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The East Bay is hard on a door in two seasons: four months of Diablo Valley heat that cracks the finish on anything facing west, then a winter of rain into frames the sprinklers already softened, on clay that moves the house a little every year. Entry doors sag, sliders drag, French doors rub in the middle and the garage door quits closing on its own. We rehang, rebuild the frame, re-roller and install, from Walnut Creek.
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THE LISTALL DONEEvery one of these is routine for a Kaminskiy-certified technician based on Quail Court in Walnut Creek. Make one list. One call handles all of it.
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 East Bay job.
Hillside lots under oak canopy, with 1950s and 1960s ranch houses, redwood siding and decks on the downhill side. The shade keeps the north walls wet into May, so siding goes soft under intact paint, frames rot at the sill and doors bind as the hillside settles. We rebuild the wet wall first and true the frames.
The 1950s-70s tracts and the Eichlers of Rancho San Miguel, the hottest summers in our territory, and the clay that swells in winter and shrinks in summer. Sun-split fascia and T1-11 siding, slider rollers at forty years, doors that stick by the season, fence posts gone at the ground. Predictable, and cheap when it is caught early.
Bigger stucco homes from the 1970s on, most in associations with an approved scheme, plus the century-old wood houses of Old Town Danville and downtown Pleasanton. Heavy entry doors and French doors, pop-out sills and garage door jambs on the slab, porch posts on the old blocks, all matched to the HOA color or the historic look.
The East Bay gets its heat in one season and its water in another. Summer checks the paint and the caulk on every south and west face; the November storms run into the open end grain; the clay underneath swells and shrinks and racks the door frames; and under the oaks nothing dries until May. None of it is dramatic, all of it is cheaper this year than next, and most of what we fix waited a season.
Doors, drywall, trim, fences, decks, siding, rot, caulk and fixtures are handyman work. A roof, an electrical panel, a re-pipe, a gas line or a beam that holds the house up goes to the licensed specialty trade, and we say so on the call instead of guessing. Termite treatment is the licensed pest company's; we rebuild what the termites ate once they are done.
Most East Bay jobs are priced on the call from your description or a photo, in writing, before anything is scheduled. The bigger ones, a deck, a rotted frame or a bathroom refresh, get a look first and a written scope. The price you approve is the price at the house, from Lafayette to Livermore.
Walnut Creek's Rancho San Miguel is an Eichler tract, and the 1950s and 1960s ranch houses across the valley share its habits: flat or low roofs, exposed beams and fascia, wood siding to the ground, radiant slabs, original mahogany and tongue-and-groove inside. A repair on one has to match the profile and the finish, not cover them, and we keep the original where it can be saved.
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.
California lets anyone take a repair job under a set small amount without a license, as long as it needs no permit and nobody is employed to do it. Above that line the state wants a licensed contractor, and most of the jobs on a real to-do list cross it: a door swap, a run of rot, a deck railing. Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds a California contractor license (License #1120648), carries the insurance, and puts every job over the state's written-contract threshold on paper before it starts, which is why the price comes in writing even for the small ones.
Every East Bay city builds to the state residential code, which asks no application for ordinary repairs to a structure and exempts painting and finish work, and draws the line at cutting a structural beam or a load-bearing support. Each desk reads it its own way: Walnut Creek and Danville read it strictly, Concord lists decks, patio covers, re-roofs and windows as permit work, Lafayette lists termite and rot repair that adds no square footage as exempt from its zoning check, and Pleasanton prints the exemption on its own sheet. A deck, a new exterior door in Danville or rot into framing is a permit; the city pages on this site carry each desk's rule, and on the call we tell you which applies to your address.
The 2025 state fire map put parts of Lafayette, Danville and Concord in the high and very high zones, where a new exterior door, eave or deck may have to meet the wildfire standard; a like-for-like repair is not new construction, and we ask the fire district before anything bigger. The planned streets from Rossmoor to Ruby Hill answer to an association, and a repair painted to match rarely needs a form. Condo associations with three or more attached units carry California's balcony inspection law, and the railing and board carpentry the report flags is our lane.
One office for the whole East Bay. Our East Bay crew works out of the office on Quail Court in Walnut Creek and covers Lamorinda, the Diablo Valley and the Tri-Valley, seven days a week. Call 925-302-5955, text a photo, or send the form, and we answer in under three rings.
Reviewed by Sergei Kaminskiy, founder, November 7, 2026.
Can't find your answer? Call 925-302-5955 and ask us anything.
Call 925-302-5955We answer in under three rings, price most repairs on the call and usually schedule within days. The crew works out of Quail Court in Walnut Creek, so Lafayette, Concord, Danville and Pleasanton are all a short run up or down the 680 and the 24.
It depends on the list. Tell us what needs fixing, or text a photo, and you get the price on the call, in writing, before anything is scheduled. No service-call surprise at the house: the price you approve is the price you pay.
Yes, that is the whole idea. Make one list: the sticking door, the drywall hole, the fence gate, the grab bar. One Kaminskiy-certified technician works through it in a single visit wherever the parts allow, and the bigger items get scheduled before we leave.
Both, in the way that matters. Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds a California contractor license (License #1120648), is bonded and insured, and every technician is Kaminskiy-certified and background checked. That is why a door swap, a rot rebuild or a deck railing is inside the law with us, where an unlicensed handyman has to stop at a small job.
Usually not. The state residential code every East Bay city builds to asks no application for an ordinary repair and exempts painting and finish work. Each city reads the edges its own way, Walnut Creek and Danville strictly, and a deck, a new exterior door in Danville or rot into a beam is a permit everywhere. We tell you which on the call for your address.
Parts of Lafayette, Danville and Concord are in the 2025 high and very high zones. A like-for-like repair to a fascia board, a door or a deck board is not new construction and goes in to match. A whole eave, a new exterior door or a deck rebuilt in the zone may have to meet the wildfire standard, and we check your address before you buy anything.
From the Walnut Creek office: Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Moraga, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Clayton, Martinez, Alamo, Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore. Call 925-302-5955 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: 925-302-5955.
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 East Bay 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.
