Home Repairs in Lockport

Trim, door and wall repairs in Lockport

Rot in window trim, door casing and sills spreads into the framing when paint and caulk keep covering it up. We cut out the soft wood, check what is behind it, and put in new trim that is primed, caulked and ready for paint. Inside, we repair the same kinds of things: worn casing, broken baseboard, doors that will not latch, and holes in drywall or plaster. Each repair is priced in writing before we start.

We work in Lockport every week, reaching it on Route 7, Route 171 and State Street, from downtown along the I&M Canal out through the rest of the city. Older houses near downtown often have trim profiles you will not find on a store shelf today, so we match them as closely as we can and show you the piece before it goes up. Where the walls are plaster, we fasten loose sections back to the lath before patching, so the crack does not open up again a season later. On any house, rot tends to start in the same places: the bottom of door casings, the ends of sills and the trim boards closest to the ground.

Lockport repairs we take on

How we run a Lockport repair

We look at the trim in person or from your photos and write a price for each repair. Rot can run deeper than it looks, so the estimate spells out what happens if we find more: we stop, show you, and price the extra in writing for your approval. Once you approve the scope, we schedule the days and keep them. When we are done, the new trim is caulked and primed, the area is swept, and we walk it with you.

• Rot cut back to sound wood
• New trim primed and caulked
• Trim profiles matched as closely as possible
• A written price per repair
• Extra rot priced before it is fixed
• Area swept clean when we finish