Wood countertop repair service?

[RabidRat]

My dad sent me these pictures today saying the faucet's leaking, and the wood countertop it's mounted to has apparently rotted through.

He's not looking to renovate the kitchen, just needs that area repaired so that he can install a new faucet. What kind of business should he be searching for, to help with that? A general carpenter? Or is this job too small for that?

Taking recommendations if anyone's had a good experience getting repair jobs like this done!

[SSM_DC5]

Looks similar to my parents countertops and it's more like particle board than actual wood. Once it gets wet it swells and crumbles. My parents counter tops are probably rotted away like those because I feel the faucets is loose. If I were to fix it, I'd try to cut a piece of wood, make 3 holes, then cut out some of the bad parts of old countertop (but leaving the vinyl top layer intact). To attach the new wood to old countertop, I'd either use more wood and screw it together or find metal plates and screw that to join it together.

Looks like your dad could use a fresh bead of caulk where the counter and tile meet.

[Traum]

I have a feeling that my parent's kitchen sink probably looks like that as well, but as nothing is leaking yet, I am just going to pretend that everything is still OK.

[RabidRat]

Originally Posted by SSM_DC5

Looks similar to my parents countertops and it's more like particle board than actual wood. Once it gets wet it swells and crumbles. My parents counter tops are probably rotted away like those because I feel the faucets is loose. If I were to fix it, I'd try to cut a piece of wood, make 3 holes, then cut out some of the bad parts of old countertop (but leaving the vinyl top layer intact). To attach the new wood to old countertop, I'd either use more wood and screw it together or find metal plates and screw that to join it together.

Looks like your dad could use a fresh bead of caulk where the counter and tile meet.

Nice. Yeah that doesn't sound bad at all. I wish I was over there to just do it. I guess the issue is my dad's in his mid eighties now and doesn't have the tools even if he had the ability.

Does this mean he should probably be looking for a handyman? What helps is that he says there's actually a bathroom sink that had the same issue at their house. So at least it's 2x of these to do.

[SSM_DC5]

Old retired Asian handyman that works for cash money is what your dad needs to extend the life of the place for just long enough for his lifetime.

I got some spare time coming this week, maybe I'll go peek under my parents counter to give my theoretical fix a try.

[Hondaracer]

If it’s just a straight slab of counter I’d say the best course would just to get a new slab from IKEA Home Depot etc. and replace that entire section.

Probably need a handyman or something like that but this is a small enough job it will probably still cost $1000 or more just for a basic fix

[SSM_DC5]

So turns out that the counter has already been handyman/ghetto fixed and all it needed this time was to be retightened. Don't know how many years it has been before coming loose this time, but long enough to forget that it was ever ghetto fixed before. $1000 well saved.