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Altadena doors are old, wide and wooden: 1910s to 1950s houses with paneled entry doors, French doors to the yard and screen doors that the windstorms off the San Gabriels tear at first. We plane and rehang, rebuild the settled frames, replace bent hinges after a wind event and install a new exterior door to the wildfire standard where the old one is past saving.
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THE LISTALL DONEEvery one of these is a short visit for a Kaminskiy-certified technician who comes up the 210 from our Glendale office. Make the list, call once.
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 Altadena job.
First in line for the windstorms off the mountains, and the part of town that changed most in 2025. On the homes that stand, the work is what it always was: wind-worn fascia and sills, bent hinges, warped doors, a screen door off its track, a fence down, and new exterior doors and vents to the wildfire standard. A rebuild is a contractor's project, and we say so on the call.
Larger lots under old oaks and deodars, some with horses, barns and wash racks. Heavy doors and French doors that sag, long runs of eave and trim in the shade, barn boards and post bases that never dry, and fence lines long enough to be a project of their own. One visit with a stocked truck covers more out here than it would in town.
Older homes, 1910s to 1950s, with wood-sash windows, plaster walls, porch posts and shingle or lap siding on their original paint schedule. Doors bind in settled frames, sills and bottom courses go soft, plaster cracks reopen. We match the profile, the exposure and the paint so the house keeps its face.
Shade, wind and a century. The lots are big and old, planted with oaks that keep the eaves and the north walls damp for days after a storm; the windstorms come down the canyons here before anywhere else and work on every hinge, latch and fence post; and the houses date from the 1910s to the 1950s with the wood on the outside. The repairs are small and steady, and the sooner the better.
Doors, hardware, porches, siding, plaster, drywall, fences, decks, rot, caulk and fixtures are handyman work. The roof, the electrical panel, the plumbing behind the wall, a gas line or a beam that carries the porch roof goes to the licensed specialty trade, and we tell you who to call. Termite treatment is the licensed pest company's job; we rebuild after them.
Most Altadena jobs are priced on the call, in writing, from your description or a photo, before anything is scheduled. A porch, a long run of shaded eave, a barn or a bathroom refresh gets a look first and a written scope. What you approve is what you pay, and the one-year workmanship warranty is on paper.
The January 2025 fire took thousands of structures in and around Altadena, and on the streets that came through, the standing homes still need ordinary repair: doors the heat warped or the wind unsealed, smoke-stained trim to replace, a fence to stand back up, vents and exterior doors brought up to the wildfire standard. That is our work. Rebuilding a lost home is a general contractor's project and a county permit, and we say so plainly on the call.
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 California a repair under a small set amount can be done without a license, as long as it needs no permit and nobody is employed to do it; above that the state wants a licensed contractor, and an Altadena list with a porch post and a French door on it is past the line by the second item. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is licensed (License #1106209), bonded and insured, and anything over the state's written-contract threshold goes on paper before the first visit.
Altadena is unincorporated, so the permit counter is Los Angeles County Building and Safety, and the county's building code keeps its own list of work exempt from a permit that follows the state's: no application for ordinary repairs to a structure, painting and similar finish work exempt. A rehung door, a rebuilt sill, a replaced porch post base or a run of shingles is that kind of work; cutting a structural beam or a load-bearing support, or any part of a fire rebuild, is a county permit, and we check with the county before a bigger job rather than guess.
Altadena has no homeowners association; the county's community standards district for Altadena is about what shows from the street, mostly fences and front yards, and a matching repair is not its business. Most of the town is mapped very high fire hazard, so a new exterior door or vent has a standard to meet. And a house built before 1978 may have lead paint under the newer coats, which a certified lead-safe painter handles; we tell you first if a repair means disturbing an old painted surface, and we work lead-safe around it.
Twenty minutes up the 210. Your Altadena crew dispatches from our Glendale office on Brand Boulevard, up the 210 and Lake Avenue, so most calls are on the calendar within days. Call 747-298-8227, text a photo, or send the form. The whole foothill run is on our Glendale handyman page.
Reviewed by Sergei Kaminskiy, founder, November 7, 2026.
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Call 747-298-8227We answer in under three rings and our Glendale office is twenty minutes down the 210. Most repairs are priced on the call and a technician is usually at the house within days; after a windstorm, say so and we move the list.
Tell us the list or text a photo of the worst item and the price comes on the call, in writing, before anything is booked. A porch, a barn or a long shaded eave run gets a look first and a written scope. Nothing changes at the door.
Usually. The settled door, the screen door, the gate, the soft post and the plaster crack go on one list, and one Kaminskiy-certified technician with a stocked truck works through it. What needs a special-order part is scheduled before we leave.
Yes. Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds California contractor License #1106209, is bonded and insured, and every technician is Kaminskiy-certified and background checked. The one-year workmanship warranty is in writing on every job.
Not ordinary repairs or finish work: the county's code follows the state's, which asks for no application for an ordinary repair and exempts painting and similar work. Cutting a structural member, a new exterior door in the fire zone or any part of a rebuild is where the county comes in, and we tell you on the call.
Yes. Doors the heat warped or the wind unsealed, smoke-stained trim, a fence down, vents and exterior doors brought up to the wildfire standard are handyman work on a standing home, priced in writing. A rebuild is a general contractor's project, and we say so on the call.
All of Altadena from our Glendale office, including the foothill streets, the Meadows, Farnsworth Park, Christmas Tree Lane and the east side toward Sierra Madre, plus Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge, Sierra Madre, La Crescenta and South Pasadena. Call 747-298-8227 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: 747-298-8227.
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 Altadena 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.
