Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

Wood Siding
Repair.

Rotted boards, soft fascia, broken soffit, cedar gone punky at the bottom course. I cut back to sound wood, replace what's gone, and fix whatever put the water there. One board or one wall — small jobs welcome.

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Wood Siding Repair

Rot Is Smaller
Than It Looks.

Rot looks worse from the ground than it is. It travels exactly as far as the water did and no further — so the honest scope on most calls is a board or two, not a wall. I probe to find where sound wood starts and stops, cut back to solid material, and piece in new.

The part most people skip is the reason it rotted. A gutter seam running down the back of the fascia, a missing kick-out flashing, an open caulk joint at a window head, a downspout dumping against a corner board — fix the wood without fixing the water and you are doing it again in three years. Both get handled on the same visit.

Straight talk on insurance: rot is usually not a claim. Carriers exclude long-term moisture damage as wear and maintenance, and I would rather tell you that here than after you have filed. Storm damage to wood siding and trim is different — wind tearing a board loose, a limb through a wall, hail splitting trim — and that one I document and handle for you.

Rotted board cut-out and replacement — cedar lap, painted clapboard, T1-11, board and batten
Filler repair on shallow rot — packed, sanded flush, painted to blend
Fascia board repair and replacement, including behind the gutter line
Soffit board repair and replacement
Wood trim, corner boards, and window and door head rot
Cedar and wood shake repair and re-attachment
Aluminum fascia wrap over sound wood, when you're done repainting it
The water source found and fixed — gutter seam, kick-out, caulk joint, downspout
New boards cut and painted on the ground before they go up
Storm damage to wood siding and trim documented for your insurance claim
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How It Works

Start to Finish,
I Handle It.

A rotted board shouldn't feel like a negotiation either. Here's exactly what to expect from your first call to final cleanup.

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Joe Picks Up

Call or text and Joe answers himself. Not a call center, not a scheduler. You talk to the guy who does the work from conversation one.

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Joe Inspects

Joe comes out personally, gets a ladder on the wall, and puts a probe in the wood to find where sound material starts and stops. If a board only needs paint, he'll tell you that.

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Insurance Handled

Storm damage to wood siding or trim? I document everything and work directly with your adjuster. Plain rot I'll tell you isn't a claim — carriers exclude it.

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Done & Backed Up

Crew shows up on time, works clean, and doesn't leave until it's right. Full cleanup included. The Pledge in writing — signed by Joe.

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Wood Siding Repair FAQ

What actually counts as wood siding repair?

Anything on the outside of your house made of wood that has gone soft, split, come loose or rotted through. That covers siding boards themselves — cedar lap, painted clapboard, T1-11 sheet, board and batten — plus fascia, soffit, corner boards, window and door head trim, and cedar or wood shake. It is the same skill set whether it is one board or a whole elevation, and most of what I get called for is one or two boards.

My house is vinyl. Why would I need wood repair?

Because vinyl walls still have wood behind and above them. On almost every home built in the last 35 years the fascia, soffit, corner boards and window heads are wood — the vinyl only covers the field of the wall. That wood is what rots, and it usually rots first, because it is where the gutters, the roof edge and the flashing all meet. If you are seeing paint peel or a dark stain along the roof line on a vinyl house, that is wood underneath and it is worth a look.

Where does rot usually start?

In the same handful of places, and once you know them you can check your own house from the driveway. Behind and below the gutters, where a leaking seam has been running down the back of the fascia for years. At the bottom course near grade, where splashback and mulch keep the wood damp. At window and door heads, where a failed caulk joint or missing flashing lets water in above the trim. On north-facing walls that never dry out. And wherever a downspout dumps against a corner board. Butt joints between boards are the other one — end grain drinks water.

Is it cheaper to repair rotted wood or just replace the siding?

Repair, in nearly every case where the rot is localized — and localized is what it usually is, because rot only travels as far as the water did. Replacement starts making sense when the damage is spread across a whole elevation, when the boards are so thin or cupped that new fasteners will not hold, or when you are already planning to change the look of the house. I will give you the honest read at the inspection, including when the answer is that you do not need me yet.

Do you paint the repair, or do I have to hire a painter after?

I paint it. New boards get cut and painted on the ground before they go up, and filler repairs get sanded flush and painted to blend into the existing finish. On a Montgomery job the rot had opened up through painted wood lap siding in two separate spots, and the finished repair takes some hunting to find. What I cannot promise is a perfect match to a wall that has been fading for fifteen years — if a full-side repaint is the honest answer, I will say so.

Can wood rot wait until spring?

Sometimes, and I will tell you when it can. A dry, shallow spot on a south-facing board with no path into the wall behind it can genuinely wait. What should not wait is anything open at a roof edge, a window head, or a butt joint — those are funnels, and a winter of freeze-thaw through an open cavity turns a board repair into a sheathing repair. If I look at yours and it can wait, that is what you will hear.