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Kaminskiy Care and Repair repairs water damage and mold damage on drywall, ceilings, trim and cabinets: the leak confirmed stopped, wet material removed, the area dried and treated, then rebuilt and painted to match. Large scale remediation and air testing are referred to a licensed specialist, and we handle the rebuild after. We serve Orange County and the surrounding California communities.
Michelson Drive, the middle of the county. Salt on the coast, 1950s pipes inland, upstairs baths in the villages.
Orange County gets wet by region. On the coast the salt eats the flashing and the winter storm follows it in. In the 1950s and 1960s tracts of Orange, Garden Grove and Anaheim the galvanized supply rusts shut and the copper under the slab pinholes. From Irvine south the water comes from upstairs: a washer hose, a toilet supply, a condensate line or the condo above. We have the licensed plumber or roofer stop it, cut out what is wet, dry the cavity and rebuild to match.
AFTERBEFOREEach of these is a dry-out and a rebuild, and one Kaminskiy-certified crew from Michelson Drive does the whole job in any of the county's cities: trace, meter, written scope, tear-out, drying, drywall, trim and paint.
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 Orange County water damage repair.
Because the water has not stopped. Across the county that is salt-eaten flashing on the coast, a galvanized line weeping inside a 1950s wall, a pinhole in a slab loop, a shower pan from the tract's first year, or a hose upstairs that fails a little at a time. Paint over the ring bleeds through within weeks. We trace the source with a moisture meter, have the licensed plumber or roofer stop it, and run drying equipment until the cavity reads dry before a sheet goes back up.
Drywall that got damp once and is still firm can be dried in place, sealed with a stain-blocking primer and repainted. Drywall that stayed wet for days, swelled at the joints or sagged comes out with the insulation behind it, and baseboard that swelled or a cabinet floor that delaminated is replaced. Most of the county sits on slabs with no subfloor to lose; a beach cottage on a raised floor and the upstairs bathroom in a two-story are probed, and a soft floor is rebuilt rather than shimmed. We meter at the look, and the written scope says which.
California licenses no mold remediation trade, so there is no licensed remediation company on a state list to check; the state's health guidance is to remove visible growth and fix the moisture that fed it. A small surface spot on drywall, trim or grout comes out with the material and we treat the framing. Growth across a wall, inside a cavity or in the ducts, or anyone in the house with breathing trouble, is a remediation company's job, with industry certification and containment, and any air or surface testing is theirs too. We say so at the look, in whichever city you are in, and rebuild after their clearance.
Inland, have the licensed plumber replace the last galvanized run before it closes on its own, and watch the water bill for a slab leak. In the villages, swap rubber washer hoses for braided steel, put a pan with a drain under an upstairs washer, flush the attic condensate line each spring and walk the irrigation once a season. On the coast, recaulk the window heads and slider frames each fall and keep the weep holes clear. Everywhere, put a pan and a shutoff on the water heater and know where the main is.
Cottages with wood siding and sashes, bay-front homes on raised floors, and newer stucco homes on bluffs facing the ocean wind. The salt pits the window flashing and the slider tracks, the winter storm drives rain past them, the marine layer keeps a wet wall from drying for weeks, and the ground water sits close under the harbor streets. We cut out the wet drywall, sill and, on a raised floor, the subfloor, dry the cavity with equipment rather than waiting on the weather, rebuild and paint, and the licensed roofer or the window installer we name fixes the flashing before the wall closes.
Single-story houses from the 1950s through the 1970s on slabs, with galvanized supply lines in the oldest, the copper hot-water loop under the floor in the rest, cast iron drains and tile showers on their original pans. The galvanized rusts shut and weeps inside a wall for a year; the copper pinholes and the floor goes warm; the shower pan fails and the bedroom wall behind the tub goes soft. We open what the licensed plumber needs, dry the slab edge and the studs, and rebuild the drywall, baseboard and flooring edge to match once the line is rerouted overhead. A pre-1980 popcorn ceiling or plaster wall gets a sample tested before we cut.
Planned communities of 1970s to 2000s stucco homes, many attached, with association color schemes, daily irrigation, a bathroom and a laundry upstairs, the water heater in the garage and the air handler in the attic. A washer hose or toilet supply lets go and the water runs through the floor into the ceiling below; the condensate drain clogs in summer; a sprinkler head wets the same stucco corner every morning; in a condo the leak is often the unit above or a stack in the shared wall. We take out what is wet on both floors, dry them, rebuild and paint to the association's interior scheme, and write the scope so the manager and both insurers can read who owns which wall.
Call 714-844-1582 or text a photo of the stain, the swollen baseboard or the warm floor. Most repairs get a range on the call and a date for the look, within about half an hour of our Michelson Drive office for most of the county.
A technician follows the water with a moisture meter through the drywall, the framing and the slab edge or the subfloor, then writes the scope: what comes out, how long the drying runs, which licensed trade stops the source, what gets rebuilt, which city counter the permit goes to if one is needed, and the price.
The licensed plumber or roofer we schedule stops the source. We cut out the wet drywall, insulation and trim, set the drying equipment, treat the framing, then hang, tape, texture and paint to match, usually in a few visits over a week or so.
