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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. Balcony work is done to California inspection standards where they apply. We serve Beverly Hills and the surrounding California communities.
Our office is on Wilshire. Garden-side balconies and sun-baked Trousdale decks lead the Beverly Hills list.
A Beverly Hills deck is a wood balcony on a 1920s Spanish house in the flats with the garden watered beneath it every morning, a post-and-beam deck in Trousdale that has baked since the 1950s, or the balcony on a duplex south of Wilshire that the termite report found. The irrigation and the hedges keep the wood at the bottom damp, the hillside sun lets the paint go and the rain follows it into the end grain. We replace the soft boards, rebuild the rail bases, reset posts, rebuild stairs, correct the flashing and refinish to the house, matching the profile a ninety-year-old balcony has carried, and we scope the SB 721 and SB 326 items in writing for the owner or the board.
AFTERBEFOREEach of these is a repair, not a rebuild, for a Kaminskiy-certified technician who starts the day at 8383 Wilshire. One look, a written scope, and most of them done in one or two visits.
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 Beverly Hills deck and balcony repair.
Water in the flats, sun in the hills, age everywhere. Between Santa Monica and Sunset the gardens are watered daily and the hedges hold the damp against the balcony boards and the post bases, so an immaculate house loses its rail bases and its board ends from underneath. Up in Trousdale the 1950s and 1960s beam ends and deck boards bake until the paint lets go, and the next rain gets into the end grain. South of Wilshire the balconies on the duplexes and apartment buildings have carried fifty years of tenants and the law now asks for a report. Caught early it is boards, a rail base and flashing; left a few seasons it is joists.
Lean on the rail at the corner and at the top of the stairs, and on a Spanish balcony lean on each baluster run between the posts. Movement means the connection has gone: a rail base rotted under its paint, a bolt loose in a dried rim, a notched post split at the bolt. We open the connection, cut back to sound wood, through-bolt the post to the framing with a tension tie and set the rail to carry a shoulder, with the baluster and cap milled to match so the street face does not change. A railing that cannot be made solid is replaced, and we say so first.
The apartment buildings with three or more units carry SB 721 and the condominium associations carry SB 326: an inspection of the wood-framed balconies, decks, stairs and walkways and a report to the owner or the board. The soft decking, rotted joists, loose railings, failed flashing and lifted waterproofing the report flags are our work, scoped in writing and done to the re-inspection standard, with photos and the invoice for the file. The engineer stamps the repair first when a ledger has failed or a balcony has moved. Our Beverly Hills SB 721 page, linked from this one, covers the inspection, the report and the deadlines.
Move the heads that hit the balcony boards and the post bases, and trim the hedge back from the wood so the spray dries. Keep the flashing at the stucco sealed, send the balcony drain away from the wall, and repaint or reseal before the finish fails, more often on the garden side in the flats and on the sun side in Trousdale. Once a year press a screwdriver into every rail base and post base and along the ledger. One soft board found in spring is a visit; soft joists found after the rains are a project.
Spanish, Tudor and Colonial homes from the 1920s and 1930s with wood balconies off the upper floors, terraces, pergolas and gardens watered every morning under them. The balcony board ends and the rail bases go first where the hedge holds the spray, the flashing at the stucco lets go, the pergola beam ends check. We replace the boards to the profile, rebuild the rail bases, correct the flashing and refinish in the color the house has carried for ninety years.
Smaller 1920s to 1940s homes, duplexes and apartment buildings on tighter lots, many changing hands or under the balcony law, so the termite report, the inspection list and the SB 721 report drive the work: soft balcony decking, rotted joists at the ledger, loose railings, failed waterproofing, stair stringers at the ground. We clear the list to the re-inspection standard, hand over photos and the invoice for the file, and the pest company reinspects.
Mid-century post-and-beam homes with decks, flat fascias and beam ends open to the sun on hillside lots in the fire zone. The paint checks, the rain follows it into the end grain, the boards split, railing posts loosen as the hill settles a little each winter. We splice beam ends to the profile, replace boards and rails where they stand, correct the ledger flashing and check the wildfire standard before new decking goes in.
Call 310-928-6211 or text pictures of the rail base, the board ends and the flashing at the wall, or send the list through the house manager. Most Beverly Hills deck and balcony repairs get a range on the call and a date for the look; the office is minutes away.
A technician probes the rail bases, the board ends, the ledger and the stringers, checks the flashing at the stucco and the rail bolts, and writes the scope: boards, posts, hardware, finish, the profile to match, whether the city or the heritage commission needs to see anything, and whether an engineer does. The price is on the scope.
