Doors that bind, sag or will not latch, fixed. Hillside frames trued. The new door you bought, installed, permit handled. Priced on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair repairs and installs doors across the Hollywood Hills, from Laurel and Nichols Canyons to Beachwood Canyon, Outpost Estates and the Bird Streets, from our office on Wilshire Boulevard. Doors that bind as hillside homes settle are rehung and their frames trued, rotted frames are rebuilt, and the door you choose is installed to the wildfire rule. Priced on the call, in writing, before anything is scheduled.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced before we come out.
Hollywood Hills homes sit on slopes that move, behind steep stairs, in the very high fire hazard zone. Doors bind, latches miss and frames rack. We true the frame, rehang the door and install the doors you choose, permit and fire rule checked.
AFTERBEFORE
Entry Door Repair
Door Frame & Jamb Rebuild
Front & Exterior Door Install
Interior Door Install
French Doors
Sliding Patio Doors
Pocket & Barn Doors
Locks, Hinges & ClosersIn the Hollywood Hills, each of these is a job for a Kaminskiy technician, Laurel Canyon to Beachwood. The price is set on the call and most repairs end in one visit.
Priced and on the calendar during the first call.
A written quote you approve before anyone drives out.
One visit, truck stocked, warranty in writing.
Hollywood Hills door repairs and installs come with a one-year workmanship warranty in writing, from a licensed, bonded and insured crew.
Slope and fire. Hollywood Hills homes are built on hillsides that settle and creep, racking door frames until doors bind at the top and latches miss. Decks and glass doors take the sun and the wind. And the hills have been a very high fire hazard zone for decades; the January 2025 Sunset Fire near Runyon Canyon was a reminder. The fix is a trued frame and a rehang, and an exterior door that meets the wildfire rule when it is replaced.
In the hills, the frame is usually the problem: trued and shimmed, a racked frame lets the door swing and latch again. When an exterior door is truly past saving, the new one may have to meet the wildfire rule, and we tell you on the call.
Plan on a quick one. the Hollywood Hills is in the City of Los Angeles, which treats a same-size door change-out as an express permit, issued over the counter, and a new or larger opening as a plan-check job. Rehanging a door, rebuilding a frame and new hardware are ordinary repairs; we handle the permit when a new door needs one.
Steep driveways, stairs and narrow streets are part of every Hollywood Hills job. We plan the visit around them, carry the door and the parts up, and protect the stairs and floors on the way.
Canyon homes on steep lots with settling frames and shaded, damp entries. We true the frame, rehang doors that bind and rebuild frames rotted at the threshold.
Older homes from the 1920s and 1930s with original doors; Whitley Heights is a historic overlay zone with its own review. We keep the original doors and rehang them so they swing true.
Modern homes with walls of glass doors and decks over the city. We realign big sliders and pivot doors and check the wildfire rule before a new exterior door.
Text a photo of the door, or describe what it is doing. We price the repair or the install on that call and put it in writing before the visit is scheduled.
Shims, strikes, hinges, weatherstrip, jamb stock and the usual locksets come up the hill with the technician, so a racked frame or a missing latch is normally fixed the first time.
Measuring comes first, so the door you buy fits the opening and swings the right way. The frame is trued before the door goes in, and it goes in plumb.
Stairs and floors are covered on the way in, the old door and trim go down the hill on our truck, and the one-year workmanship warranty is in writing.
The City of Los Angeles lists a same-size, same-type residential door change-out as an express permit, and a new or larger opening goes through plan check. Rehangs, frame repairs and hardware are ordinary repairs. The hills have been a very high fire hazard zone since 1999, so an exterior door there may have to meet the wildfire standard, and we check before you buy.
California's residential code wants the door between the garage and the house to be solid wood or steel at least 1-3/8 inches thick, or rated for 20 minutes, and to close and latch on its own. Many older homes have a hollow-core door there or a closer that quit; we install the right door and the closer.
Whitley Heights is a historic preservation overlay zone, where a new front door goes through review. Elsewhere in the hills a repair that matches needs nothing, and for a new door we put the size, style and finish in writing.
Reviewed by Sergei Kaminskiy, founder, November 7, 2026.
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Call 310-928-6211Usually within a few days. The repair is priced on the call, and because the truck carries shims, strikes, hinges, weatherstrip and jamb stock up the hill, a door that binds, a latch that misses or a lock that quit is normally put right in one visit.
Because the house has moved. As a hillside home settles, the frame racks out of square, the door binds at the top and the latch misses the strike. We true the frame and rehang the door; if the slope itself is moving, we tell you on the call.
A frame trued and a door rehung is a small job, and so is a new strike or deadbolt. A jamb rebuilt from the threshold up, or the new door you bought installed with its permit, is a bigger one. Tell us what the door does or text a photo and the price is given on the call and written down before anything is booked.
The hills are a very high fire hazard zone, so a new exterior door may have to meet the state's wildfire standard: solid-core wood, a 20-minute rated door or an approved noncombustible door. We check before you buy.
Install. You buy the door, from a door shop or a home center, and we hang it. First we measure the opening so the size and the swing you buy are right, and in the hills we check the wildfire rule and the express permit for an exterior door. Then the frame is fixed, the door set plumb, sealed, trimmed, and the hardware fitted.
Yes. Prehung or slab, it makes no difference to us. Text the size or a photo of the label and the install is priced on the call. We also tell you then whether the opening needs work first, and whether a door up here has to meet the wildfire rule, so you buy once.
For a new door, plan on an express permit: the Hollywood Hills is in the City of Los Angeles, which treats a same-size door change-out as an over-the-counter permit. Repairs, a rehang or new hardware need none. We handle the permit as part of the job and tell you on the call.
All of the Hollywood Hills from our Beverly Hills office, including Laurel Canyon, Nichols Canyon, Beachwood Canyon, Hollywood Dell, Outpost Estates and the Bird Streets, plus West Hollywood, Los Feliz and Studio City. Call 310-928-6211 to confirm your address and get on the schedule.
Describe the door, or text a photo of it, and we call back with a written price and a time. Calling is still faster: 310-928-6211.
Priced on the call, fixed in one visit, 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.
