Long runs of eave and fascia, wood windows, trim and deck framing cut out and rebuilt with sound wood, matched to the house. Priced in writing before we start.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair rebuilds rotted and termite-damaged wood on Bel Air homes, from the East Gate and West Gate estates to Bel Air Crest, Roscomare and the canyon lots off Stone Canyon and Beverly Glen: the long runs of eave and fascia the sprinklers reach, the wood windows and shutters on the older houses, the balcony trim and deck framing on the slopes. Everything is cut back to sound wood, rebuilt to the same profile, primed, painted and sealed, and the irrigation head or the downspout that caused it is dealt with. If termites are in it, a licensed pest company treats first and we rebuild after. The scope and the price are in writing before anything starts.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Big gardens watered every morning, shade on the canyon floors, sun and wind on the ridge, and drywood termites in the eaves: Bel Air wood rots quietly on houses that look perfect from the drive. We open it up, cut back to sound wood, rebuild with the same profile and finish, and fix what kept it wet.
AFTERBEFORE
Fascia & Eaves
Window Sills
Door Jambs & Casings
Trim & Siding
Termite Damage Rebuilds
Deck Boards & Railings
Stairs & Posts
Primed, Painted & SealedOn a house this size the rot list is usually longer than the first photo, so we walk the eaves and the garden side with you first. A Kaminskiy-certified technician prices a single sill or trim piece on the call, in writing; an estate gets a written scope after the walk.
We answer in under three rings and get you priced and scheduled in minutes.
A clear, written quote with upfront pricing. You approve before work begins.
Kaminskiy-certified pros finish the job with a workmanship warranty.
Every rot and termite damage repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, and is done by a Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technician.
Water that never stops. Bel Air gardens are irrigated every morning, the hedges hold the moisture against the eave and the corner boards, and the canyon lots sit in shade until noon. On the ridge the wind and the sun check the paint on the balcony trim and the beam ends, and the winter rain follows the cracks in. The houses are large, so the eave runs are long and a slow drip has thirty feet to work on. We look at the garden side and the shaded side first, because that is where the rot is.
Drywood termites live inside the fascia and the eave trim, need no soil, and leave hard six-sided pellets under a pinhole; they swarm in late summer and fall. On the canyon floors the shade and the irrigation keep the ground damp enough for subterranean termites, which come up in mud tubes where stucco or a post meets the dirt. A licensed pest company treats whichever it is; we rebuild the wood after, in the right order, and we tell you which you have if you are not sure.
A Bel Air eave has a profile, a shadow line and a paint that someone chose. We cut the rotted run back to sound wood, mill or source the same profile, splice it in, prime every face, caulk and paint to match, so the repair disappears from the drive and from the garden. A whole-elevation re-trim is a different job, and we say so.
Have the irrigation adjusted so no head reaches the house, keep the hedges trimmed a hand's width off the eave and the siding, keep the downspouts carried away from the corners, and have the shaded walls repainted on a schedule rather than when they peel. Shade plus water is the whole story on the canyon lots.
Older estates with long eave runs, wood windows, shutters and trim, and gardens watered daily. The eave above the hedge goes first, then the sill corners on the garden side, and drywood termites take the dry fascia. We rebuild the runs to the same profile, rebuild the sills to shed water and match the finish the house has carried for decades.
View homes with decks, balconies, railings and beam ends facing the sun and the wind. The paint checks first, the rain follows, and the balcony trim and the deck boards go soft at the ends while the railing posts rot at the base. We rebuild boards, rails and trim where they stand, and a ledger behind the stucco gets named before anyone opens the wall.
Shade and irrigation keep the canyon floors damp, so the wood at the bottom of the house rots first: door jambs on the slab, corner boards, the lowest courses of siding, post bases. Subterranean termites travel where that wood meets the ground. We rebuild the bottoms, get the grade and the mulch back below the wood line and seal the new work on every face.
The same crew covers the whole city from the office on Wilshire; the Los Angeles dry rot and wood rot repair page has the city-wide picture, the LADBS permit rule and the termite report in plain words.
A fascia board, a sill or a trim piece is priced on the call, in writing. A bigger rebuild gets a look first and a written price before anything starts.
We cut back to sound wood and probe how far the rot really goes. If it runs further than the photo showed, you hear it before we go further, with the price.
New wood primed on all sides, caulked, painted to match, and the water path that caused it fixed: the drip edge, the flashing, the gutter end, the sprinkler.
The work area is cleaned before we leave, and every rot repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty.
Bel Air is in the City of Los Angeles, and LADBS needs no permit for painting and similar finish work, for a low platform or walk, or for regulated work under a small set value that does not affect structural stability; beyond that the Building Code asks for a permit to alter or repair a structure. A sill, a trim piece or a run of fascia painted to match is usually the first kind; a rebuild into rafter tails or framing is the second, and on a hillside lot anything new has its own rules. We tell you which on the call.
When a Bel Air house changes hands, a licensed structural pest control company writes the termite report: Section 1 for the active infestation and the damage from it, Section 2 for what invites it. They treat and certify; the eaves, sills, trim and deck framing on the list are ours, and they reinspect our work. Send the report and the address and we walk the list with you and price it in writing.
The Bel Air Association and the hillside committees rarely need to see a repair that matches the existing profile and finish; a changed trim detail, a new railing design or a different color sometimes needs a review, and we put the materials and finish in writing for it. On the slopes the city's hillside rules are about new construction and grading, not a rebuilt deck board, and we check before anything bigger.
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Call 310-928-6211We answer in under three rings and our office on Wilshire is minutes away. A sill, a trim piece or a short run of fascia is priced on the call and scheduled within days; an estate with a long rot list gets a walk-through first and a written scope before anything starts.
Yes. Once a licensed pest company has treated, we cut out the eaten eave trim, fascia and the framing we can reach, splice or replace it to the same profile, prime and paint. Treatment, fumigation and the report stay with the pest company.
The carpentry is the same at any size: eaves, sills, trim, jambs, siding, deck boards, and Kaminskiy is licensed, bonded and insured, so a splice into a rafter or a post is fine too. What changes on a large house is the length of the list, and we put the whole list in writing. A beam or a ledger gets named before anyone opens a wall.
The length of the run and the profile it has to match set most of it, then the height and the access. A sill is priced on the call; thirty feet of eave is priced after a look. Either way the number is in writing before anything is scheduled.
Usually. We take the profile off the existing piece, mill or source the match, and show it to you before it goes up. If the profile is no longer made and has to be milled, we say so and price that in.
Not for painting and finish work, and not for small work under the City of Los Angeles' set value that does not touch structural stability, which covers a sill or a trim piece painted to match. Rot in rafter tails, a beam or framing is a permit, and we tell you on the call when a job needs one.
All of Bel Air from our Beverly Hills office, including East Gate, West Gate, Bel Air Crest, Roscomare, Stone Canyon and Beverly Glen, plus Brentwood, Westwood, Holmby Hills, Beverly Hills and the Hollywood Hills. Call 310-928-6211 to confirm your address.
Tell us where the wood has gone soft, or text us a photo. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 310-928-6211.
Priced in writing before we start. Kaminskiy-certified technicians. A one-year 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.
