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Kaminskiy Care and Repair repairs loose boards, wobbly railings and soft spots so the deck feels solid again, and most repairs take one visit. Elevated balconies get the same checks as a new deck: ledger, posts, railings and the joint to the wall. We serve Miami Beach and the surrounding Florida communities.
Across the causeway from our Coral Gables office. Salt-eaten hardware and soft board ends lead the island's deck list.
A Miami Beach deck is a waterfront platform behind a Mid-Beach block house, a set of dock steps on the Venetian Islands, a roof terrace on an Art Deco building or a coated balcony on a Collins Avenue tower. The salt reaches the fasteners before the sun reaches the wood, and the water table keeps every post foot damp from below. We swap the rusted hardware for stainless, replace the soft boards and treads, rebolt the rails, repair the coating around the rail posts and seal the wood, with the scope in writing for the board when the building is a condo.
AFTERBEFOREEvery one of these is a repair a Kaminskiy-certified technician can do from our Coral Gables office, with the hardware in stainless and the scope in writing before anything is ordered.
Priced and on the calendar during the first call.
A written quote you approve before anyone drives out.
One crew, the whole list, warranty in writing.
A one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, on every Miami Beach deck and balcony repair.
The salt gets there first. On a barrier island a plated screw or a rail bracket is rusting within a couple of seasons and takes the board end with it, so the deck gives at the hardware while the wood still looks fine. Then the water: afternoon rain from May to October, air that never dries overnight and a water table a few feet down that keeps every post foot damp from below. Subterranean termites find any post that touches sand and drywood termites live in the dry rail caps above. Caught early it is hardware, a few boards and a seal; left for a few summers it is posts and stringers.
Lean your weight on the rail at the stairs and at the corner post. If anything moves, the connection has gone: a bracket rusted through, a bolt corroded inside the post, a hollowed post, or on a concrete balcony a post pocket that has filled with water because the coating failed around it. We open the connection, replace the hardware with stainless, add blocking where the rim needs it and rebuild the post to carry an adult leaning on it. A post pocket in a slab is repaired with the coating, not just regrouted.
On a Collins Avenue tower the balcony slab belongs to the building and the finish to the unit, and the association says what gets filed, usually the scope and our insurance certificate, which we send. Buildings of three stories or more carry the state milestone inspection, an engineer's report; the rails, coatings, membranes and trim it flags are ours, scoped in writing for the board. For a house, a wood deck close to the ground is outside the county's permit world and an ordinary minor repair can be approved without a permit as long as no beam or support is cut. A raised deck rebuilt, a ledger or a joist is a permit, and a balcony that has moved goes to an engineer first.
Stainless everywhere, not just where it shows. Standoff bases under every post so the end grain sits above the sand, mulch and sprinkler spray kept off the wood, and a sealer renewed before the boards gray, which in this sun is every couple of years. On a balcony keep the drain open and watch the coating at the rail posts; a bubble there is water in the slab. Each spring press a screwdriver into the post feet and the stringer ends. One soft board found in April is a visit; soft posts found in October are a project.
The oldest part of the island, much of it in historic districts, with roof terraces and small balconies on the 1930s and 1940s buildings and wood decks and dock steps behind the island houses. Rail hardware rusts first, stringer ends go soft where the water reaches them, and drywood termites live in the old rail caps. We rebuild in kind so the historic review sees a repair, fit stainless hardware and leave a roof-terrace membrane to the licensed roofing contractor.
Waterfront and golf-course lots with 1940s to 1960s block homes, pergolas, pool decks and docks on the bay. Board ends crumble at the water side, beam ends check in the sun, post feet stay wet from below, and the dock steps rot before the dock does. We replace the boards and treads, splice the pergola beams, reset the posts on standoff bases and set every new fastener in stainless.
Smaller 1940s and 1950s lots between the ocean and the bay, MiMo apartment buildings and the condo towers along Collins Avenue. Unit balconies with coatings that bubble at the rail posts, trim that rots on the water side and buildings of three stories or more carrying the state milestone inspection. We repair the coating and the membrane at the posts, rebolt the rails and put the scope in writing for the board; the slab itself is the engineer's.
Call 786-527-2055 or text pictures of the rail post, the worst board and any rust streaks. Most Miami Beach deck repairs get a range on the call and a date for the look; a condo balcony can start from the building's report.
A technician probes the post feet, the stringer ends and the ledger, checks the rail connections and the coating at the posts, and writes the scope: boards, stainless hardware, rails, coating, sealer, and whether a permit or an engineer is in it. The price is on the scope.
