Cost of replacing fascia boards: price per metre

The national market guide is from €55 per running metre. So you measure the length along the roof edge, not the square metres. These other items also often come up:

As a worked example on the from-price: 20 running metres of fascia board comes to from €1,100. If a detached house has 40 metres all round, the lower limit is from €2,200. That does not yet include any scaffolding.

If you hire scaffolding elsewhere at from €50 per day, a five day job adds from €250, and that grows in bad weather. That is why it pays to read this separately on a quote. With us the scaffolding is in as a fixed price for putting up and taking down.

Fascia boards and barge boards sit on the edge of the roof, where wind, rain and water leaking from the gutter all meet. In Friesland, with wind and damp from the south-west, that is often where you see the damage first. On farmhouses with barge boards and owl boards there is also more of that vulnerable wood than on an ordinary house.

Often the outside is still reasonable and the rot is on the back or underside, where you cannot see it from the ground. On our page about painting a farmhouse you can read what we look at extra on a property like that.

Not every fascia board has to come out. If the rot is limited to a few spots, wood rot repair with two-part repair filler is often a perfectly good option. If the wood is soft over a long length, or the fixing is coming loose, replacing is the honest choice.

You can read how we weigh that up at repairing or replacing. When you see the old roof edge laid open, as in the photos of our jobs, you see straight away whether the base is still sound too. If we replace, we look at what is behind it straight away, so the new part has something to fix to.

• photos from the ground of all sides of the house;
• an estimated length of the roof edge per side, or the dimensions of the house;
• the height, because a gable end needs something different from an extension;
• photos of the places where you see rot or peeling paint;
• whether you want to replace in wood or plastic, if you already have a preference.

If there is a shed or extension next to it, mention that, and we will include it at the site visit. You can also call or WhatsApp us on 06 3006 0558.

• Height. Gable ends and ridges need more scaffolding work than a low roof edge.
• Material. Wood or plastic, and the size of the fascia board.
• Barge boards. Sloping sections and decorative ends, as on owl boards, are more work than straight pieces.
• What is behind. If the timber behind is affected too, repair comes on top.
• Finish. Priming new wood and two top coats, in the colour of the rest.
• Old paint. If there is doubt about lead, we remove the old wood differently and do not sand dry.

Replacing itself can be done in a lot of weather, but paint on new wood wants dry weather between 5 and 30 degrees Celsius. On painting weather in Friesland you can see how many suitable days there are each month. So do not plan it only for the first free week.

Even so, you do not always have to wait for summer. In our winter project the old fascia boards came off and the new ones went on in a cold spell. If there is acute rot, that is sometimes smarter than waiting another season.

We replace fascia boards, barge boards and timber cladding ourselves, with our own scaffolding and, where needed, a cherry picker. In the project with timber cladding and barge boards you see the before and after: weathered parts out, new ones in, finished in Sikkens high gloss.

There is more about this service at fascia boards and barge boards. We are members of OnderhoudNL and a recognised training company, and the guarantee period is always stated in the quote and terms. On Google we are rated 4.8 from 25 reviews.

Send your photos and the rough measurements, and we will take a look and plan the site visit. After that you get a fixed price, including the scaffolding, so you do not have to keep track of hours or days yourself.

The amounts on this page are a national market guide, not prices from MJA Allround Bouw. Source: Werkspot, Trustoo, Homedeal and Slimster, as of October 2026.