Venice · Sarasota · Englewood
Soft fascia, sagging soffit, rotted door jambs, and crumbling trim — we cut out the bad wood, replace with new, prime all six sides, and leave it paint-ready.
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Cut out, don't cover up
Soft wood replaced with fresh lumber. Filler-only fixes return within a year — we don't do them on structural areas.
Source of the leak addressed
Most fascia rot has a cause: gutter, flashing, or transition. We point it out so the rot doesn't come back.
Primed on all six sides
Florida humidity attacks bare wood fast. Every replacement gets sealed before it goes up.
Fascia behind clogged gutters, soffits under leaky flashings, and exterior door jambs at the bottom hinge — these three account for most calls.
The classic Florida rot job. Clogged gutters overflow behind the fascia, the wood goes soft, paint fails, and it spreads to the soffit. We pull the gutter, cut out the bad fascia, replace with primed PVC or PT lumber, re-hang the gutter, and re-paint to match.
Exterior door bottom hinges and thresholds rot from rain splash and standing water. We cut out the bad section of jamb (usually bottom 12–18"), splice in new primed jamb stock, replace the threshold if needed, and re-weatherstrip so it stays sealed.
Window casings, garage door trim, column wraps, and decorative brackets. We cut out soft sections, replace with primed PVC or cedar, caulk every seam with 50-year urethane, and paint to match the existing color.
Based in Venice and serving homes from Sarasota down to Englewood. If you're inside Sarasota County, we'll be there.
Home base — Venice Island, East Venice, South Venice, and Jacaranda.
Palmer Ranch, Gulf Gate, and the southern Sarasota neighborhoods.
All zip codes — Sumter, Toledo Blade, West Villages, Wellen Park.
Bayfront homes and the gated Oaks and Sorrento communities along the Intracoastal.
Manasota Key cottages and inland Rotonda West and Englewood East.
Florida humidity sits over 70% most of the year. Once wood gets wet and doesn't dry out — behind a clogged gutter, under a missing flashing, around a failing caulk bead — fungal rot takes hold within months, not years. By the time you see paint bubbling, the wood underneath is usually mush.
The fix that lasts is replacement, not filler. Epoxy and bondo are fine for cosmetic divots in dry, non-structural trim, but on fascia, jambs, and structural casing they just trap moisture and make the next round worse.
And whenever we can, we swap the rotted wood for PVC. PVC trim costs a little more up front, looks identical to wood after paint, and literally cannot rot. On fascia and exterior casing it's a one-time fix.
Rot in Venice is almost always a water path, not bad lumber. Where the water comes from depends on the age of the house and how close it sits to the Gulf.
What we run into: Older wood-framed and wood-sided homes where fascia, window sills, door casings, and porch columns take the west sun and the salt air together.
How we handle it: Rot probed to find the full extent instead of cutting to the visible damage, replacement in matching profile so the historic look holds, and end grain primed on all sides before it goes up.
What we run into: Mid-century block homes where the wood is limited to fascia, soffit trim, and garage door jambs, and the rot almost always starts at a gutter overflow or a failed caulk joint.
How we handle it: The water source fixed in the same visit where we can, fascia replaced behind the gutter rather than face-nailed over, and joints sealed with a flexible sealant instead of painters caulk.
What we run into: Oak canopy keeps fascia, deck boards, and shaded trim damp for days after rain, and mildew hides the early soft spots until a board flexes underfoot.
How we handle it: Every shaded elevation checked rather than only the reported spot, deck boards flipped or replaced where the underside is gone, and shaded wood treated with a borate before it is primed and painted.
What we run into: Canal and bayfront homes with docks, exterior stairs, railings, and gates in constant salt and splash, where fasteners rust out and open the grain to water.
How we handle it: Stainless fasteners and marine-grade hardware on every replacement, structural members checked before cosmetic trim, and pressure-treated or composite recommended where the exposure will beat any paint job.
What we run into: Newer builds where rot shows up early at exterior door thresholds, garage jambs, and lanai posts because flashing or a caulk joint was missed at construction.