Soft boards out and new ones milled to the profile, rail bases rebuilt, posts reset, joists sistered where the rot reached them, railings through-bolted, stairs rebuilt, flashing corrected, scheduled around the household and the gardeners. Most repairs run a day or two, and the refinish waits until the new wood has dried.
The finish goes on last, the cut-offs leave with us, photos go to you or the board, and the one-year workmanship warranty is written on the invoice at the price you approved.
Under California law a repair below a small set amount may be done without a license, provided it needs no permit and no one is employed to do it; a balcony railing, a run of soft joists or an SB 721 item is past that line and wants a licensed contractor. Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds a California contractor license (License #1106209), is bonded and insured, sends Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technicians, and every job over the state's written-contract threshold is on paper before the first board comes off.
Beverly Hills keeps its own list of work exempt from a permit and builds to the California codes with local amendments. The state residential code it builds to needs no application for an ordinary repair to a structure and exempts finish work, which is where replaced balcony boards and treads, a rebuilt rail base, a reset post, corrected flashing and a refinish fall; it draws the line at cutting a structural beam or a load-bearing support. A deck or balcony rebuilt from the frame up, a new footprint or a replaced ledger is a permit, and because the city's list is strict we check it with Building and Safety before a job like that rather than quote it. On an SB 721 building the owner pulls the permit for the flagged repairs, and we hand over the scope for it.
Most of Beverly Hills has no association; the city's own rules do that work. A landmark, or a contributing house in a historic district, needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Cultural Heritage Commission before the street face changes, and a balcony repair that keeps the profile, the material and the finish is what the ordinance protects; a new railing design is not, and we say so before anything is ordered. North of Sunset the hillside is in the very high fire hazard zone, and the 2025 map reaches further, so a deck built new up there, or the decking nearest the house replaced, is checked against the state wildfire standard first.
Our office is on Wilshire in Beverly Hills. The crew starts the day at 8383 Wilshire Boulevard, so a Beverly Hills call is usually on the calendar within days and a technician can look the same week. Call 310-928-6211, text a photo, or send the form.
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Call 310-928-6211Faster than anywhere else we serve: the office is at 8383 Wilshire, minutes from the flats and a short climb to Trousdale. We answer in under three rings, give most Beverly Hills deck and balcony repairs a range on the call from photos, and the look is usually within days; boards, a rail base or a set of treads are often one visit. Rot into the joists or anything an engineer must see gets a written timeline first.
Repair first. On a 1920s balcony the board ends and the rail bases go long before the framing, and they can be replaced one at a time with the profile milled to match while the street face stays the same. When the ledger has failed, the joists are gone or the balcony has moved, we show you the wood and price both paths in writing; a new deck or balcony on a new footprint is a permit and often an engineer, and on a landmark the commission sees it first, which we say before you choose.
Yes. We do the repairs an SB 721 inspection report calls out on apartment buildings with three or more units, and the repairs condominium associations need under SB 326: decking, joists, posts, railings, flashing and waterproofing, scoped in writing for the owner or the board, done to the re-inspection standard and photographed for the file. Anything the report calls structural goes to the engineer before us. The inspection itself is covered on our Beverly Hills SB 721 balcony inspection and repair page.
The profile a repair has to match sets more of the price here than anywhere: a plain deck board and a milled 1920s balcony baluster are not the same visit, and the reach of the rot sets the rest. Text photos of the rail base, the board ends and the flashing and you get a range on the call; after the look you get a written scope with the boards, hardware and finish priced before anything is ordered. The invoice is the scope you approved, item for item.
Yes. The one-year workmanship warranty is in writing on every Beverly Hills balcony and deck repair, and the work is done by Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technicians under California contractor License #1106209, bonded and insured.
Not to replace boards or treads, rebuild a rail base, reset a post, correct flashing or refinish; the state code the city builds to asks no application for an ordinary repair. A deck or balcony rebuilt from the frame up, a new footprint or a replaced ledger is a permit, and because the city keeps a strict list of its own we check it with Building and Safety before a job like that rather than quote it. On an SB 721 building the flagged repairs are permitted work the owner pulls, and we give you the scope for it.
Yes. A balcony repair that keeps the profile, the material and the finish is maintenance of the thing the preservation ordinance protects, and we mill the boards and balusters to match and photograph before and after so the file shows it. A changed railing design on the street face goes to the Cultural Heritage Commission first, and we say so before anything is ordered.
All of Beverly Hills from the office on Wilshire, including the flats north and south, Trousdale Estates, Coldwater Canyon and Benedict Canyon, plus Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Century City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Grove and the Hollywood Hills. Call 310-928-6211 to confirm your address and get on the schedule.
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: 310-928-6211.
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.