Rusted fasteners out and stainless in, soft boards and treads replaced, rails rebolted, stringers rebuilt, posts reset on standoff bases, the balcony coating repaired at the posts. Most repairs take a day or two; a coating waits for a dry slab and a dry forecast.
The sealer goes on last, the cut-offs and the old hardware leave with us, photos go to you or the board, and the one-year workmanship warranty is on the invoice at the price you approved.
There is no handyman license in Florida. Anyone paid to repair or improve a structure is a contractor under state law, with only casual, minor work under a set small amount left out, and structural work stays with state-licensed contractors and engineers while electrical, plumbing, air conditioning and roofing are licensed separately, so deck lighting and a roof terrace go to the licensed trade. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is bonded and insured, its technicians Kaminskiy-certified and background checked, and the boards, treads, rails, hardware, flashing, coatings and sealing are ours.
Miami Beach publishes its own no-permit list under the Florida Building Code's minor-repairs clause, and the county's exemption list leaves a wood deck close to the ground outside the permit world; an ordinary minor repair can be approved without a permit as long as no wall, beam or load-bearing support is cut, and non-structural repair by a licensed contractor under a set cost sits in that bucket. Boards, treads, rails, hardware, a coating and a sealer are on that side. A raised deck rebuilt from the frame, a ledger, a joist, a post or a balcony slab is a permit and often an engineer, and we ask the city's permit counter before a job like that. The 2026 state exemption never applies in a flood zone, which is most of the island, so we do not promise it.
On a tower the association's rules say what a balcony job needs filed, and buildings of three stories or more carry the state milestone inspection at thirty years, or twenty-five where the city chooses because of the salt water; the rails, coatings and trim the report flags are ours, the structural findings the engineer's. In the high-velocity hurricane zone a railing system or a pergola replaced whole may need a product approval and a permit, so we check before you order. In Flamingo Park, the Art Deco districts and the other designated areas a change seen from the street needs a certificate of appropriateness, with minor work at staff level, and a deck or balcony repair that matches what is there is that kind of work.
Across the causeway from our office. Your Miami Beach crew dispatches from our South Florida office on Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables and carries stainless hardware for the island. Call 786-527-2055, text a photo, or send the form, and we answer in under three rings.
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Call 786-527-2055We answer in under three rings, give most Miami Beach deck repairs a range on the call from a photo, and the crew comes across the causeway from Coral Gables, so the look is usually within days. Hardware, boards and a rail post are often one visit; a balcony coating waits for a dry slab and a dry forecast, and we tell you the date.
Repair first. If the posts, beams and joists are sound, stainless hardware, new boards, solid rails and a sealer bring an island deck back for years, and a balcony with a failed coating is a membrane and coating repair, not a new slab. When the frame is gone, or a ledger or a balcony has moved, we show you, say so in writing and name the state-licensed contractor or the engineer the replacement needs.
Not for an ordinary repair: boards, treads, rails, hardware, a coating or a sealer is a minor repair the building official can approve without one, and the county leaves a low wood deck out of the permit world entirely. A raised deck rebuilt, a joist, a post, a ledger or a balcony slab is a permit, and on a condo the association's paperwork comes first. Because most of the island is a flood zone, we never promise the new state exemption; we ask the counter and tell you.
It depends on how much hardware has rusted, how much wood has gone soft and whether the frame or a slab is in it. Text a photo of the worst board and the rail post and you get a range on the call; after the look you get a written scope with the boards, stainless hardware, rails, coating and sealer priced before anything is ordered. The number you approve is the number on the invoice.
Yes. Every repair carries a one-year workmanship warranty in writing and is done by Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technicians from a bonded and insured company; the coating and the sealer carry their maker's schedule, which we write on the invoice.
The rails, the coating, the membrane at the rail posts, the trim and the unit-side finishes, yes, scoped in writing for the association with our insurance certificate attached. The report itself and its structural findings are the engineer's, and a slab or a post that has moved goes back to the engineer before we touch it.
Salt air. A plated screw or bracket anywhere on the island starts to rust within a couple of seasons and takes the board end and the rail connection with it. We replace the deck screws, the rail hardware and the post brackets with stainless and the ledger bolts with hot-dipped or stainless, which is the one upgrade a Miami Beach deck repays every time.
All of Miami Beach from our Coral Gables office: South Beach, Flamingo Park, the Venetian Islands, Palm and Hibiscus Islands, Nautilus, La Gorce, the Sunset Islands, Normandy Isles, Biscayne Point and North Beach, plus Surfside, Bay Harbor Islands, North Bay Village and Miami. Call 786-527-2055 to confirm your address.
Tell us what the deck or balcony is doing. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 786-527-2055.
Priced on the call, rebuilt solid, warranted in writing.
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.
