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Exeter Township has one of the widest ranges of housing in Berks County, from 18th- and 19th-century stone farmhouses to post-war and newer subdivisions. The repairs vary just as much.
Exeter is a township rather than a borough, and one of the most populous municipalities in Berks County. It stretches southeast of Reading along the Schuylkill River and US-422, and its history runs deep. The Daniel Boone Homestead, where Boone was born in 1734, is within the township. Today Exeter mixes old stone farmhouses, homes along older roads, and large areas of post-war and later suburban development. A termite repair in a 200-year-old farmhouse and one in a 1970s split-level have almost nothing in common, and we scope them differently.
A common pattern on older Exeter properties is an original stone house with one or more later additions, often built over a crawl space. The crawl space under the addition is frequently where termite and moisture damage turns up: low clearance, bare soil, framing close to grade, and a seam where new foundation meets old. Repairing it means working in the crawl space, sistering or replacing joists, and rebuilding supports. Our crawl space repair page explains what's involved.
In Exeter's mid-century and later neighborhoods, the typical vulnerable points are different: sill plates on block foundations, framing at the slab line in split-levels and garages, and wood around sliding doors and decks. Hollow block walls give termites a hidden path to the sill. These repairs are usually less involved than farmhouse work but still need the damage mapped before any wood comes out.
Exeter runs from the Schuylkill River lowlands along US-422 up into rolling farmland to the north. Homes on lower ground near the river and its small tributaries tend to have damper basements, while hillside properties more often have surface water running toward the house from above. Either way, the wood at the foundation line stays wet longer than it should. We look at where water is coming from as part of every assessment, and the moisture repair page covers what we correct.
Whether it's a farmhouse sill or a split-level bottom plate, the first step is a free on-site assessment. We map the damaged framing, tell you what's structural, and give you a written scope with a fixed price. Repairs happen after treatment.
We match strength and bearing first. That may mean new solid timber, built-up members, or engineered lumber sized to the load. Where appearance matters in exposed framing, we discuss options during the assessment.
Usually, yes. Tight clearance makes the work slower, and occasionally access means opening a floor from above, but we'll plan around it during the assessment.
Yes. The assessment and pricing process is the same whether the house was built in the 1800s or the 1990s. What changes is the scope, since stone foundations and heavy timbers take more preparation than modern sills on block.
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