Deck boards, railing posts, beam ends, fascia and sills on canyon and ridge lots cut out and rebuilt with sound wood, finished to match. Priced in writing before we start.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair rebuilds rotted and termite-damaged wood in the Hollywood Hills, canyon by canyon: the deck boards, railing posts and stair stringers on the Laurel Canyon and Bird Streets lots, the beam ends and fascia on the post-and-beam houses, the wood windows and trim on the 1920s homes in Beachwood Canyon and Whitley Heights, the sun-split eaves on the ridge off Mulholland. Cut back to sound wood, rebuilt to the same profile, primed, painted and sealed, with the drainage or the irrigation that caused it dealt with. If termites are in it, a licensed pest company treats first and we rebuild after. The price is in writing before anything starts, from our office on Wilshire.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Canyon shade on one side of the house and ridge sun on the other, decks hanging over the slope, hillside drainage that runs where it wants and drywood termites in every fascia: Hollywood Hills rot lives on the decks and in the eaves. We open it up, cut back to sound wood, rebuild, prime and paint, and fix the water path before we leave.
AFTERBEFORE
Fascia & Eaves
Window Sills
Door Jambs & Casings
Trim & Siding
Termite Damage Rebuilds
Deck Boards & Railings
Stairs & Posts
Primed, Painted & SealedA soft deck board over a canyon is not a wait-until-spring item. A Kaminskiy-certified technician prices a board, a post or a sill on the call, in writing; a whole deck, a long eave run or anything near a ledger gets a look first and a written scope.
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.
Slope and shade. A canyon house has one side in shade most of the day and the other in full sun, and the hillside drains past the post bases, the stair stringers and the bottom of the siding whether anyone planned for it or not. Decks are everywhere and they take the weather first: boards go soft at the ends, railing posts rot where water pools at the base, and the ledger against the house hides damage behind the stucco. On the ridge the sun checks the paint on the eaves and the beam ends and the winter rain follows it in. We start on the deck and the shaded wall, because that is where the rot is.
Drywood termites live inside the dry fascia and beam ends, need no soil, swarm in late summer and fall and leave hard six-sided pellets under a pinhole, often on the deck below. On the canyon floors the shade and the irrigation keep the ground damp enough for subterranean termites, which come up in mud tubes where a post or the stucco meets the dirt. A licensed pest company treats whichever it is; we rebuild the wood after, and we schedule the two so the deck opens once.
We replace the boards that went soft, rebuild a railing post at its base on a proper standoff, and splice a stair stringer where it rotted at the ground, and we leave the sound wood alone. The ledger is the exception: if the rot has reached it, or the joists it carries, we say so before anyone opens the wall and tell you who needs to look at it. A filler patch on a deck board is a board that breaks later.
Get the hillside drainage past the house and the deck posts instead of through them, keep the gutters and the downspouts carrying water away from the slope side, keep the deck boards clear of leaves and planters so they dry, and repaint the ridge side before the paint fails. In the canyons the shade will not dry the wood for you; the drainage has to.
Steep lots with decks over the slope, stairs down to lower terraces and 1950s to 1970s post-and-beam houses with beam ends open to the weather. Deck boards go soft at the ends, railing posts and stringers rot at the base where the hillside drains past them, and the beam ends check in the sun. We rebuild boards, posts and stringers where they stand, splice beam ends to the same profile and name a ledger problem before anyone opens the wall.
1920s Spanish and storybook homes with wood windows, exposed rafter tails and wood doors on their original frames, in canyon shade that keeps the north walls damp. The sill corners, the rafter tails and the jamb bottoms go first. We rebuild the sills to shed water, splice the tails and match the profile so the house keeps its face.
Sun and wind on the eaves and the fascia, and mid-century homes with flat fascias and long beam ends. The paint checks first, the rain runs into the end grain, and drywood termites move into the dry wood. We rebuild the fascia and the beam ends, prime every face and seal the new wood against the sun.
The canyons are twenty minutes 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.
The Hollywood Hills are 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 deck board, a sill or a trim piece painted to match is usually the first kind; a rebuild into a ledger, a beam or framing is the second, and on a hillside lot anything new has grading and hillside rules of its own. We tell you which on the call.
A sale in the hills comes with a termite report from a licensed structural pest control company: Section 1 is the active infestation and the damage from it, Section 2 the conditions that invite it, and on a canyon house the deck is usually on it. The pest company treats and certifies; the boards, posts, fascia and sills on the list are ours, reinspected by them when we are done. Send the report and the address and we price from it, in writing.
Most of the Hollywood Hills has no association; Hollywoodland, Outpost Estates and a few hillside communities do, and they rarely need to see a repair matching the existing profile and finish. The rule that matters more up here is water: the hillside has to drain past the house and the deck posts, not through them, and we fix that path as part of the rebuild rather than hand the same rot back in three years.
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Call 310-928-6211We answer in under three rings and price a deck board, a post, a sill or a trim piece on the call, usually scheduled within days. A whole deck, a long eave run or anything near a ledger is sized after a look, with the scope in writing before anything starts.
Yes, once a licensed pest company has treated. We cut out the eaten fascia, beam ends, trim and the framing we can reach, rebuild to the same profile and paint; the treatment and the report stay with the pest company.
The boards, the railing posts, the stringers and the trim, yes: that is carpentry, and Kaminskiy is licensed, bonded and insured. The ledger and the joists it carries are the line: if the rot has reached them, we say so first and tell you who needs to look at it before anyone opens the wall.
Access sets the price up here more than anywhere else: a board on a deck you can walk onto and a post base three stories down a slope are not the same visit. Then how far the rot runs once the wood is opened, and the profile it has to match. Text a photo and the number is in writing before anything is scheduled.
Yes. We replace the boards that went soft, rebuild a rotted post at its base and leave the sound boards and rails alone. If the ledger behind the stucco is involved, you hear that before we go further.
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 replaced boards or a rebuilt railing post. Rot in a ledger, a beam or framing is a permit, and on a hillside lot anything new has its own rules; we tell you on the call.
All of the Hollywood Hills from our Beverly Hills office, including Laurel Canyon, the Bird Streets, Sunset Plaza, Beachwood Canyon, Hollywoodland, Whitley Heights, Outpost Estates and the Mulholland streets, plus West Hollywood, Studio City, Los Feliz and Beverly 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.
