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Opened wall in a Pacific Northwest home revealing wood stud framing and a structural beam in morning light

Structural Repair · Mercer Island · Seattle · Bellevue · Kirkland

The honest work behind the finished wall.

You stay in the house. We open the wall, show you what's there, and fix only what's actually wrong.

A person answers. We take the details and set the next step. The planning range is a low-to-high guide, not a quote.

Andrew & Niki Baklinski · License BAKLIHI801DJ · 1-year warranty

Why our structural work feels different

We don't sell you a scare. We open the wall, show you what's there, and fix what's actually wrong.

A soft spot in the floor, a door that won't close, a wall that's moved. Most of the time it's less than you feared — and when it isn't, you'll see it with us, standing in front of the opened wall. An honest scope, an honest price from day one, and a repair built to outlast the renovation that covers it back up.

What we repair

From the rot at the plate to the beam over the kitchen.

1

Dry rot & water damage

We open the wall, find the true extent of the rot, and replace only what's actually failed — then trace the moisture back to its source so the repair holds.

2

Framing & sistering

Sagging joists, overcut studs, and old modifications that never sat right. We sister, reinforce, and re-frame to today's standard, not the year the house was built.

3

Load-bearing & openings

Taking out a wall to open the plan? We size the beam, pull the permit, and set the posts so the load has somewhere honest to land — engineered, inspected, and signed off.

4

Foundation-adjacent

Sill plate rot, pony-wall upgrades, and the framing where the house meets the crawlspace. We work alongside your foundation as the wood half of that joint.

Structural film

Open the wall. Find the truth. Build it back stronger.

The dark streak at the plate was rot. We followed it to the source before replacing a stick.Dry rot
The dark streak at the plate was rot. We followed it to the source before replacing a stick.
A sistered joist and a new LVL beam — the load now has an honest path.Framing
A sistered joist and a new LVL beam — the load now has an honest path.
Down in the crawlspace, where the wood meets the foundation.Foundation-adjacent
Down in the crawlspace, where the wood meets the foundation.

The structure only matters if you trusted the people who touched it. Every repair carries a 1-year workmanship warranty.

Let's open the wall and see what's really there.

See a planning range in two minutes — or call the main line and talk it through. No high-pressure sales call, no fear-mongering, no surprise change orders. Every repair carries a 1-year warranty, start to finish.