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Hazel Dell was built in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and its doors are at the age where things go: original entry doors sagging in frames that settled, side doors crumbling at the step, hollow-core doors in the rentals split or punched through, and a slider added in the 70s that drags on rollers nobody has replaced. We rebuild the frames, rehang and seal the entry doors, swap the split ones and re-roller the slider.
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THE LISTALL DONEAll of it is routine for a Kaminskiy-certified technician who works Hazel Dell every week from east Vancouver. One call, one list.
Priced and on the calendar during the first call.
A written quote you approve before anyone drives out.
One crew, truck stocked, warranty in writing.
A one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, on every Hazel Dell job.
Older lots with 1950s and 1960s ranches in cedar and hardboard, aluminum windows in wood bucks, original doors and the original fascia. The bucks rot behind the metal, the bottom courses go at the splash line, the doors sag. We rebuild the bucks, splice the courses, rehang the doors and reset the drip edge.
Busy streets, patched houses, split-levels, rentals and carports on posts. The carport post goes at the slab, the T1-11 on the addition wicks at the bottom edge, the side-door jamb crumbles at the step and the rentals need nail holes, strikes and latches between tenants. We cut back, flash, rebuild the post base on a standoff and price the turnover up front.
Family streets from the 1960s to the 1980s with builder doors, sliders and decks added later, often on ledgers that were never flashed. Deck boards go soft at the ends, railing posts rot at the base, sliders drag. We replace boards and posts, re-roller the sliders and name a ledger problem before the deck is touched.
Age and water. A 1960s ranch has had sixty winters of forty-inch rain on its wood bucks, carport posts, bottom courses and door frames, and the additions and decks that came later were not always flashed. Nothing is dramatic; the bottoms of things are soft, the doors sag, the walls have cracked where the house settled. All of it is cheaper this year than next.
Doors, drywall, trim, siding courses, carport posts, fences, decks, rot, caulk and the turnover list are handyman work. Washington licenses electricians and plumbers separately, so the panel, a circuit or a re-pipe goes to the licensed trade; so do the roof, a gas line and a beam that carries the house. We say which on the call and do the carpentry around them.
Most Hazel Dell jobs are priced on the call, in writing, from your description or a photo, before anything is scheduled. A carport post, a rotted window buck or a bath refresh gets a look first and a written scope. What you approve is what you pay, and a turnover is priced by the room up front.
The parts that fail on a mid-century ranch are predictable: the window bucks behind the aluminum, the carport post on the slab, the side door at the step, the bottom course where the gravel splashes, the hollow-core door between the garage and the house that should be solid and self-closing. We rebuild them one at a time, matched to what is there, so the house keeps working without a remodel.
We answer in under three rings and most repairs are priced on the call, in writing, before anything is booked.
The technician arrives with the hardware, patching and fastening stock the usual list needs, so the first visit is the working visit.
Rot, a frame rebuild, a slider swap or a bathroom item gets a look and a written scope. You approve before work begins.
Every job is backed by our one-year workmanship warranty, and the area is clean when we leave.
In Washington the handyman and the contractor are the same person in law: anyone paid to construct, alter or repair a house registers with the Department of Labor and Industries, posts a bond and carries liability insurance, and doing the work without that registration is a crime. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is registered, bonded and insured, with Kaminskiy-certified, background-checked technicians. Electrical and plumbing are licensed on their own, so they go to the licensed electrician or plumber, and a beam or a foundation question to the engineer; we do the carpentry and finish work around them.
Hazel Dell is unincorporated, so Clark County is the permit office. The county lists painting, carpeting, cabinets, countertops and similar finish work as needing no permit, along with a fence to seven feet and a low detached deck; it puts a window or siding replacement on a permit and files minor repairs such as rot repair under its Alteration, Repair and Specialty permit. The state residential code the county builds on treats an ordinary repair as needing no application, and a rehung door, a spliced siding course, a window buck or a patched wall is that; a whole wall of new siding, a carport beam or a deck ledger is a question for the Permit Center on Franklin Street before the job, with the permit in the written scope when one applies.
Most Hazel Dell houses went up before 1978, so there may be lead paint under the newer coats, and disturbing it is the certified lead-safe renovator's job, not a handyman's. If a repair means cutting into an old painted surface we tell you first and say who should do that part. Few of the older streets have an association; some of the newer ones do, and a repair painted to match rarely needs a form. A deck added without a flashed ledger is the other Hazel Dell rule: the ledger gets looked at before the boards are replaced.
Up I-5 from our office. Your Hazel Dell crew dispatches from our Vancouver office on NE Park Plaza Drive, open every day 8 to 8, so most calls are on the calendar within days. Call 360-347-2002, text a photo, or send the form. The whole county is on our Vancouver handyman page.
Can't find your answer? Call 360-347-2002 and ask us anything.
Call 360-347-2002We answer in under three rings, price most repairs on the call and usually have a technician from our east Vancouver office at the house within days, west of Highway 99 or east of it.
Describe the job or text a photo and the price comes on the call, in writing, before anything is booked. A carport post, a rotted window buck or a bath refresh gets a look first and a written scope. A rental turnover is priced by the room up front.
That is a normal Hazel Dell morning for us. Nail holes by the room, the door that will not latch, the strike, the shelf, the caulk and the split hollow-core door go on one list, and one Kaminskiy-certified technician with a stocked truck works through it between tenants.
In Washington they are the same thing: anyone paid for repair work on a house must be registered as a contractor with the Department of Labor and Industries, bonded and insured, and Kaminskiy Care and Repair is. Every technician is Kaminskiy-certified and background checked. The panel, the plumbing and the roof go to their own licensed trades, and we tell you so.
Not ordinary repairs or finish work: Clark County leaves painting and similar work alone and the state residential code asks for no application for a rehung door, a spliced course or a patched wall. The county puts window and siding replacement on a permit and files rot repair under its Alteration, Repair and Specialty permit, so anything bigger than a patch is where we check with the Permit Center first.
Usually, yes. The post has gone punky where it sits on the slab, and we cut it back to sound wood, set it on a standoff base and rebuild it, or replace it outright and match the others. If the beam above has gone too we tell you before anything is cut and say who should look at it.
All of Hazel Dell, including West Hazel Dell, the Highway 99 streets and NE Hazel Dell, plus Salmon Creek, Felida, Minnehaha, Lakeshore and the rest of Vancouver. Call 360-347-2002 to confirm your address.
Tell us the list, or text a photo, and we call back with a written price and a time. Calling is still faster: 360-347-2002.
Close to one of these but not on the list? Call anyway. If we can reach you, we will.
Ready to cross it off the list? Free quotes, a local Hazel Dell crew, and a workmanship warranty on every job.
We answer in under three rings, 24/7.No price games. You get a clear written quote before any work begins, backed by our workmanship warranty.
