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Gutters costs in Maryland
What fascia and soffit repair costs in Maryland
Fascia and soffit price by the foot, and the foot is not the variable. Where that foot is — a porch run you can reach off a short ladder, or a three-storey gable end — is what decides the number.
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Quick answer
How much does gutters cost in Maryland?
Fascia repair in Maryland typically costs $18 to $42 per linear foot and soffit replacement $14 to $32 per linear foot, both including removal, new material, fixing and finishing. Rafter tail repairs run $95 to $285 each, correcting drip edge is $4 to $9 per foot, and priming and painting to match adds $4 to $10 per foot. A 20 foot porch run normally lands between $440 and $1,480 depending on how much of the soffit and how many rafter tails come into it. Access and storey height move this price more than the carpentry does.
The numbers
Maryland pricing, broken down.
Almost no contractor site in this market publishes a number, which is exactly why the question has so much search demand and so little honest supply. These are the ranges we price to in Maryland, with the reason each one is a range and not a price.
Typical in Maryland
Fascia board replacement
$18 – $42 per ft
Fascia board replacement
$18 – $42 per ft
Rotten board off, new board on, fixed into sound rafter tails and finished. The bottom of the band is a single-storey run with easy ladder access; the top is a gable end that needs staging.
Soffit replacement
$14 – $32 per ft
Cheaper per foot than fascia because the material is lighter and the fixing is simpler, more expensive to reach because the work is directly overhead. Vented and solid soffit price the same.
Rafter tail repair, each
$95 – $285
The structural member the fascia is nailed to. Sistering a sound tail is at the bottom; cutting back to sound timber and scarfing in new is at the top. You cannot see these until the fascia is off.
Drip edge corrected
$4 – $9 per ft
Small money and frequently the actual cause of the rot. Missing or badly lapped drip edge lets water run off the shingle and down the face of the fascia instead of into the gutter.
Prime and paint to match
$4 – $10 per ft
Back-primed before fixing, then two coats on the face. Fascia installed and left bare will be back as a repair, which is why we price this in rather than offering it as an upgrade.
Typical 20 ft porch run, fascia and soffit
$640 – $1,480
The most common version of this job. The spread is whether the soffit is coming off too and how many rafter tails turn out to need attention once it does.
Gutter taken down and rehung
Included in the ranges above
The gutter has to come off to do the work and goes back on afterwards. If the gutter itself is at the end of its life, we say so and quote the replacement separately rather than rehanging something finished.
Three-storey or gable-end access
+20% – 40%
Staging rather than ladders. This is a real cost rather than a markup — a gable end that needs scaffold adds a day of setup before any carpentry happens.
Wrapping fascia in aluminium instead of painting
$9 – $18 per ft
An option, not a repair. Wrapping sound wood is maintenance-free; wrapping rot hides it and is the single worst thing done to this detail. We will not wrap over soft wood.
Ranges, not quotes. Published 2026 and reviewed against work we are actually pricing in Maryland. What your job costs comes from a walkthrough — access, condition, height and finish level move a price more than square footage does. Estimates are free and in writing.
Fix the cause or pay twice
Fascia and soffit are the parts of a house that tell you something upstream is wrong. By the time a board is soft enough to notice from the ground, water has been reaching it for a long time, and that water came from somewhere specific — an overflowing gutter, a missing drip edge, a valley without a kick-out, or a soffit with no ventilation and a condensation problem.
Our quotes name the cause. Sometimes it is a four-dollar-per-foot drip edge correction alongside a four-hundred-dollar carpentry repair, and the cheap line is the one that makes the expensive line last. Sometimes the cause is a roof detail and the correct sequence is roofer first, carpenter second, and we will say that even though it delays our own work.
The version of this job we decline is wrapping soft fascia in aluminium so it looks finished. It is quick, it is cheap, it hides the problem completely, and three years later the rot has reached the rafter tails and the repair is four times the price. If someone quotes you a wrap over wood they have not probed, that is the quote to ask questions about.
Why the gutter page and this page are different numbers
We publish fascia and soffit separately from gutter repair because they are separate scopes, and a homeowner comparing quotes needs to know which one a number covers. A gutter repair at $185 to $350 for a seam does not include the wood behind it. Fascia at $18 to $42 per foot does not include a new gutter.
