Dry Rot & Water Damage Repair in Mountain Home, ID

When siding starts failing, the real damage is often behind it: rotted sheathing, soft framing, crumbling trim, and decayed substrate caused by water that got past failed flashing, cracked caulk, or a worn-out weather barrier. Dry rot and water-damage repair fixes the structure, not just the surface — because new siding over wet, rotted wood fails just as fast as the old.

We open up the affected areas, trace the water to its source, and remove all rotted sheathing, framing, and trim back to sound, dry material. Then we re-establish proper flashing and drainage and install a fresh weather barrier before re-siding over a substrate that's actually capable of holding the new cladding. Skipping the source is the most common reason rot comes back.

Finding the true extent matters as much as the repair itself. Water travels, and rot is frequently wider than it looks from outside — concentrated around windows, at the base of walls, behind gutters, and at deck-to-wall connections. We probe, follow the moisture path, and document what we find before we commit to a scope, so there are no buried surprises.

This is the right service when you've got soft or spongy walls, persistent peeling paint, dark staining, a musty smell, or siding that flexes when pressed. We won't cover rot to make a wall look fixed; we'll show you what's there and repair it so the problem doesn't return.