Wood Siding & Rot Repair
Clapboard and board-and-batten rot from the bottom edges up and around every unflashed penetration. We replace the failed wood — and shut off the water that fed it.
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Wood siding rot repair without fixing the water source is a subscription, not a repair. Every wood-siding job we do ends with the question that matters: what fed it? Sometimes a gutter, sometimes a missing kick-out flashing, sometimes sprinkler spray. The carpentry and the water fix belong to the same visit.
What the Repair Involves
- Probe-map the real extent — rot hides behind paint
- Cut back to sound wood; treat cut edges
- Match profiles: clapboard, batten, or shake, primed all six sides
- Flash the details that were never flashed (kick-outs, ledgers, penetrations)
- Identify and correct the water source, or name whose trade it belongs to
What It Costs
Localized rot repairs typically run $400–$1,500. Larger wall sections with sheathing involvement are quoted from the probe map — with photos, before surprises. Every roof is different — the photo comes first, the real number before we start, and no invoice surprises after.
Materials We Use
Primed solid-wood or fiber-cement profile matches, borate treatment at margins, prefinished kick-out flashings, and polyurethane sealants where wood meets dissimilar materials. In a climate with as many soaking-rain days as NWS Jackson (weather.gov/jkl) logs each year, those details are what keep the repair permanent.
Original wood siding on older Irvine and Beattyville homes is worth saving — the profiles are better than modern stock, and we mill matches when the lumberyard can’t. We answer calls from Beattyville, Slade, Stanton, Campton, Irvine, Booneville, Jackson, and the whole Red River Gorge corridor. Rot is usually a roof-water symptom — our roof repair page covers where the water starts.
Not sure this is your problem? Text a photo and find out free — no sales inspection, just a straight answer today.
Common Questions
Paint keeps peeling in one spot — rot?
Peeling paint in a repeating spot is moisture talking. Probe it: soft is rot, sound-but-peeling is a water source wetting the wood from behind. Either way the fix starts with the water.
Wood or fiber cement for the repair?
Match the wall. Whole-wall renovations open the fiber-cement conversation; spot repairs in wood walls stay wood so the joint lines and profiles read right.
Last updated: August 14, 2026