In practice the two jobs arrive together, because the thing that rotted the fascia was usually the gutter, and the gutter cannot be hung properly until the fascia is sound. When that happens we quote them as two visible lines in one job rather than one blended figure, so you can see what you are buying and so you can take one and defer the other if the budget needs you to.
The sequence matters too. Fascia first, then drip edge, then the gutter goes back. Anyone offering to hang a new gutter on existing soft fascia is selling you a gutter that will come off in a storm, and that is a conversation worth having before you accept the cheaper number.
Before you sign anything
What a real written quote should itemise
Ask every contractor for these in writing. Quotes only compare once they do — and Maryland law requires home improvement work over $500 to be under a written contract anyway.
- Linear feet of fascia and of soffit, counted separately
- Storey height and access method for each run
- An allowance for rafter tails, priced per tail
- Drip edge inspected, and corrected if it is wrong
- Material named — pine, composite, or aluminium soffit
- Back-priming and two finish coats included
- Whether the gutter is being rehung or replaced
Want the number for your house?
Call and describe the job. You’ll get a straight answer on whether it’s something we do and roughly what it runs, before anyone books a visit.
(301) 524-1729
Priced by us, not a calculator
Gutter Replacement
What moves the number
Why two quotes on the same job land far apart.
Usually not because one contractor is expensive. Usually because they are pricing different work. These are the variables that actually move it.
01
How high up it is
This is the honest first driver and most quotes bury it. A porch fascia reached off an eight-foot ladder and a three-storey gable end are the same carpentry at very different prices, because one needs staging, a second person and a day of setup. When we quote per foot we tell you which band that foot is in and why.
02
What the rafter tails look like
Fascia is nailed to the ends of the rafters. If water has been running down the back of the fascia for years, those tails are often soft at the very end. You cannot see this until the board is off, and it is the most common reason a fascia job grows. We allow for inspecting them and we price the repair per tail so the arithmetic is visible rather than buried.
03
Why it rotted in the first place
Fascia does not rot on its own. It rots because a gutter overflowed into it, because drip edge is missing or lapped the wrong way, or because a valley dumps water behind the gutter. Replacing the wood without fixing the cause is a repair with a known expiry date. Correcting drip edge is $4 to $9 per foot and is almost always the cheapest line that matters.
04
Material, and matching a profile
Most Maryland fascia is painted pine or a composite trim board. Composite costs more in material and less in future maintenance. Matching an older profile with a specific edge detail can mean a mill order, which adds lead time rather than much money. Soffit in vented aluminium or vinyl matches easily; wood soffit with a bead detail may not.
05
How much of the run you do
Replacing six feet of a twenty-foot run leaves a visible joint and two different ages of wood. Replacing the full run costs more and looks like a house rather than a repair. On a prominent elevation we will usually recommend the full run and tell you what the partial would have cost, so the decision is yours and informed.
On the job
What you are paying for.
Trade photography, stage by stage — the work these numbers buy. Photos of our own recent jobs come out at the walkthrough, on the actual house.
Straight answers
Gutters cost questions
Not covered here? Call and ask — you’ll get a real answer, not a “depends on the job”.
A 20 foot run of fascia and soffit together typically runs $640 to $1,480. Fascia alone at $18 to $42 per foot puts a 20 foot run at $360 to $840 before soffit. The spread depends on access height and on how many rafter tails need attention once the old board is off.
Soffit material is lighter and the fixing is simpler, so the per-foot rate is lower at $14 to $32. The work itself is directly overhead, which is slower and harder on the crew. The two effects roughly cancel out, which is why the combined run price is close to the sum of the parts rather than a discount.
Over sound wood, yes, at $9 to $18 per foot, and it is genuinely low maintenance. Over soft wood, no. Wrapping rot seals moisture against the timber and the next person to look behind it finds the rafter tails gone. We probe the board first and we will not wrap something that fails that check.
You generally cannot from the ground, and that is the honest answer. Signs worth noting are fascia that feels spongy, nails that have backed out, or a gutter that has pulled away at one end. We price rafter tails per tail at $95 to $285 so that if we find three once the board is off, you can see exactly what the change is rather than being handed a new total.
If it is near the end of its life, yes — it has to come down for the carpentry anyway, so the labour of removing it is already in the price. If it is sound, we rehang it and the removal and refit are included in the fascia ranges. What we will not do is hang a new gutter on fascia we have not made sound.
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Tell us what needs doing. We’ll walk it with you, sequence every trade it touches, put the price in writing, and leave you to decide.
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