Rotted Sill, Caught in Time
Decay cut out completely and rebuilt in real wood — no filler, no new window.
Serving Intown Atlanta and the Metro 
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Rotten Wood Repair in Atlanta, GA
A hundred-year-old sill deserves better than a trowel of filler. We cut decay out to sound wood, mill an exact copy of the original profile, and splice it in — from $375. The house keeps its face; the rot loses the war.
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Water Always Wins — Unless
A Century of Rain
Intown Atlanta Runs on Hundred-Year-Old Wood — and Water Knows It
The craftsman bungalows of Virginia-Highland and Candler Park, the Victorians of Inman Park and Grant Park, the 1920s streets of Kirkwood and East Atlanta — that housing stock has been drinking fifty inches of Georgia rain a year since Model Ts parked out front. The wood itself was magnificent: old-growth heart pine, milled into sill horns, ogee stops and parting beads that no lumber aisle has carried in decades. But every failed paint line is a straw, and under the oak canopy that keeps 30306 and 30312 shaded, wet wood dries slowly enough for rot to dig in. It starts at a sill nose or a lower sash rail, works inward invisibly, and announces itself only when a thumbnail sinks where paint looks fine.
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Paint that bubbles or lifts along the sill's leading edge
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Wood a thumbnail dents — decay is already inside
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Shaded north walls under the canopy rot first and worst
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Lower sash rails and sill horns: the classic pre-war failure points
Preservation-Grade Craft
The Flip Crews Painted Over It. We Cut It Out and Mill the Profile Back
The BeltLine renovation wave left intown Atlanta a specific inheritance: rot entombed under fresh caulk and two coats of paint, sold as 'restored.' Buyers in 30307 and 30316 discover it at the first soft spot — or the first inspection. Our method is the opposite of that con, and it never involves filler. We probe to the true boundary of sound wood, cut the decay out square and clean, then fabricate the missing piece from laminated lumber milled to the original profile — the exact ogee, the exact bevel, the exact drip kerf the 1920s shop cut. Spliced, glued, sanded and primed, the repair vanishes into the original fabric. A preservation-district street keeps its face; your sash keeps another century in it.
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Window wood — sills and sashes from $375
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Door frames and thresholds from $475 · door sashes from $575
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Laminated lumber — moisture-resistant by its very construction
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The leak fixed with the wood — drip edges, caulk lines, paint film
The Repair Disappears
Probe · Fabricate · Splice
The Process
How Rotten Wood Repair Works in Atlanta
Probe honestly, price in writing, mill the profile, splice it invisible — carpentry, not cosmetics.
01/Probe to Sound Wood
We chase the decay to its real edge — behind paint films, into joinery, along sill horns — so the quote covers the truth, not the surface.
02/Written Price by Piece
Window wood from $375, door frame wood from $475, door sashes from $575 — every piece its own line, in writing, before a blade touches the house.
03/Mill & Splice
The replacement is fabricated from laminated lumber to the original profile — ogees, bevels, kerfs — and spliced in with joints that disappear.
04/Finish & Warranty
Sanded fair, primed, painted and sealed against the next fifty inches of rain — under a 5-year written workmanship warranty.
Transparent Pricing
How Much Does Rotten Wood Repair Cost in Atlanta?
Rot repair in Atlanta prices by the piece from the same printed catalog we carry in every metro — written down before any cutting starts:
- Window sill or sash — real-wood rebuild from $375
- Door frames — from $475 · door sashes — from $575
- Trim runs and porch profiles — priced at assessment
- For scale — a new wood window costs ~$2,000 installed
Quoted On-Site, In Writing
Why WowFix
Why Atlanta Homeowners Choose WowFix
Backed by a Warranty
Every repair comes with a written workmanship warranty. If it's not right, we come back and make it right.
Repair, Not Replace
We fix the part that failed — glass, seal, sash or hardware — so you keep your windows and skip full-replacement cost.
