Wood Rot, Stucco & Siding Repair in Florida
Soft trim, a cracked stucco wall, or a rotten porch post is a repair we make every week: rot cut out to sound wood, rebuilt, sealed, and painted so the problem stops.
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“Scott replaced some rotted siding on the back of my townhouse. He was very professional, on time and did a great job! I will be using The Handyman Company again. Highly recommended! Thank you!!”
“Jorge replaced the siding that was rotting. Excellent job. I also had him replace soffit at my Mom's house. I'll use this guy, with this company again!”
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What We Handle
Rotted Trim & Fascia Rebuilds
Corner boards, bands, and roofline trim cut back to sound wood and rebuilt, not puttied over and painted to hide for a season.
Door & Window Frame Rot
Soft jambs, sills, and brickmould rebuilt so the frame sheds water again and the door or window keeps working like it should. Left long enough, frame rot reaches the flooring inside the threshold, so sooner is cheaper.
Stucco Crack & Patch Repair
Cracks routed and sealed, holes patched, and the texture floated to match the wall so the repair does not show. Interior plaster damage from the same leak gets patched too.
Siding Section Replacement
Damaged lap, panel, or trim siding replaced in sections, installed to shed water, and tied into the existing courses cleanly.
Seal & Repaint
Every repair gets primed, caulked, and painted to match, because bare or badly sealed wood in Florida is just future rot.
Porch Post & Column Repair
Posts and columns rot from the bottom up where they meet the slab. We rebuild or replace them and get the base detail right so it does not come back.
Rot Gets Cut Out, Not Covered Up
Yes, we fix it, and caught early it is a modest repair. Wood rot repair means cutting out all the decayed wood back to sound material, rebuilding the damaged area with new wood, sealing every edge, and painting it so moisture stays out. In Florida the fight never ends. The state's constant moisture and warmth put it among the worst wood-decay zones in the country, so rot is a when, not an if. The first sign is small: a bubbled patch of paint on a door frame, a soft corner on a porch post, a hairline crack in the stucco that drinks every rain. Ignored for a couple of summers, it becomes frames, sills, posts, deck boards, and the framing behind them.
Our repair is the real one, not the cosmetic one. We cut the rot back to sound material, rebuild the piece with new wood, seal every edge, and paint to match. We also name what caused the decay in the first place: failed caulk, bad drainage, wood sitting against wet soil. Stucco cracks and holes get patched and textured so the wall reads as one surface again, and failed siding comes off in sections and goes back on right. Home insurance inspectors flag visible rot the same way they flag bad fascia, so this is also the repair that keeps a renewal inspection boring, and it is what a buyer's inspector wants to see if you ever sell.
The Handyman Company has done this work across Florida since 1999 with crews who are our own employees, not subcontractors. The estimate is free, the price is guaranteed in writing before we start, and the work carries a one year warranty. Send a photo of the spot that worries you, and we will tell you what we think before anyone drives out.
Since 1999
Our own craftsmen, not subcontractors.
Free estimate, written price before work starts, one year warranty.
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How a Real Wood Rot Repair Goes
The difference between a rot repair and a rot cover-up is all in the order of the work. Here is ours.
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Probe and map the spread
Rot travels along grain and behind paint, so the soft spot you found is the middle of the problem, not the edge of it. We probe outward until we hit sound wood in every direction.
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Find where the water comes from
Every rot repair has a water source: a gutter, a roof leak, a sprinkler head, a failed caulk joint, a bad flashing detail, or damp air trapped against the wood. If we rebuild the wood without naming the source, we are scheduling the same repair again, so we point it out every time.
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Cut back to sound material
Everything soft, crumbling, or stained gets removed completely, because the removal is most of the job. Where it makes sense the area gets a wood preservative so the fungus cannot carry into the rebuild. Stopping half an inch short to save a board is how filler repairs fail, and it is the corner we refuse to cut.
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Rebuild and seal every edge
New timber goes in: pressure-treated, decay-resistant species, or PVC where the exposure is brutal. Where an original profile is worth saving, a Dutchman repair splices new wood precisely into the old piece. Every cut end and edge gets primed and sealed before assembly and fastened with stainless or coated screws, because end grain drinks water faster than the face of a board, which is why unsealed repairs rot from the inside of the joint.
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Finish to match
Where a small profile needs rebuilding, an exterior filler gets shaped, cured hard, and sanded to match the original wood before primer and paint. Then everything is caulked and painted, and on stucco, textured and floated so the wall reads as one surface. The repair should be invisible, and the wall should shed water the way it was built to.
