote you already hold
If you already have quotes, three questions put them on the same footing. Ask each firm whether VAT is in the figure, whether scaffold is in it, and whether the old boards, gutters and waste leave site with them.
Then ask what happens if the survey has missed something. Boards that look sound from the ground can be soft behind the gutter, and rafter feet are only seen once the old fascia is off. A quote should state what it assumes about them and what follows if the assumption proves wrong.
Ours is one written total price, produced once we have walked round the roofline. We note which boards are sound as well as which are not, and anything that can safely stay is kept out of the price, with the reason. The hub page on gutters, soffits and fascias sets out the whole job, and for a smaller one see what a gutter repair costs. Two quotes that differ widely may be pricing different jobs, so compare what each includes before comparing the totals.
Where money is saved and where it is wasted
Capping over firm, dry boards saves the cost of taking them down. Replacing a gutter that is only blocked, or hanging on a loose bracket, wastes money, because clearing it and re-fixing may be all that run needs. We tell you which applies to each part, with the reason.
Money is wasted the other way too. Capping over soft timber is paid for twice, once for the cover and again for the replacement it only postponed. A retailer's page on the boards gives 20 to 40 years as the typical reliable life of uPVC when it is installed correctly, so a job done onto sound rafter feet, with the eaves ventilated, gives them a fair chance of reaching that range.
An older house may also have soffits of asbestos insulating board, a material HSE lists among soffit boards. Most work on it is licensed, so a sample is tested before any board is touched, and the result can change both the plan and the price. That is another reason a figure comes after the visit rather than before it.
More questions
Is a full replacement cheaper if I do the gutters and fascias together?
One scaffold serves both jobs, so doing them in a single visit avoids putting it up twice. The boards come off first, the rafter feet are checked, and then the gutter goes onto new fascias. A figure for your house follows the survey, and what you receive afterwards is a single written total.
Why do quotes for the same house differ so much?
The firms may be pricing different jobs: capping against full replacement, new gutters against re-fixed old ones, scaffold in or out, old boards taken away or left. Ask each one what is included, whether VAT is in the figure, and what it does if rot turns up behind the boards.
Tell us what's wrong with the roof.
You'll get one written total price.