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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 Los Angeles and the surrounding California communities.
The Westside and the hills, one crew from Wilshire. Hillside decks and balcony reports lead the Los Angeles list.
Los Angeles has a hundred years of decks and balconies. The 1920s Spanish homes in the flats carry small wood balconies and sleeping porches on original joists; the post-and-beam houses on the hillside streets hang a deck over the slope on posts that have taken sixty wet winters; the duplexes and fourplexes across Mid-City and the Westside have the wood walkways and balconies SB 721 now puts on an inspection schedule. From Wilshire we replace the soft boards, reset the posts and railings, rebuild the stairs, correct the flashing and the waterproofing, then stain and seal.
AFTERBEFOREEvery one of these is a routine week for a Kaminskiy-certified technician who works the flats, the hills and the Westside from our office on Wilshire. One look, one written scope, most of them one visit.
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 Los Angeles deck and balcony repair.
Age and three climates. Most of the city's wood balconies went up between 1910 and 1965 and have the original joists under them. The Westside sits under the marine layer half the year so the shaded boards never dry, the hills bake from July to October and creep when it rains so the posts and the ledger work loose, and the flats are irrigated every morning so the post bases stay wet. None of it is sudden. It shows when a screwdriver sinks into a post or a stucco stain appears under a balcony, and caught then it is boards, a joist and flashing, not a frame.
Lean on the rail at the corner post and at the top of the stairs. If it moves, the connection at the post is loose or rotted, usually where a notched post meets the rim or a base plate sits on a slab that has shifted. We open the connection, cut back to sound wood and rebuild it with through-bolts, blocking and a tension tie so it holds a guest leaning out over the view. A hillside guard 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, which puts most of the city's fourplexes and courtyard buildings on a schedule, and the condominium associations on the Wilshire corridor and the Westside carry the same duty under SB 326. The report lists what failed; the boards, joists, posts, railings, flashing and waterproofing it flags are our work, scoped in writing for the owner or the board. Where the report says structural, the engineer goes first and we follow. The inspection side, the deadlines and the stamped report are on our balcony repair page, linked below.
Turn the sprinkler off the post base, keep the soil and the mulch off the wood on a hillside lot, and refinish the top boards before they gray. On a balcony, watch the stucco or the ceiling below it: a stain there is the waterproofing talking. Once a year press a screwdriver into every post base, along the ledger and at the stair stringers. A soft board found in spring is one visit; a soft frame found after the first winter storm is a project with a permit.
1920s and 1930s Spanish, Tudor and Craftsman homes with small wood balconies, sleeping porches and front porch floors on the original joists, plus the duplexes and fourplexes with wood stairs and walkways to the upper units. Balcony joists rot where the waterproofing stopped at the wall, porch floors go soft at the step, the walkways on the multi-unit buildings fall under SB 721, and Hancock Park, Miracle Mile and Carthay Circle are historic overlay zones. We keep every repair in kind, rebuild the floor and the joists to the profile, and scope the report items for the owner.
Post-and-beam houses from the 1950s and 1960s with the deck hung over the slope on tall posts, stairs down to the street or the lower yard, and the whole thing in the very high fire hazard zone. Posts rot at the base where the hill holds water, the ledger at the house takes every winter's rain, beam ends check in the sun, railings loosen as the frame racks. We replace the boards and posts, rebuild the stairs, correct the flashing, and name a ledger or a frame that has moved before anyone opens a wall.
Mid-century tracts, wood-sided bungalows and the duplexes that turn over tenant by tenant, all under the marine layer until June. Deck boards never dry on the shaded side, the fasteners corrode, the stair treads to the upper unit go soft, and the condo buildings on the Wilshire corridor and near the beach carry SB 326. We fit hardware that lasts near the coast, replace the boards and treads, and price a turnover list or a board's report in writing.
Call 310-928-6211 or text a photo of the post base, the railing connection, the worst board and the way up to the deck if it is on a hillside. Most Los Angeles deck repairs get a range on the call and a date for the look.
A technician probes the posts, the ledger, the joists and the stringers, checks the flashing, the waterproofing and the fasteners, and writes the scope: boards, posts, hardware, finish, whether LADBS needs to see it and whether an engineer does. The price is on it.
