Porch Repair
Porch floors near the drip line, post bases standing in splash, railings gone soft — porch wood lives closest to water and fails first. We rebuild it to outlast the original.
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Porch repair starts where porches concentrate every water mistake a house makes: roof runoff, splash-back, and ground moisture meet at the posts and deck boards. On rental cabins, a soft board is a guest-review problem and a liability question. We repair with rot-resistant material, correct flashing, and post bases that stand out of the water instead of in it.
What the Repair Involves
- Probe deck boards, joists, posts, and railing anchors
- Replace failed boards and sister compromised joists
- Rebuild post bases on standoff hardware — wood out of the splash
- Flash the porch-to-house ledger correctly (the detail that rots houses)
- Rework the water: gutter line, splash, and grade at the porch face
What It Costs
Board-and-post repairs typically run $350–$1,200. Structural ledger or joist rebuilds are quoted from the probe with photos — before, not after. Every roof is different — the photo comes first, the real number before we start, and no invoice surprises after.
Materials We Use
Pressure-treated framing, standoff post bases, ledger flashing, and decking matched to the porch — treated pine, cedar, or composite where the owner wants off the paint cycle. The heavy-rain events tracked by the NWS office in Jackson (weather.gov/jkl) are exactly what splash-zone porch wood has to survive.
Cabin porches around the Gorge earn their keep in guest photos. We keep several rental porches solid on the same routes as their roofs — one local number for both. We answer calls from Beattyville, Slade, Stanton, Campton, Irvine, Booneville, Jackson, and the whole Red River Gorge corridor. Porch work rides along with our roof repair routes — one crew, one honest quote for both.
Not sure this is your problem? Text a photo and find out free — no sales inspection, just a straight answer today.
Common Questions
One post base is crumbling — big deal?
That post is holding your porch roof. Soft at the base means the load path is compromised and the fix is straightforward now, structural later. Send a photo today.
Composite or wood for the new boards?
Rentals and low-maintenance owners: composite earns its premium. Matching an existing wood porch: stay wood. We’ll price both and tell you where each makes sense.
Last updated: August 14, 2026