How we handle it: Flashing detail corrected instead of just replacing the wood, thresholds re-bedded so water drains out rather than in, and any builder detail we correct documented with photos for your records.
What we run into: Shared exterior wood such as walkway railings, stair stringers, and trellises, where structural repairs need board sign-off and often a documented scope.
How we handle it: Written scope and photos provided for the board, structural repairs made to code with proper fasteners, and the finish matched to the building standard so one unit does not stand out.
Do not see your street? We work across all of Venice, Venice Island, Venice Gardens, South Venice, Nokomis, Osprey, Laurel, and Wellen Park — call 941-928-1485 and describe your home, and we will tell you what to expect before anyone comes out.
Frequently asked
Straight answers — the same ones we give over the phone before a job goes on the calendar.
Venice neighborhoods we cover
From Venice Island west of the Intracoastal to Wellen Park down south, here are the Venice neighborhoods we cover most weeks — with the quirks we plan around on every job.
Venice Island
34285Historic Mediterranean-revival cottages and waterfront condos west of the Intracoastal. Salt-air rot, brittle caulk lines, and original 1950s–60s fixtures are the usual call.
South Venice
34293Block-built ranch homes off Englewood Road. Older roofs, plenty of mature oaks dropping debris in the gutters, and HOA-free yards that let us work without waiting on board approval.
East Venice & Jacaranda
342921990s–2000s subdivisions along Jacaranda Blvd — Venice Gardens, Waterford, Sawgrass. Cement-board siding, lanai screens, and original builder-grade interior doors are the regulars.
Venice East & The Plantation
34292Gated golf communities with strict HOA color and material specs. We keep paint codes, mailbox specs, and approved trim profiles on file so jobs don't get red-tagged.
Gulf View & Venezia Park
34285Walkable historic district between downtown and the beach. Smaller bungalow footprints, tight side yards, and a lot of interior trim and plaster work.
Wellen Park (West Villages)
34293New-build neighborhoods south of US-41 — IslandWalk, Renaissance, Sunstone, Solis. Warranty-period punch-list work, ceiling-fan installs, and TV mounts in the great room are the typical jobs here.
Recent Venice projects
A sample of the actual jobs we knocked out around Venice recently — the kind of work most homeowners around here need at one point or another.
South Venice
Replaced four blown panels and re-splined the entire cage on a Lemon Bay Drive ranch — back tight before the homeowner's snowbird arrival.
The Plantation
Set a new 6x6 cedar post in 80 lbs of concrete with the community-approved black aluminum mailbox and gold reflective numbers — passed HOA inspection same week.
IslandWalk, Wellen Park
Patched two corner-bead cracks and a doorknob blowout, color-matched the builder Sherwin Williams white, and rolled the affected walls corner to corner so the repair vanished.
Venice Island
Stripped, sanded, and re-stained a sun-faded mahogany front door on a Tarpon Center condo, then sealed with marine-grade UV spar varnish for the Gulf exposure.
East Venice / Jacaranda
Cut out 16 ft of soft fascia behind the gutter, swapped to PVC trim, re-secured the drip edge, and painted to match. Done before the next afternoon storm.
Venezia Park
Pulled three brittle original fans on existing wiring, installed modern DC-motor replacements with remotes, and balanced each blade set so they run silent on high.
More Venice services
One call, one crew, one invoice — stack any of these onto your visit.
Handyman Services
Punch lists, repairs, and small projects across the home.
Pressure Washing
Driveways, lanais, roofs, and siding cleaned soft or hot.
Gutter Cleaning
Full flush, downspout clear-out, and re-secure loose runs.
House Painting
Interior repaints and full exterior with prep done right.
Plumbing Repairs
Faucets, toilets, hose bibs, and minor leak fixes.
Window Cleaning
Streak-free in-and-out, tracks and screens included.
Call 941-928-1485 — fascia, soffit, jambs, and trim across Venice, Sarasota, and Englewood.
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