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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 Irvine and the surrounding California communities.
Our office is on Michelson Drive. Soft boards, loose railings and balcony reports lead the Irvine deck list.
An Irvine deck is a slope deck in Quail Hill or Turtle Ridge, a wood balcony on an attached home in Woodbridge, or a builder deck in Portola Springs with hardware working loose. The irrigation timer keeps the post bases wet and the inland sun splits the top boards. We replace the soft boards, reset the railing posts, rebuild stair treads and stringers, correct the ledger flashing, then sand, stain and seal to the village scheme. A balcony the inspection law covers gets its repairs scoped in writing for the board.
AFTERBEFOREEach of these is a repair, not a rebuild, for a Kaminskiy-certified technician who starts the day on Michelson Drive. One look, one written scope, one visit for most of them.
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 Irvine deck and balcony repair.
Water on a timer. Every village runs drip lines and sprinklers before dawn, and the same post base, stair foot and board end gets wet every day of the year while the inland sun splits the top boards and opens the end grain. Water then sits in the splits and at the ledger. None of that shows from the kitchen; it shows when a screwdriver sinks into the post. Caught at that stage it is boards, a post and hardware, not a frame.
Lean on the rail at the top of the stairs and at the corner post. Any movement is a loose or rotted connection at the post, usually where the post meets the rim joist or the base plate on the slab. We open the connection, cut back to sound wood, and rebuild it with through-bolts and a tension tie so it carries a shoulder, not just a hand. A railing we cannot make solid is replaced, and we say so first.
California requires the wood-framed balconies, decks, stairs and walkways on apartment buildings with three or more units to be inspected under SB 721, and the condominium associations in the attached villages carry the same duty under SB 326. The report lists the elements that failed; the boards, posts, railings, flashing and waterproofing it flags are our work, scoped in writing for the owner or the board. The inspection itself, the stamped report and the deadlines are on our Irvine SB 721 page, linked from this one.
Move the emitter that hits the post and cap the head that wets the stairs; that is the cheapest deck repair in the city. Sweep the gaps so the boards drain, reseal or restain before the wood goes gray, and once a year press a screwdriver into every post base and along the ledger. One soft board found in spring is one visit; a soft frame found in October is a project.
Late-1960s to 1980s homes with wood balconies on the attached units, open-beam patio covers and low decks on the original redwood or fir. Forty years of sprinklers have found the post bases and the stair feet, the fasteners are the originals, and the balcony walking surfaces on the condo buildings are now inside California's inspection law. We sister the soft joist, reset the post on a new base, replace the boards and refinish, and scope the balcony items in writing for the board.
Newer homes on slope lots with the deck hung off the back of the house into the afternoon wind off the coast. Board ends go soft where the drip line reaches them, railing posts rot at the base, and the sun splits the top boards before the frame has aged at all. Several of these villages sit inside the 2025 fire map, so a deck rebuilt here is checked against the wildfire rule for decking before you order boards. We replace boards and posts, correct the ledger flashing and seal the end grain.
The youngest decks in the city, mostly composite or builder-grade wood with hardware that has worked loose after a few summers: a railing that rattles, a gate that drops, fascia boards cupping, a stair stringer pulling from the rim. The design standards are exact, so we photograph the profile and the color, match both, and tighten or replace the connections rather than the deck.
Call 714-844-1582 or text pictures of the post base, the railing connection and the worst board. Most Irvine deck repairs get a range on the call and a date for the look.
A technician probes the posts, the ledger and the stair stringers, checks the flashing and the fasteners, and writes the scope: boards, posts, hardware, finish, and whether anything needs an engineer. The price is on it, with the village color noted.
Soft boards out, joists sistered where they need it, posts reset on new bases, railings rebuilt to carry a load, stairs rebuilt, flashing corrected. Most repairs are a day or two; the finish follows once the new wood has dried.
Stain and seal go on last, the cut-offs leave with us, and the one-year workmanship warranty is on the invoice at the price you approved.
California lets a repair under a small set amount be done without a license when no permit is needed and nobody is hired to help; a deck railing, a run of soft joists or a balcony item passes that line and wants a licensed contractor. Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds License #1106209, is bonded and insured, sends Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technicians, and writes up every job over the state's written-contract threshold before the first board comes off.
Irvine's own no-permit list covers platforms and walks to thirty inches above grade and painting and similar finish work, and the residential code the city builds to asks no application for an ordinary repair that cuts no structural beam or load-bearing support. Replacing boards, treads and railings, resetting a post, correcting flashing and refinishing are that kind of repair. A deck higher than thirty inches rebuilt from the frame, a new footprint or a replaced ledger is a permit, and the city says most construction regulated by code needs one, so we ask the Permit Processing Center before a job like that and tell you what it said.
Every village has an architectural committee: a deck refinished in the approved stain and a repair matched to the existing profile rarely needs a form, a new railing style or a color change usually does, and we give you the materials in writing for it. The condo and townhome associations carry the balcony inspection law, and the repairs the report calls out are ours to scope for the board. The 2025 fire map reaches Orchard Hills, Woodbury, Portola Springs, Quail Hill and Turtle Rock, so a deck rebuilt there is checked against the wildfire rule for decking before you buy boards.
Our office is in Irvine. The Orange County office on Michelson Drive, near Jamboree and the 405, is where the crew starts the day, so an Irvine call is usually on the calendar within days. Call 714-844-1582, text a photo, or send the form.
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Call 714-844-1582We answer in under three rings and give most Irvine deck repairs a range on the call. The crew starts the day on Michelson Drive, so the look is usually within days, and boards, a railing or a set of treads are often done in one visit. Anything with a frame member or an engineer in it gets a written timeline first.
Repair first. Boards, posts, railings, treads and flashing can be replaced one at a time, and a sound frame under a tired surface is the usual Irvine case. When the ledger, the beams or most of the joists are gone, we show you the wood and price both paths in writing; a new deck on a new footprint is a permit and often an engineer, and we say so before you choose.
Yes. We do the repairs the SB 721 inspection report calls out on apartment buildings with three or more units, and the repairs condominium associations need under SB 326: boards, joists, posts, railings, flashing and waterproofing, scoped in writing for the owner or the board. If the report calls an element structural, it goes back to the engineer first. Our Irvine SB 721 balcony inspection and repair page covers the inspection itself.
It depends on how much wood is soft and how much is finish. Text photos of the post, the rail and the worst board 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. What you approve is what the invoice says.
Yes. The repair carries a one-year workmanship warranty in writing and is done by Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technicians under California contractor License #1106209, bonded and insured.
Not to replace boards, treads or railings, reset a post, correct flashing or refinish; the city exempts platforms to thirty inches and finish work, and the state code asks no application for an ordinary repair. A deck above thirty inches rebuilt from the frame, a changed footprint or a new ledger is a permit, and we ask the Permit Processing Center before a job like that.
A repair that matches the existing profile and the approved stain almost never needs a form. A new railing style, a composite surface in place of wood or a color change usually does, and we give you the product, the profile and the finish in writing so the committee sees a repair.
Every Irvine village from our Michelson Drive office: Woodbridge, Northwood, Turtle Rock, University Park, Westpark, Quail Hill, Shady Canyon, Orchard Hills, Woodbury, Portola Springs and the Great Park, plus Tustin, Lake Forest, Costa Mesa and Laguna Hills. Call 714-844-1582 to confirm your address.
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: 714-844-1582.
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.