Our Own Technicians
Your repair is done by our own technicians, never subcontracted — visits run on scheduled routes with a firm appointment date.
Upfront, Honest Pricing
A clear quote before any work starts. No hidden fees, no upsells, no pressure to replace what we can repair.
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Local Coverage
Serving Intown Atlanta & the Metro
We rebuild rotted wood across the old streets — craftsman sills in Virginia-Highland, Victorian sashes in Inman Park and Grant Park, 1920s frames in Kirkwood and East Atlanta — and throughout metro Atlanta on scheduled routes.
In Atlanta
- Virginia-Highland
- Inman Park
- Grant Park
- Candler Park
- Kirkwood
- Buckhead
- Midtown
- East Atlanta
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Reviews
What Our Customers Say
Carole W.
Verified Google Review
Eugene fabricated both screens and new half double-pane windows for my home. He was professional, dedicated, and experienced. He went above and beyond to ensure the job was done right and in a timely manner. I would highly recommend WowFix for work that meets all expectations!
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Laura P.
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This is a great company. We appreciate the hard work and honesty of Eugene, who made sure our windows were fixed to our satisfaction. He completed the work on time as promised.
5
Bill D.
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I had a fantastic experience with WowFix. They repaired my existing windows by cutting out rotted sashes, fashioning new ones on-site, and splicing them in. They look and work absolutely good as new!
5
Bryce K.
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WowFix is a great company for repairs on doors and windows. I had two rotten double-door frames that they rebuilt. They communicate well and the pricing was fair.
5
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A Real WowFix Repair — Start to Finish
No stock footage, no actors — this is one of our actual jobs. Watch a rotted, fogged-out window brought back to flawless, like-new condition.
Rotten Wood Repair in Atlanta — FAQ
It's built for it. Because the replacement piece is milled to the original profile and spliced into the original fabric, the street-facing appearance doesn't change — which is precisely what historic-district review cares about. You keep the documentation trail too: written scope, profile-matched repair, no wholesale sash replacement. Repair-in-kind is almost always the path of least resistance with a review board, and it's the only method we practice anyway.
Before We Arrive
How to Prepare for Your WowFix Window Repair Visit
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Photograph each problem window in daylight
Snap a clear photo of every foggy, cracked or stuck window in natural light. Morning light shows fog between the panes best and lets us quote faster — often before we arrive.
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Note what each window is doing wrong
Jot down the symptom per window — fog between the glass, won't open or stay up, draft, cracked pane, or rotted frame. It tells us whether it's a glass-only swap (from $198) or hardware/wood work.
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Clear about three feet in front of each window
Move furniture, blinds and décor back roughly three feet so our crew can measure and work safely. It keeps the visit quick and your things out of the way.
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Find any window brand or paperwork
If you have the original window brand, a sticker in the frame, or install paperwork, set it aside. It's not required, but it helps us match glass and parts on the first trip.
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Make sure we can reach the windows outside
Unlock gates, secure pets, and clear the exterior path to the windows. Most glass-unit work is done from both sides, so outside access keeps everything one visit.
Proof
Real WowFix Repairs, Up Close
The Rot Comes Out, Not the Window
We fabricate an exact-profile piece from laminated lumber and splice it in.
Shattered Pane, Made Safe & Reglazed
New glass built to the window's exact size — frame and trim untouched.
Broken Glass on a Brick Ranch
The pane is the part that failed — so the pane is the part we replace.
Fog That Won't Wipe Off
A failed seal, not a failed window: the sealed unit is swapped, the frame stays.
Patio Door Saved from the Landfill
Rotted bottom rebuilt on-site — a fraction of the ~$10,000 a new door runs.
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Eugene Ko
Lead Window & Door Repair Specialist
This content is written by Eugene Ko, a master craftsman with 17+ years of hands-on experience in residential and commercial window repair. Eugene has personally completed over 15,000 window and door repairs across North Carolina, so every answer here is grounded in real field experience — not guesswork.
Last updated: July 17, 2026