Rotted Sill, Caught in Time
Decay cut out completely and rebuilt in real wood — no filler, no new window.
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Rotten Wood Repair in West University Place, TX
The heart pine in a 1928 West U Tudor is denser, straighter and more decay-resistant than anything a lumberyard stocks today — far too good to lose over one soft sill. We carve the rot out to solid timber, mill an exact duplicate of the piece, and splice it home, from $375. No filler. No demolition.
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A Relic Worth Keeping
Worth More Than New
Half of Old West U Was Torn Down. The Survivors Are Built of Irreplaceable Wood
Between the late 1980s and the early 2000s, roughly half the original houses in West University Place came down for new construction — a wave that never really stopped. The 1920s-40s cottages and brick Tudors still standing in Monticello, Virginia Court and College Court are survivors, and what they're made of is the point: sills, sashes and casings milled from slow-grown heart pine, timber so tight-ringed it came from forests that no longer exist. It shrugs off what kills modern lumber — but it isn't invincible, because Houston refuses to let wood dry. Triple-digit summers bake the paint film until it cracks; Gulf air keeps the grain damp between storms; sprinkler heads on manicured 50-foot lots mist the same casing corner every dawn; and the live oaks that make these streets famous hold shade — and moisture — against the north elevations for days after rain. Wherever water found a hairline years ago, it has been quietly threading the grain ever since.
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Wood a thumbnail dents like cork — decay is inside the grain
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Paint checking or lifting at sill noses and casing feet
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Sprinkler-misted corners and oak-shaded walls go first
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Prewar heart pine can't be bought new — only preserved
Restore, Don't Retire
You Don't Demolish a Relic Over Rot — You Cut It Out and Give the Profile Back
West U has watched the easy answer work block by block: when something ages, tear it down. The owners who carried a Tudor or a cottage through the teardown decades didn't hold that line to lose the original woodwork now — not to a replacement-window pitch, and not to the quieter betrayal of a tub of filler. Epoxy smeared over living decay is a cosmetic: the fungus keeps eating beneath the patch, and a couple of Houston summers push the failure back through the paint, deeper than before. Our approach is restoration carpentry with one unbending rule. We probe to the honest boundary of solid timber and cut everything soft away in clean, square lines. At the bench, a duplicate of the lost piece is milled from laminated lumber — the 1920s sill slope, the nose, the casing bead, the drip kerf underneath — then spliced into the sound original fabric until primer and paint erase the joint. The window keeps the face it was born with, in kind, invisible from the sidewalk, under a written 5-year warranty.
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Window sills and sashes rebuilt in real wood — from $375
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Door frames from $475 · door sash from $575
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Original profiles duplicated: slope, nose, bead, kerf
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Filler or epoxy over decay — never; that's a cover-up
The Seam Disappears
Probe · Mill · Splice
The Process
How Rotten Wood Repair Works in West University Place
Probe to the truth, put every number on paper, mill the duplicate, splice it invisible — restoration on a firm schedule.
01/Find the Honest Boundary
Every suspect sill, sash and casing gets probed to where solid timber actually starts — under paint, into joinery, along the horns — so the quote reflects reality before anything is cut.
02/Put It in Writing
Window wood from $375, door frames from $475, door sash from $575 — each piece its own line on a written sheet, agreed before the saw comes out.
03/Mill the Duplicate
The replacement piece is fabricated from laminated lumber to the original prewar profile — a true copy of what's being removed, never a generic off-the-shelf board.
04/Splice, Finish, Warranty
Square joints faired until they vanish, primed on every face, painted and sealed watertight — and the drainage detail that fed the rot corrected, under a 5-year written warranty.
Transparent Pricing
How Much Does Rotten Wood Repair Cost in West University Place?
Rot restoration in West U is priced piece by piece from a printed catalog — the numbers land on paper before any cutting begins:
- Window sill or sash — decay removed, solid wood spliced in, from $375
- Door frame wood — from $475 · door sash — from $575
- Casings, brickmould and porch profiles — quoted per assessment
- For scale — a new wood window runs ~$2,000 installed, and a prewar heart-pine profile can't be ordered at any price
Quoted On-Site, In Writing
Why WowFix
Why West University Place 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 West University Place & the Houston Metro
We restore original woodwork across all two square miles of West U — the prewar blocks of Monticello, Virginia Court and College Court, the Rice-side streets of Cambridge Place, the customs of Sunset Terrace — on scheduled service routes with firm dates.
In West University Place
- Cambridge Place
- College Court
- Monticello
- Virginia Court
- Sunset Terrace
- Belle Court
- Pemberton
- Rice Court
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What Our Customers Say
Carole W.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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 West University Place — FAQ
It's not even the best move. A soft sill is one decayed component in a window whose surviving fabric — dense prewar heart pine — still outperforms new lumber. We remove only what's actually dead: the decay comes out to solid timber, a duplicate of the sill is milled with its original slope, nose and drip kerf, and the splice vanishes under paint. The Tudor keeps the windows it was built with, and the from-$375 repair costs a fraction of what any replacement matching that house would.
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 19, 2026