Carpentry & Wood-Rot Repair in Bellingham, WA
Siding repair, dry rot, trim carpentry, and exterior wood replacement, done before the paint so the finish lasts. A superintendent on every job and a 10-year workmanship warranty behind the work.
Hedlund Painting repairs and replaces damaged wood in Bellingham, WA, including siding repair, dry rot, trim carpentry, and exterior wood replacement. Bellingham's bay-side damp climate and pre-1978 Victorian and Craftsman homes make wood rot common. We find the moisture source, replace failed wood, and prep it to paint, then back it with a 10-year workmanship warranty. As an EPA Lead-Safe Certified contractor, we handle older homes safely. Free written estimates.
Carpentry Wood Repair for Bellingham homes.
Wood rot is not an if in Bellingham, it is a when. The city's bay-side location brings salt-influenced air, long damp seasons, and more rain than the Seattle metro, and that moisture finds every gap in a home's exterior wood. The problem compounds on Bellingham's older stock: the Victorian and Craftsman homes in Fairhaven, Columbia, and the neighborhoods near downtown were built with wood siding, deep trim, fascia, and soffits that have weathered a century of bay damp, and on many of them the rot is hidden behind paint until prep exposes it. We find the source first, the failed flashing, the clogged gutter, the trim joint that has been wicking water, then replace the failed wood rather than painting over a problem that will only spread.
Because so much of Bellingham's housing predates 1978, this work carries a lead-safety obligation most homeowners do not think about: cutting, sanding, and removing old exterior wood releases lead dust. Our EPA Lead-Safe certification and RRP-compliant containment are what let us do carpentry on the historic stock safely, not as an afterthought. The repaired wood gets primed, sealed, and made paint-ready, and the whole job, like every Hedlund project, runs through a superintendent and carries a 10-year workmanship warranty. Fixing the wood before the paint is the part low-bidders skip.
Our carpentry wood-repair process.
A superintendent leads your Bellingham project from the first walkthrough to final approval, so the repair lasts and the finish holds.
Get Your Free Estimate →Find the source
We trace the moisture source first, the failed flashing, the clogged gutter, or the trim joint that has been wicking water.
Remove failed wood
We cut out and remove rotted siding, trim, fascia, and soffits, with RRP-compliant containment on pre-1978 homes.
Replace and match
We replace the failed wood and match profiles on historic homes so the repair reads as original.
Prime and seal
The repaired wood gets primed, sealed, and made paint-ready so the finish lasts.
Paint and warranty
Carpentry and exterior painting run together so the repair and the finish are warrantied as one job.
Recent Bellingham carpentry work.
We repair wood across Bellingham and Whatcom County, from century-old siding and trim in Fairhaven and Columbia to newer homes north of the city.
What Bellingham clients say.
Hedlund Painting did a great job on my deck. Some boards were replaced and the entire deck was painted. In the process Rusty discovered that the lower deck needed some additional work not…
Great price We loved working with Hedlund painting. Every part of this project was easy for us, and that's what you want for a big project like ours.
Reasonable price Great communication! The team was very efficient and did the job with excellence. I'm so glad I went with Hedlund Painting for the exterior trim of my home.
Replaced exterior siding with hardie board and painted. Had to coordinate with an electrician to detach the service mast.
Excellent painters. I had a 100+ year old craftsman painted this spring. The house had not been painted for 20 years and Hedlund painting did an amazing job repairing the siding, trim and…
Hedlund recently completed a wood rot repair project at a community of 28 condos. The communication with Rigo and Vince throughout the course of the project was impeccable!
We had a time-sensitive interior and exterior painting (and small carpentry) project, and Hedlund delivered! They were very respective of our timeline and responded to us promptly and…
I am so pleased with my experience with Hedlund Painting. I contacted Zakary to repair trim / banister damage from an anxious puppy, as well as paint my kitchen cabinets and walls.
We were so happy to find Hedlund Painting after getting some astronomical quotes to paint the trim of our brick home (I know this is Seattle, but not all of us are Jeff Bezos).
I had a great experience with Hedlund Painting. Everyone was very professional. The team was very quick to paint my exterior trim, AND the quality was high.
We highly recommend Hedlundpainting. They repainted our house (outdoor) and made repairs to carpentry and patio floor that needed to be fixed before painting.
