Carpentry & Wood Rot Repair in Rochester · Insured Local Contractors

Included in your service

• Porch sills and lower clapboard checked where snow piles against them all winter
• Soft sections cut back past the stain line until the blade meets sound wood
• Replacement boards back-primed before they go up, so meltwater has no bare face to soak
• Ice dam, downspout or splash-back that started the decay shown to you on site

Included in your service

• Wet framing under ice-dammed eaves and old porch roofs opened and traced
• Hollowed studs, sills and subfloor swapped for sound kiln-dried lumber
• The leak or condensation that drew the ants in found and dried out first
• Bait or spray stays with your exterminator; the carpentry stays with us

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• Joists over damp fieldstone and block basements checked for rot at the bearing ends
• Notched or undersized 1900s joists sistered with new lumber or replaced outright
• Soft subfloor around old tubs, toilets and laundry hookups cut out and rebuilt
• Honest word on whether a slope is a century of settling or something still moving

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• Shoring posts set on both sides before any bearing stud is cut
• Flush or dropped LVL beam chosen for the opening and the ceiling you want
• Posts carried down to solid bearing on the basement slab or footing
• We tell you up front when the span needs an engineer and a town permit

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• Layout planned around the cabinets, trim and fixtures that come after framing
• Basement walls framed off the foundation on treated bottom plates
• Rafters and walls hit by fallen limbs or snow load cut back and rebuilt
• Old balloon framing opened carefully and fire-blocked where it needs it

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• Casing and wainscot fitted tight to plaster walls that have moved for 150 years
• Missing runs of Greek Revival, Italianate and Craftsman profiles matched
• Lead-safe work practices on painted trim in pre-1978 homes
• Fastener holes puttied and sanded flush, ready for primer and paint

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• Coped inside joints that hold tight as old houses dry out each winter
• Period profiles matched in Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Tudor rooms
• Base trim scribed to the dips and humps of century-old Rochester floors
• Crisp modern profiles for newer Penfield and Webster colonials

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• Original Craftsman built-ins repaired or rebuilt to match
• Window seats fitted to bay windows and sloped attic ceilings
• Mudroom lockers and benches sized for boots, coats and snow gear
• Shelving planned around what you keep, scribed to walls that are rarely straight

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• Sagging hinges, shifted strikes and racked jambs corrected before any door is replaced
• Old five-panel doors trimmed, then sealed on every cut edge against summer humidity
• Replacement doors chosen to suit the casing and hardware already in the house
• Pocket and sliding barn doors set on track rated for the slab they carry

Included in your service

• Rotted jambs, thresholds and exterior casing rebuilt before the new unit goes in
• Sill pans and flashing set so meltwater drains out, not into the floor
• Weatherstrip and threshold adjusted for an even seal on the coldest days
• Old front doors on historic homes repaired when that beats replacing

Included in your service

• Base run shimmed to a laser line across floors that slope toward the old chimney
• Filler strips scribed to plaster walls that are out of plumb in older Rochester kitchens
• Upper cabinets screwed into studs or blocking, never hung on plaster alone
• Door reveals and drawer fronts tuned even before the countertop template

Included in your service

• Wobbly newels and balusters fastened back into solid stringer and floor framing
• Creaking treads glued and blocked from underneath where the stair is open below
• Worn treads on old oak and pine stairs replaced in matching species
• Graspable handrails added on basement and porch stairs that never had one

Included in your service

• Boards, joists and posts tested with an awl so the quote covers what is really soft
• Soft and split boards replaced with matched decking
• Footings that heaved over the winter dug out and reset below the frost line
• Porch railings and steps rebuilt solid and secure

Included in your service

• Gutters pulled to expose the fascia that ice dams soak first
• Rotted fascia, soffit and rake trim replaced with primed, weather-resistant boards
• Soffit vents kept open so the attic stays cold and dry in winter
• Gutters re-hung with new hangers and resealed against the new board