Termite treatment and termite repair are two different trades. A pest company fumigates or treats, hands you a report and leaves. What remains is damaged wood - sometimes cosmetic trim, sometimes a load-bearing post or a section of floor joist - and that is a general contractor's job.
Dry rot is the same story from a different cause. Water gets behind stucco, under a threshold, through a failed roof edge or out of a leaking shower pan, and fungus eats the wood from the inside. By the time paint is bubbling or a floor feels soft underfoot, the damage is usually larger than the visible area.
The single most common failure in this work is repairing only what you can see. We probe the surrounding wood to find sound material, cut back to it, and rebuild from there. We also find and correct the water source, because rebuilding rotted wood without fixing the leak just resets the clock.
Fascia boards and rafter tails at the roof edge. Siding, shingles and trim. Door and window frames, sills and thresholds. Porch and patio posts, beams and headers. Deck framing, joists, ledger boards and stair stringers. Subfloor and floor joists under bathrooms, laundry rooms and exterior doors. Garage door jambs. Crawl space posts and girders.
Structural members are replaced with correctly sized, pressure-treated or naturally resistant lumber, fastened to current standards with approved hardware. Exposed trim and fascia get primed on all six sides before installation - which is the step that determines whether it lasts five years or twenty-five.
If this repair is tied to a termite clearance, an escrow condition or an insurance claim, we photograph the demolition, the structural condition and the completed work, and we itemise the scope so it lines up with the report you were given. That paperwork is often what closes the file.
We are a licensed general contractor, not a pest control operator. We do not perform fumigation or chemical treatment, and we do not issue termite clearances - we will refer you to a licensed pest operator for that and coordinate our repair around their schedule.
No. Fumigation and chemical treatment require a licensed pest control operator, and issuing a clearance is their job, not ours. We do the structural and cosmetic repair after treatment, and we are happy to coordinate directly with the pest company you choose.
We do a paid inspection where we probe, moisture-meter and where necessary open a small area to see the framing. You get a written scope with photos and a fixed price. That beats every guess made from the outside of a wall.
Sometimes - epoxy consolidation is legitimate for small areas of non-structural trim, decorative elements and window sills where the profile is hard to replicate. It is not acceptable for joists, posts, beams or anything carrying load. Anyone offering to putty a structural member is selling you a problem for later.
More often it is water - a failed toilet seal, a leaking shower pan or a supply line drip that has been going for years. Termites and rot look similar once the subfloor is spongy. We open it, identify which it is, fix the source, then rebuild.
Termite damage and long-term rot are usually excluded as maintenance issues. Sudden water events - a burst pipe, a supply line failure - are frequently covered. We document everything either way so your adjuster has what they need, but we cannot promise a coverage outcome.
