Wood Rot, Stucco & Siding Repair in Florida
We cut out the rot to sound material, rebuild it, seal it, and paint it, so the outside of your house stops feeding the problem.
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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!”
“Easy to work with. Very responsive and friendly. They were able to find an exact match for my vinyl siding repair. Fixed as promised and for a reasonable price”
“The Handyman Company did a great job from beginning to end on the backsplash in my kitchen. Their communication was excellent, they showed up when they said they would and their workmanship was incredible. I had talked to a few companies prior and it was like pulling teeth trying to get those guys to follow up. The Handyman Company is run like a company is supposed to be run. I have already booked them for another job on my house and would recommend them to anyone looking for any type of work on their house.”
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“I needed several openings around outdoor lights sealed. They did an excellent job and it was reasonably priced. Very happy with their work!”
“Great service and the repair was done to my satisfaction.”
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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.
Stucco Crack & Patch Repair
Cracks routed and sealed, holes patched, and the texture floated to match the wall so the repair does not show.
Siding Section Replacement
Damaged lap, panel, or trim siding replaced in sections 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.
Rot Gets Cut Out, Not Covered Up
In Florida, exterior wood is always fighting the humidity, and the humidity never takes a day off. Rot starts 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. Caught at that stage, it is a modest repair. Ignored for a couple of summers, it becomes frames, sills, posts, 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. 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.
The Handyman Company has done this work across Florida since 1999 with crews who are our own employees, not subcontractors. Free estimate, price guaranteed in writing before we start, one year warranty on the work.
Since 1999
Our own craftsmen, not subcontractors.
Free estimate, written price before work starts, one year warranty.
State Certified Contractor
How a Real Rot Repair Goes
The difference between a rot repair and a rot cover-up is all in the order of operations.
- 1
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.
- 2
Find where the water comes from
Every rot repair has a water source: a gutter, a sprinkler head, a failed caulk joint, a bad flashing detail. If we rebuild the wood without naming the source, we are scheduling the same repair again, so we point it out every time.
- 3
Cut back to sound material
Everything soft or stained comes out. Stopping half an inch short to save a board is how filler repairs fail, and it is the corner we refuse to cut.
- 4
Rebuild and seal every edge
New wood goes in, and every cut end and edge gets primed and sealed before assembly. 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
Caulked, 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. 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: 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.
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. Rot that has reached 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
How do I know if it is rot or just old paint?
Press on it. Sound wood pushes back, rotted wood feels soft or papery, and bubbling or flaking paint over a dark stain usually means the wood underneath is wet. If you are not sure, the estimate is free and we will probe it properly and tell you what is actually going on.
Can you just fill the rot with wood filler?
Filler has a place on small, dry, cosmetic spots, but filling active rot seals moisture in and the repair fails. Our standard 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?
Fix it before the deadline conversation starts. 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?
Our specialty is section work: replacing the damaged boards or panels and tying them into what is sound, which is usually all a house needs. If we open it up and 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 the only honest way to know is to probe it, which we do at the free estimate. The whole repair goes into one written number before a saw comes out, and catching rot early is the single biggest thing that keeps that number small.