Soft boards out, joists sistered where they need it, posts reset on new bases, railings rebuilt to carry a load, stairs rebuilt, flashing and waterproofing corrected. Most Los Angeles repairs run a day or two, and the finish is a short second visit once the new wood has dried.
The cut-offs leave with us down the same stairs we carried the lumber up. The stain and seal go on last, 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 an item on a balcony report crosses 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 puts every job over the state's written-contract threshold in writing before the first board comes off.
The City of Los Angeles reads the rule tightly. LADBS needs no permit for painting and similar finish work, for a platform or walk under thirty inches above grade, or for regulated work under a small set value that does not touch structural stability; beyond that the Building Code asks for a permit to alter or repair a structure. Replaced boards, a rebuilt railing post, a new set of treads and a refinish are usually the first kind; a ledger, a joist, a beam, a post that carries the deck or a balcony rebuilt from the frame is the second, with plan check, and a hillside lot adds grading and hillside rules for anything new. We tell you which on the call rather than guess, and we pull the permit when the job needs one.
In an HPOZ such as Hancock Park, Miracle Mile or Carthay Circle, a balcony or porch rebuilt in kind does not go to the zone's board and a changed railing or a new detail does. The hillside streets have been a very high fire hazard zone since 1999, so a deck rebuilt there is checked against the wildfire rule for decking before you buy boards. The fourplexes and courtyard buildings carry SB 721 and the condo buildings carry SB 326, and the boards, posts, railings and waterproofing the report flags are our lane, scoped in writing for the owner or the board.
Our Westside office is on Wilshire. The Los Angeles crew works out of the Beverly Hills office at 8383 Wilshire Boulevard and covers the flats, the hillside streets and the Westside from there. Call 310-928-6211, text a photo, or send the form, and we answer in under three rings.
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Call 310-928-6211We answer in under three rings and give most Los Angeles deck repairs a range on the call. The crew leaves from our office on Wilshire, so the flats, the hills and the Westside are a short run, traffic allowing, and the look is usually within days. Boards, a railing or a set of treads are often one visit; a frame member, an engineer or an LADBS permit gets a written timeline first.
Repair first. Boards, posts, railings, treads, flashing and waterproofing come out one at a time, and a sound frame under a tired surface is the usual case, even on a 1920s balcony. 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 or a balcony rebuilt from the frame is a permit with plan check and often an engineer, and we say so before you choose.
Yes. We do the repairs an SB 721 inspection report calls out on apartment buildings with three or more units, which covers the city's fourplexes and courtyard buildings, and the repairs condominium associations need under SB 326: boards, joists, posts, railings, stairs, walkways, flashing and waterproofing, scoped in writing for the owner or the board. If the report calls an element structural, it goes to the engineer before it comes to us. The inspection itself is the subject of our balcony repair page.
It depends on how much wood is soft, how much is finish, and how far up the hill it is. Text photos of the post, the rail, the worst board and the stairs to the deck and you get a range on the call; after the look you get a written scope with boards, hardware and finish priced before anything is ordered. What you approve is what the invoice says.
Yes. The repair comes with a one-year workmanship warranty in writing, the technicians are Kaminskiy-certified and background checked, and Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds California contractor License #1106209, bonded and insured.
Not for finish work, a platform under thirty inches or small work under the city's set value that does not touch structural stability, which covers replaced boards, a rebuilt railing post, new treads and a refinish. A ledger, a joist, a beam, a carrying post or a balcony rebuilt from the frame is a permit with plan check, a hillside lot adds its own rules for anything new, and we tell you which on the call.
Yes. A balcony floor, railing or porch rebuilt in kind, same profile, same material, same finish, is what the overlay zone wants to see and does not go to its board. A changed railing design or a new detail does, and we give you the materials and the profile in writing before you decide.
The flats, the hills and the Westside from our Wilshire office: Mid-City, Hancock Park, Larchmont, Miracle Mile, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Mar Vista, Palms, Cheviot Hills, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades, plus Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Westwood and West Hollywood. Call 310-928-6211 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: 310-928-6211.
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.