Photos of the open wall and the meter log go in your file for the insurer or the association. We take the dust with us, and the one-year workmanship warranty is printed on the invoice.
California lets anyone take a repair under a set small amount without a license, provided it needs no permit and nobody is hired to help; a water damage rebuild crosses that line as soon as the first sheet of drywall comes out, in any of the county's cities. Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds a California contractor license (License #1106209), carries the bond and the insurance, sends Kaminskiy-certified, background-checked technicians, and puts every job over the state's written-contract threshold on paper before it starts. The leak is a licensed trade's: a galvanized run, a slab line, a supply or a shower valve to the licensed plumber, the roof or the flashing to the licensed roofer, and we schedule them onto the same calendar.
Every Orange County city builds to the California Residential Code, which asks no application for an ordinary repair to a structure and exempts painting and similar finish work, so a patched ceiling or a wall rebuilt like for like is that kind of work everywhere. The line is drawn at cutting a load-bearing support, so a subfloor or a joist the water softened is a permit, and the counter depends on the address: Irvine and Huntington Beach publish their own exempt lists, with same-size replacement windows on Irvine's and windows only when the waterproofing is not touched on Huntington Beach's; Newport Beach permits replacement windows and deck dry rot repair; Mission Viejo and Laguna Niguel read the state code without a handout; Ladera Ranch, North Tustin and the canyons go through OC Public Works. We know which counter your address answers to before we quote, and the plumber's and the roofer's permits are theirs.
A burst line, a failed water heater or a storm through a sound roof is the sudden loss most policies cover; a slab leak is often covered for the tear-out and the rebuild and not for the pipe; a galvanized line that wept for a year or a leak that ran for months usually is not covered, and the policy and the adjuster decide. We photograph the open wall, log the meter readings and write a scope your adjuster can read; we do not negotiate claims, which a public adjuster licensed by the Department of Insurance does. From Irvine south nearly every home answers to an association, though a repair inside the house painted to match needs no form. In the condo and townhome communities California's common-interest law puts the common area on the association and the unit on you unless the CC&Rs say otherwise, and the balcony inspection law covers the decks over living space, so whose wall the leak lives in is settled with the manager before the scope is final.
Michelson Drive, the middle of the county. Our Orange County crew works out of the office on Michelson Drive in Irvine, by the 405 and Jamboree, and most of the county is within half an hour. Call 714-844-1582, text a photo, or send the form, and we answer in under three rings.
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Call 714-844-1582No, that is a remediation company's trade and we stay out of it. We cut out and replace the drywall, trim, insulation and cabinet panels the water ruined and treat the framing behind them, and a small surface spot leaves with the material. Growth across a wall, inside a cavity or in the ducts, and any air or surface testing, go to a remediation company with industry certification; California licenses none, so we tell you who we trust in your part of the county and rebuild after their clearance.
Nearly always. Across the county the usual suspects are the hot-water loop under a 1960s slab, a galvanized line in a 1950s wall, a shower pan from the tract's first year, salt-eaten window flashing on the coast, an upstairs washer hose or toilet supply, the attic condensate line and, in a condo, the unit above. We trace the path with a moisture meter before anything is closed, and the licensed plumber or roofer confirms and fixes it; a rebuild over a live leak is paid for twice.
Yes. The 1950s and 1960s tracts are mostly orange peel and knockdown with popcorn ceilings left in some, the beach cottages are smooth or hand-textured, and the villages run to orange peel or smooth. We rebuild with the same material, carry the texture across the patch, prime with a stain-blocking primer and paint to the corner so the repair disappears. A popcorn ceiling or plaster wall from before 1980 gets a sample tested before we touch it.
It depends on how far the water ran and how long it sat, not on which city you are in. Text a photo and you get a range on the call; after the look you get a written scope with the tear-out, the drying, the rebuild and the licensed trade priced before anything starts. The price you approve is the price at the house, and the scope is written so your insurer can read it.
Often, when the cause was sudden: a burst line, a failed water heater, a storm through a sound roof. A slab leak is often covered for the tear-out and the rebuild and not for the pipe. Slow leaks, a galvanized line that wept for a year, seepage and deferred maintenance usually are not covered, and the policy and the adjuster decide. We give you photos of the open wall, meter readings and a line-item scope; we do not adjust claims, and a public adjuster licensed by the state does if you want one.
A patched ceiling or a wall rebuilt like for like is an ordinary repair under the state code every Orange County city uses, and needs no application. A subfloor, a joist or a load-bearing support the water softened is a permit, and the counter depends on the address: your city's building division, or OC Public Works for Ladera Ranch, North Tustin and the canyons. We tell you which on the call and pull it when the counter says so; the plumber's and the roofer's permits are theirs.
Nearly all of it from our Irvine office: Irvine, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Tustin, Orange, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo, Dana Point and Yorba Linda, plus the unincorporated communities between them. Call 714-844-1582 to confirm your address.
Tell us where the stain or soft spot is. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 714-844-1582.
Dried out, rebuilt and painted to match, 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.