Built for Florida
Why Florida houses rot from the outside in
Daily summer humidity plus an afternoon storm means exterior wood here spends months at a time without ever fully drying. AC-cooled walls sweat condensation on the humid side, and the temperature never drops enough to slow the fungus down. Once wood stays wet past roughly twenty percent moisture, decay gets going in earnest. The pattern is predictable once you know where to look: shaded north walls that never see direct sun rot first, and so does any wall a sprinkler head slaps every morning. A single misaimed rotor can do more damage than a whole rainy season.
Near the coast it gets harder still. Salt air chews through paint films and rusts the fasteners holding trim and siding on, so coastal homes need their exterior looked at more often, not less. Wherever you are in the state, the rule is the same, and there is no winter here dry enough to pause the clock: the year you notice soft wood is the cheapest year to fix it.
What Moves a Rot Repair Estimate
Nobody can price rot from the driveway, but these are the things that decide the number, so nothing surprises you later.
How far it traveled
One soft corner on a door frame and a rotted band board across a whole wall are different jobs. The probing we do at the estimate is what makes the written number honest.
What is behind it
Trim over sound framing is a straightforward rebuild. Wet rot in damp wood damages the materials around it too, and dry rot can even reach into nearby masonry. Rot that has hit studs, sills, or a porch post base means structural carpentry, and we price that with you looking at it, not after.
Matching what you have
Standard lap siding and common trim profiles match easily. Older or discontinued profiles may need to be milled or worked to match, and stucco texture matching is its own skill.
Height and access
Ground-level trim is faster than second-story fascia over a pool cage. Staging and ladder work are real labor, and they show up in the estimate rather than surprising anyone later.
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Wood Rot, Stucco & Siding Repair: Common Questions
Who is the best wood rot repair company in Florida?
The Handyman Company cuts rot back to sound material, rebuilds, seals, and paints, so the repair stops the problem instead of hiding it under fresh paint. Stucco, siding, and trim rot are handled by employee craftsmen, with a written price and a one year warranty, from six Florida offices that have dealt with humidity and salt air since 1999.
How do I know if it is rotten wood or just old paint?
Press on it, and do not worry if you cannot tell. Sound wood pushes back. Rotted wood feels soft or papery, and a screwdriver tip pulls loose fibers free where rot is active. Bubbling or flaking paint over a dark stain usually means the wood underneath is wet. Wet rot leaves wood soft and spongy. Dry rot is a fungus that can show as fine white threads and keeps working even when the wood looks dry, and both get cut out. If you are not sure whether a spot is rot or just weathering, the estimate is free, and we will probe it properly and tell you what is actually going on.
Can damaged wood be fixed with wood filler alone?
Only on small, dry, cosmetic spots, and only after every bit of decayed wood is out. Done right, a wood hardener goes on first to strengthen the healthy fibers that remain, with small drilled holes to help it soak deeper. Then an epoxy filler, the two-part kind sold in tubes, rebuilds the shape. You cannot get rid of rot by hiding it. Filling active rot seals moisture in, and the repair fails. Our standard method is to cut back to sound material and rebuild with new wood, sealed and painted, which is why we can put a one year warranty behind it.
Will a stucco patch be visible afterward?
Done right, no. The skill is in matching the existing texture and feathering the patch into the wall before paint. On heavily weathered walls we will tell you up front if painting the full wall section is what it takes for a true match.
My insurance inspection flagged rotted wood. What do I do?
Call us before the deadline conversation starts, and we will take it from there. We repair what the report calls out and give you a written scope and price, which is exactly the documentation that shows the insurer the issue was handled.
Do you replace entire walls of siding?
Rarely, and the fear that the whole wall has to come off is usually wrong. Our specialty is section work: replacing the damaged boards or panels and tying them into the rest, which is usually all a house needs. While the wall is open we check the drainage and ventilation details behind it, so the new section does not inherit the old moisture problem. If we find the damage runs wall-wide, we will show you what we found and price the bigger job honestly before anything else happens.
What does rot repair cost?
It depends entirely on how far the rot traveled, and no phone description prices rot from a distance. Photos or a short video help, but the only honest way to know is to probe it, which we do at the free estimate. Call early: rot never improves while you wait, the whole repair goes into one written number before a saw comes out, and catching it early is the single biggest thing that keeps that number small.