Q. My question is about a door frame with water damage. I have tried to repair it three times now, using “fake” wood in two instances and cement the last time. The new rotten wood is above and around ...

Q: A sliding door on my fourth-floor roof deck is rotting at the bottom. Can I replace the rotten wood without replacing the entire door set? If so, how would I go about doing this? Arlington, Va. A: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Damaged wood door trim - Sandra Dombrovsky/Getty Images When wood trim becomes damaged, a sophisticated home can quickly look worn ...

Q: When our dog was a puppy, she chewed the wood by the French doors leading to our deck. As time went on, it got progressively worse. Now a piece of the wood has fallen out and the area around it ...

Do you have wood rot happening at your home? It’s a very common problem, and it’s getting worse each year, in my opinion, because new lumber is more susceptible to rot, and many tradespeople are not ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Dear James: The wood frame windows in my vintage house are pretty deteriorated. I want to repair them, not replace them, to maintain its character. What repairs to them can I do myself? - Don H. Dear ...