Bay-front sills, cottage siding, fascia, deck boards and balcony trim cut out and rebuilt with sound wood, sealed against the salt. Priced in writing before we start.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair rebuilds rotted and termite-damaged wood on Newport Beach homes, starting on the water side: the sills and sashes facing the harbor on the Peninsula and the islands, the wood siding on the Corona del Mar cottages, the fascia behind the gutters in the bluff neighborhoods, the decks and balcony trim in Newport Coast. Each is cut back to sound wood, rebuilt with the same profile, primed on every face, caulked and painted so the salt air has no way in. 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 Orange County office ten minutes up Jamboree. Since 2023 we have completed 125 repair visits on 86 Newport Beach homes, from the Peninsula to the Coast.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Three kinds of water work on Newport Beach wood: the harbor damp on the islands and the Peninsula, the salt air off the ocean in Corona del Mar and on the Coast, and the sprinklers on the bluffs. We cut back to sound wood, rebuild with the same profile, seal the end grain and carry the paint over the joint, so the repair outlasts the original.
AFTERBEFORE
Fascia & Eaves
Window Sills
Door Jambs & Casings
Trim & Siding
Termite Damage Rebuilds
Deck Boards & Railings
Stairs & Posts
Primed, Painted & SealedHarbor damp and salt air do not pause for escrow. Most Newport Beach sill, siding and fascia repairs are priced on the call by a Kaminskiy-certified technician, in writing; a deck, a balcony or a bay-front 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 Newport Beach rot and termite damage repair.
The water is on three sides. On Balboa Island, Lido Isle and the Peninsula the harbor damp sits in the air every night, the salt film eats the paint on the water-facing wall, and the wood behind it never fully dries. In Corona del Mar and on the Coast it is the onshore wind and the fog; on the bluffs and around the Back Bay it is fifty years of sprinklers on 1950s and 1960s trim. Whichever side you are on, we start on the wall that faces the weather, because that is where the rot is.
Drywood termites live inside dry fascia and trim and leave hard six-sided pellets under a pinhole; they fly on warm afternoons in late summer and fall. Subterranean termites come up in mud tubes where siding or stucco meets the soil. Wood that stays wet, a sill at the harbor or a deck post that never dries, can draw dampwood termites, which need moist wood and leave it when it dries. A licensed pest company names and treats whichever it is; we rebuild the wood after, in the right order.
On a Corona del Mar or Peninsula cottage we replace only the siding courses and corner boards that went soft, matching the profile and the reveal, back-priming every piece and caulking the joints, and leave the sound siding in place. A rotted sill is cut out and rebuilt to shed water, not filled. A whole-wall re-side is a different job, and we say so before we start.
Repaint the water-facing wall on a schedule, before the film fails; recaulk the sill-to-wall joint the first time the line opens; make sure the gutters drain away from the house and not onto a deck; and keep planters, sand and soil off the bottom course of siding. On the water the paint film is the roof over the wood.
Cottages and bay-front homes with wood siding, wood-framed windows and sashes, redwood trim and decks at the water's edge, and newer stucco homes with wood-clad sills facing the harbor. The damp and the salt keep the water-facing wall wet, so sills, sashes and the bottom courses of siding go first, then the deck boards and railing posts. We rebuild them to shed water, match the profile and seal every joint.
Homes from the 1950s to the 1970s with wood fascia, open-beam patio covers, wood-framed windows and the original trim, watered by sprinklers for fifty years. Fascia rots behind the gutters, beam ends check and go soft, and the garage door jamb crumbles at the slab. Many of these homes are changing hands, so the termite report drives the work: we repair the Section 1 items and the pest company reinspects.
Newer stucco homes and condos on slope lots facing the ocean wind, with decks, balconies, railings and long runs of fascia under tile roofs. Deck boards go soft at the ends, railing posts rot at the base where water pools, and balcony trim fails first on the ocean face. Association standards are strict and the balcony inspection law applies to the condos, 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.
Newport Beach builds to the California Residential Code, which asks for no application or notice for ordinary repairs to a structure and exempts painting and similar finish work: a rebuilt sill, a run of siding or a fascia board is that kind of repair. The code draws the line at cutting a structural beam or a load-bearing support, and the city's own permit counts show it does issue permits for deck dry rot repairs, so a deck or balcony rebuild in Newport Beach gets a call to the Building Division before the work, and we make it.
A Newport Beach sale runs on the termite report, and a lot of this city changes hands. A licensed structural pest control company writes it: Section 1 lists active infestation and the damage from it, Section 2 the conditions that invite it, which on the water usually means wood kept wet. The pest company treats and certifies. The siding, sills, deck boards and fascia on the list are our carpentry, and the company reinspects when we are done. Email the report and the address and the repairs come back priced, in writing.
Newport Coast, Crystal Cove, Harbor View Hills, Eastbluff and the island associations rarely need to approve a rot repair painted to match; a changed profile or color sometimes needs a form, and we put the materials and finish in writing. The condo associations on the Coast and the Peninsula carry California's balcony inspection law, and rot flagged in a railing, a deck board or balcony trim is our lane. Much of the city sits in the coastal zone, which is about new development and views, not a rebuilt sill; we check before anything bigger.
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Call 714-844-1582Our office is ten minutes up Jamboree. Call in the morning and most sill, siding and fascia repairs are priced before lunch and scheduled within days; on the islands the technician plans the walk from the truck. A deck, a balcony or a bay-front elevation gets a look first and a written scope.
Yes, once a licensed pest company has treated. We cut out what the termites ate in the trim, fascia, siding and the framing we can reach, rebuild it with sound wood and seal it. Treatment, fumigation and the report stay with the pest company; the rebuild is ours.
Yes. Siding, sills, sashes, 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, a ledger or anything over the water that carries load gets named before anyone opens a wall.
The length of the run, what is behind it, and the access: a sill on a bluff lot and a sill on Balboa Island with a walk from the truck are not the same visit. A sill or a short run of siding is priced on the call; a deck or a whole water-facing elevation gets a look. The number is in writing before anything is scheduled.
Longer than the original did. New wood is back-primed before it goes in, the end grain is sealed, the joints are caulked, the paint is carried over the joint, and the hardware we touch is coated or stainless. Then we tell you which wall to repaint first.
Not for an ordinary repair: the California Residential Code the city builds to asks for no application for ordinary repairs or finish work, and a rebuilt sill or fascia board is that. A deck or balcony rebuild is the one to ask about, because the city does permit deck dry rot repairs, and we call the Building Division before that work rather than guess.
All of Newport Beach, including the Balboa Peninsula, Balboa Island, Lido Isle, Corona del Mar, West Newport, Newport Heights, Eastbluff, Dover Shores, Newport Coast and Crystal Cove, plus Costa Mesa, Irvine, Huntington Beach and Laguna 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.
