Wood Siding Repair
Rotted boards, peeling paint, moisture damage behind the wall — wood siding problems don’t fix themselves, and they don’t stay small. Rainwood Construction diagnoses the cause, repairs the structure, and replaces what needs replacing.
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Why Wood Siding Fails in the Pacific Northwest
Wood siding doesn’t “wear out.” It fails for specific, traceable reasons — and almost all involve water getting where it shouldn’t.
Missing kick-out diverters at roof-to-wall transitions. No pan flashing at window sills. House wrap lapped wrong — upper sheet behind lower instead of over it. These are installation defects, not age-related wear. We find them on 5-year-old houses and 50-year-old houses alike.
Cedar, fir, engineered wood, T1-11 — every wood-based material rots when moisture gets trapped behind it. Eight months of PNW rain, north elevations that never see sun. If the wall wasn’t built to drain and dry, the siding is buying time.
That’s why exterior wood siding repair done right goes deeper than swapping boards. The rot you see on the surface started somewhere else.
What Wood Siding Repair Actually Costs
Spot repair — a few boards with intact sheathing — runs $500–1,500. Remove rotted lap boards, check WRB, re-flash if needed, install new boards, prime, paint. Half a day.
When damage goes deeper — rotted sheathing, soft studs, failed WRB — scope changes fast. A window corner with rot into framing can run $2,000–5,000. A full elevation with widespread moisture damage: $5,000–15,000 depending on how far rot has spread.
Rainwood Construction quotes repair after opening up the damage — not before. We estimate a range from outside, but the real scope shows once we pull boards. No one can honestly quote a wooden siding repair without seeing the substrate.
OUR SIDING SERVICES
What Rainwood Construction covers for wood siding repair projects.
Board-Level Siding Repair
Remove damaged boards, inspect sheathing and WRB, replace with species- and profile-matched material. We keep cutoffs from recent jobs and source discontinued profiles through wholesale. Every replacement board gets back-primed before install.
Structural Rot Repair
When rot reaches sheathing or framing, the repair is structural. Cut back to dry, sound wood — sometimes more wall than expected. Sister damaged studs, new sheathing, WRB, proper flashing, then close up with siding. This is where house wood siding repair projects reveal their true scope.
Flashing & Moisture Source Correction
Replacing rotted siding without fixing the water entry is a temporary patch. We install pan flashing at sills, kick-out diverters at roof-to-wall, step flashing where missing, and correct WRB lap direction. The goal: repair wood siding on the house once — not every five years.
Paint & Finish Restoration
Peeling, cracking, chalking — usually a symptom, not the disease. If moisture is pushing paint off from behind, repainting is a waste. We find the source first. Once the wall is dry and repaired: prep, prime, two coats 100% acrylic latex, back-primed replacements, caulked joints.
Full Elevation Re-Siding
When 40%+ of an elevation is compromised, re-siding costs less than patching. Strip the elevation, repair structure, new WRB and flashing, re-side with matched or upgraded material. Sometimes the smart repair is a re-side.
Rainwood also offers interior renovations. Contact us to discuss your project.
COMMON PROBLEMS WE FIX
The wood siding repair issues we see most in Greater Seattle.
WHY CHOOSE RAINWOOD CONSTRUCTION?
Wood siding repair contractors who only replace what’s visible are setting up the next callback. Wrong flashing, compromised WRB, wet sheathing — new boards over bad substrate rot again. Rainwood Construction opens the wall, finds the source, fixes the system, then closes it up.
- Every repair starts with pulling boards and inspecting the substrate — no guessing from outside
- Flashing and WRB correction included in every structural repair scope
- Species- and profile-matched replacement boards, back-primed before install
- Written scope after damage assessment — no surprise change orders
10+
Years Experience
Our Recent Projects
Browse through some of our recent siding installations and repairs across the Greater Seattle area.
We had an excellent experience with them on our sunroom project. The quality of the work was outstanding, they were easy to work with, and they clearly explained each step, the schedule, and key decisions (with various options to help us understand cost) along the way. Communication was solid from start to finish, and the final result looks great. Highly recommend, they are my new go to recommendation when friends ask.
Rainwood construction completed 2 projects in my home recently. The first, which was to add a bar in my family room, which when completed fit so well that it looked like it always belonged there. It came out exactly how we wanted it and we love it. The second project was to completely remodel and modernize my 1955 original kitchen. The kitchen turned out fantastic! It’s light and bright with clean lines exactly how we had envisioned it. The team was polite, competent, hard working and always cleaned up after themselves at the end of the day. They always made sure to ask how I wanted things done when there were options, making suggestions where needed and made sure I was happy with the completion of items along the way. I was very pleased with the quality of the work, plan to use them again in the future and have already recommended them!
Excellent work done ✅ I’m really impressed and looking forward working further. Recommend 👍
Anatoliy and his company, is great person to have a business with!!!
We just remodelled the entire main floor of our house; the scope included changing floors, installing new cabinets including a drop ceiling, added a custom entertainment wall, and fully upgraded the powder room, among other work such as electrical upgrades including an EV plug. We are overall very happy with the work that the team has done, satisfied with the cost, and definitely recommend them to others.
Toli did great work renovating our home and upstairs bathroom. It was a great change.
Our Simple Process
From first contact to final walkthrough, we make siding projects straightforward and stress-free.
Request a Quote
Call or use the form. Tell us what you’re seeing — soft spots, peeling paint, discoloration, visible rot. Photos help us plan the site visit.
Damage Assessment
We open the affected area — pull boards, moisture meter on sheathing, probe framing. Written report with photos showing what we found.
Clear Scope & Schedule
Material, structural repair if needed, flashing corrections, finish. Spot repairs take 1–3 days. Structural or full elevation work runs 5–10 days.
Repair & Closeout
Structure first, then weather barrier, then siding, then finish. Every layer inspected before the next goes on. Walkthrough before we leave.
Ready to Get Started?
Contact us today for a free on-site assessment. We’re here to help protect your home.
Call us now
425-750-1025
Email us
Anatoliy@rainwoodconstruction.com
Visit us
12310 Hwy 99, Everett, WA 98204
Hours
Mon-Fri 9:00 am–6:00 pm, Sat 11:00 am–5:00 pm, Sun Closed
FAQ
Depends on spread. Isolated damage — a few boards at a window corner — is straightforward repair. When rot reaches sheathing or framing, structural work comes first. If 40%+ of an elevation is damaged, full re-siding usually costs less than patching.
Press on it with your thumb. Spongy = rot past the surface. Peeling paint alone isn’t structural — but it signals moisture behind the siding that will become structural. A moisture meter reading takes five minutes and tells us what’s inside the wall.
Spot repairs — a few boards with sound sheathing — take a day or two. Structural rot at a window or transition runs 3–5 days. Full elevation strip-and-reside: 5–10 working days. Timeline depends on what we find once we open the wall.
We match species, profile, and grain closely. New wood weathers differently — visible difference initially. A fresh coat across the repair and adjacent boards makes the blend tight. Painted siding matches easily. Natural-finish cedar or fir — we feather the stain into surrounding courses.