Had a great experience using Hedlund Painting for my project. Needed the entire exterior of my building repainted a new set of colors, and have trim installed around my windows and building…
I never leave reviews but Xavier and Oscar did such a fabulous job that I have to say something. They were responsive, easy to work with and we are very happy with the result.
Hedlund Painting was a great team to work with. The assessor really helped walk through consideration of interest given the age of the house involved.
Hedlund Painting did an excellent job on our 100 year old craftsman house in Green Lake. Their price was reasonable and included 8 hours of carpentry for needed repairs, which was plenty.
I recently hired Hedlund Painting to paint the exterior of our house. Chris came out to bid the job and was very professional and friendly.
We hired Hedlund Painting to paint both the interior and exterior of our entire home in the summer of 2019. We were very impressed with the price, quality and communication of Hedlund.
Hedlund Painting is awesome! Their attention to detail is by far the best. All the folks who work there are great people, and really know what they are doing.
Hedlund just recently completed the repainting on the exterior of my house in Edmonds. Every step along the process went very smoothly and without a hiccup, which was great because I rent…
We used Hedlund painting to sheet rock an addition at our shop that had to be pristine for aerospace specifications.
Hedlund painting was great! The trim in my house was being painted white and they did a wonderful job prepping the wood appropriately and it turned out really well.
We recently had the good fortune of hiring Chris and his company for a complete interior painting of a condo we purchased in Ballard.
Hedlund Painting did a great job on my deck. Some boards were replaced and the entire deck was painted. In the process Rusty discovered that the lower deck needed some additional work not…
Great price We loved working with Hedlund painting. Every part of this project was easy for us, and that's what you want for a big project like ours.
Reasonable price Great communication! The team was very efficient and did the job with excellence. I'm so glad I went with Hedlund Painting for the exterior trim of my home.
Replaced exterior siding with hardie board and painted. Had to coordinate with an electrician to detach the service mast.
Excellent painters. I had a 100+ year old craftsman painted this spring. The house had not been painted for 20 years and Hedlund painting did an amazing job repairing the siding, trim and…
Hedlund recently completed a wood rot repair project at a community of 28 condos. The communication with Rigo and Vince throughout the course of the project was impeccable!
We had a time-sensitive interior and exterior painting (and small carpentry) project, and Hedlund delivered! They were very respective of our timeline and responded to us promptly and…
I am so pleased with my experience with Hedlund Painting. I contacted Zakary to repair trim / banister damage from an anxious puppy, as well as paint my kitchen cabinets and walls.
We were so happy to find Hedlund Painting after getting some astronomical quotes to paint the trim of our brick home (I know this is Seattle, but not all of us are Jeff Bezos).
I had a great experience with Hedlund Painting. Everyone was very professional. The team was very quick to paint my exterior trim, AND the quality was high.
We highly recommend Hedlundpainting. They repainted our house (outdoor) and made repairs to carpentry and patio floor that needed to be fixed before painting.
Had a great experience using Hedlund Painting for my project. Needed the entire exterior of my building repainted a new set of colors, and have trim installed around my windows and building…
I never leave reviews but Xavier and Oscar did such a fabulous job that I have to say something. They were responsive, easy to work with and we are very happy with the result.
Hedlund Painting was a great team to work with. The assessor really helped walk through consideration of interest given the age of the house involved.
Hedlund Painting did an excellent job on our 100 year old craftsman house in Green Lake. Their price was reasonable and included 8 hours of carpentry for needed repairs, which was plenty.
I recently hired Hedlund Painting to paint the exterior of our house. Chris came out to bid the job and was very professional and friendly.
We hired Hedlund Painting to paint both the interior and exterior of our entire home in the summer of 2019. We were very impressed with the price, quality and communication of Hedlund.
Hedlund Painting is awesome! Their attention to detail is by far the best. All the folks who work there are great people, and really know what they are doing.
Hedlund just recently completed the repainting on the exterior of my house in Edmonds. Every step along the process went very smoothly and without a hiccup, which was great because I rent…
We used Hedlund painting to sheet rock an addition at our shop that had to be pristine for aerospace specifications.
Hedlund painting was great! The trim in my house was being painted white and they did a wonderful job prepping the wood appropriately and it turned out really well.
We recently had the good fortune of hiring Chris and his company for a complete interior painting of a condo we purchased in Ballard.
Bellingham carpentry painting questions.
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