Sills, fascia, siding, deck boards and harbor-side trim cut out and rebuilt with sound wood, sealed against the salt. Priced in writing before we start.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair cuts out dry rot, wood rot and termite damage on Huntington Beach homes and rebuilds it with sound wood: the sills and siding the salt air works on near the pier and in the Harbour, the fascia and eave trim on the 1960s and 1970s tracts east of Beach Boulevard, the deck boards, railings and balcony trim in Seacliff and the planned communities. Primed on every face, painted, caulked and sealed, with the water path fixed. The pest company treats; we rebuild. The price is in writing before anything starts. Since 2023 the crew has made 64 repair visits to 42 Huntington Beach homes.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Within a mile or two of the water the salt air eats the paint film and the fog keeps the wood damp till noon; inland, sixty years of sprinklers have soaked the same fascia ends and post bases since the tracts were built. We cut back to sound wood, rebuild with the same profile, seal the end grain and fix what let the water in.
AFTERBEFORE
Fascia & Eaves
Window Sills
Door Jambs & Casings
Trim & Siding
Termite Damage Rebuilds
Deck Boards & Railings
Stairs & Posts
Primed, Painted & SealedSix of the most common calls we get from Huntington Beach, and all of them carpentry. Priced on the call by a Kaminskiy-certified technician, in writing; a deck or a whole elevation gets a look first and a written scope.
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 Huntington Beach rot and termite damage repair.
Salt first, then age. Downtown, on the numbered streets, in Sunset Beach and around Huntington Harbour the salt air and the morning fog keep the ocean-facing wood damp and strip the paint film a little faster every year, so sills, sashes and siding go soft from the outside in. East of Beach Boulevard the houses are from the 1960s and 1970s, the fascia and the trim are original, and the sprinklers have hit the same spots for sixty years. The fix is the same on both sides: sound wood, primed on every face, and the water moved.
Drywood termites live inside dry fascia and trim with no need for soil and leave hard six-sided pellets under a pinhole in the paint. Subterranean termites come up from the lawn in mud tubes where stucco or siding meets the dirt, and a sprinkler against the house is an invitation. In the Harbour and near the wetlands, wood that stays wet can draw dampwood termites, which only live in moist wood. A licensed pest company identifies and treats; we rebuild what was eaten, after them.
Filler bridges rot; it does not stop it. Within a season the salt film lifts the paint off the patch and the wood behind it is softer than before. We cut the board back until the probe stops sinking, splice or replace with the same profile, back-prime, caulk and paint, and the water has no way back in.
Repaint the ocean-facing wall before the paint fails, not after. Recaulk the sill joints when the line opens. Keep the sprinklers off the stucco and the siding, keep the gutters draining away from the slab, and keep sand, soil and planters off the bottom course. Inland, clear the gutters in October, before the first storm fills them.
Beach cottages and rebuilt lots with wood siding, wood-framed windows and redwood trim, and the Harbour's waterfront homes with decks, railings and balcony trim over the channels. Salt air and fog keep the ocean-facing wall damp, so sills, sashes and the bottom courses of siding go first; on the channels the deck boards and the railing posts follow. We rebuild them to shed water, match the profile and seal every joint.
Single-story stucco homes with wood fascia, eave trim, wood-framed windows and patio covers, most of them original and sixty years old. Fascia rots behind the gutters, beam ends check and go soft, the garage door jamb crumbles at the slab, and subterranean termites come up where the lawn sprinkler hits the stucco. We splice new wood into the old, match the paint and fix the drip or the emitter that caused it.
Association streets of 1980s to 2000s homes with foam trim and less exposed wood, so the rot shows where wood is still used: wood-clad sills, door jambs at the stucco line, balcony trim and the deck details. Design standards apply and the condo associations carry the balcony inspection law, so we photograph the profile, match it and put the scope in writing for the board.
The same crew covers the rest of the county from the office on Michelson Drive; the Orange County dry rot and wood rot repair page has the county-wide picture, the permit rules city by city 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.
Huntington Beach publishes its own list of work exempt from a permit: painting, papering, tiling and similar finish work; decks and platforms not more than 30 inches above grade; replacement doors and windows when the waterproofing is not altered; fences to six feet. A like-for-like fascia board, sill or run of siding is finish-and-trim carpentry on that line, and the state code the city builds to asks for no application for ordinary repairs. A rebuild into rafter tails or framing is not ordinary, and anything in the city's floodplain overlay loses the exemption, so we ask the Building Division before a job like that.
Selling in Huntington Beach means a termite report from a licensed structural pest control company, the same one that treats: Section 1 is the active infestation and the damage it caused, Section 2 the conditions likely to lead to it, which here usually means wood kept wet by sprinklers or the ground. The pest company treats and certifies. The sills, siding, fascia and deck boards on the list are our carpentry, and they reinspect it before closing. Send the report with the address and we price the repairs from it.
Most of Huntington Beach has no association; Seacliff, Pacific Ranch, Brightwater and the Harbour's communities do, and a rot repair painted to match rarely needs a form. A changed profile or color sometimes does, and we put the materials and finish in writing. The condo and townhome associations in the Harbour and Seacliff also carry California's balcony inspection law: rot flagged in a railing, a deck board or balcony trim is our lane, and a rotted ledger goes to the engineer first.
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Call 714-844-1582Most sill, fascia and siding repairs are priced on the call and scheduled within days, Downtown or east of Beach Boulevard. A deck on the channel or a whole ocean-facing elevation gets a look first and a written scope before anything starts.
Yes. We cut out the eaten fascia, trim, siding and the framing we can reach, rebuild with sound wood and seal it. The pest company's treatment and report stay theirs; we schedule after them so the wood is opened once.
Yes. Sills, sashes, siding, fascia, trim, jambs and deck boards are carpentry, and Kaminskiy is licensed, bonded and insured, so a splice into framing is fine too. A beam or a ledger, or a deck that hangs over the channel, gets named before anyone opens a wall.
What comes out once the board is open, how much the salt has taken with it, and the finish it has to match. A sill or a fascia board is priced from a photo; a deck or an elevation is priced after a look. The number is in writing before anything is scheduled.
Not for finish work or an ordinary repair: the city's own exempt list names painting and similar finish work and decks under 30 inches, and the state code it builds to asks for no application for ordinary repairs. A rebuild into rafter tails or framing, or work on a home in the floodplain overlay, is the kind we ask the Building Division about first.
If the report flagged soft boards, a rotted railing post or damaged trim, yes, and we put the scope in writing for the board. A rotted ledger or a structural member goes to the engineer first, and we tell you that on the call.
All of Huntington Beach from our Orange County office, including Downtown, Huntington Harbour, Sunset Beach, Seacliff, Goldenwest, Oak View and the Adams and Brookhurst streets, plus Fountain Valley, Westminster, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Seal Beach. Call 714-844-1582 to confirm your address.
Tell us where the wood has gone soft, or text a photo, and we call back with a written price and a time. Calling is still faster: 714-844-1582.
Priced in writing before we start, rebuilt to last, 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.
