Old doors that stick or will not latch, fixed and saved. Eichler sliders rolling again. The new door you bought, installed.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair repairs and installs doors across Palo Alto, from Professorville, Old Palo Alto and Crescent Park to Midtown, Greenmeadow and Barron Park, from our office in Sunnyvale. Century-old doors are rehung and saved, Eichler sliders roll again, frames are rebuilt, and new doors are installed in the opening you have. Priced on the call, in writing, before anything is scheduled.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced before we come out.
Palo Alto has some of the oldest houses on the Peninsula and more Eichlers than any other city. Original craftsman doors deserve saving; Eichler sliders deserve new wheels. We do both, and install new doors where a new one is the right call.
AFTERBEFORE
Entry Door Repair
Door Frame & Jamb Rebuild
Front & Exterior Door Install
Interior Door Install
French Doors
Sliding Patio Doors
Pocket & Barn Doors
Locks, Hinges & ClosersCentury-old doors and Eichler sliders fail in their own ways, and a Kaminskiy technician repairs both across Palo Alto. You get the price on the call, and most of these are one-visit jobs.
Priced and on the calendar during the first call.
A written quote you approve before anyone drives out.
One visit, truck stocked, warranty in writing.
Saved original or newly hung, every Palo Alto door carries our one-year workmanship warranty, and it is in writing.
Age and design. Professorville, Old Palo Alto and Crescent Park have homes from the 1890s to the 1930s, with heavy wood doors, mortise locks and frames that have moved for a century. Greenmeadow, Fairmeadow and the other Eichler tracts have glass walls and sliders whose wheels and tracks wear out. Winter rain swells old wood and finds rotted sills.
In Palo Alto the original door is often the best door the house will ever have. A rehang, a trued frame and a rebuilt lock keep it working, and saving it avoids most of the review a new front door can bring. When a new one is right, we install the one you choose.
Not for a repair. Palo Alto wants a permit when a door replacement changes the size or shape of the opening, and a historic home may need the Historic Resources Board to review a change to the front. We check both before you buy a door.
Professorville is a historic district, and Palo Alto keeps an inventory of historic homes whose exterior changes the Historic Resources Board reviews. Repairing the original door needs no review; replacing it on the front may.
Craftsman, Tudor and Spanish homes with original doors and mortise locks. We rehang and plane old doors, rebuild frames and rebuild or replace locks to fit the door.
A mix of prewar cottages and postwar ranch homes. We rebuild sills, realign French doors and install the new doors you choose.
Eichler tracts with walls of glass and sliders. We get sliders rolling on new wheels, rehang flush front doors and keep the Eichler look.
Tell us what the old door or the slider is doing, or text a picture, and the price is written up on that same call. Only after you approve it do we schedule.
The truck comes up from Murphy Avenue in Sunnyvale stocked with jamb stock, shims, strikes, hinges, weatherstrip and the common locksets, so most repairs are finished before the technician leaves.
We measure the opening before you go shopping, so the door comes home the right size and swing. Frame trued first, then the door hung, and an old frame is never trusted to be square.
The old door and trim leave with us and the floor is swept. The one-year workmanship warranty is in writing, whether we saved the original or hung a new one.
Repairs need no permit. A replacement that changes the size or shape of the frame does, by Palo Alto's own guidance, and a home on the city's historic inventory may need the Historic Resources Board to review a change to the front. A same-size swap we confirm with the city for your address.
California's residential code wants the door between the garage and the house to be solid wood or steel at least 1-3/8 inches thick, or rated for 20 minutes, and to close and latch on its own. Many older homes have a hollow-core door there or a closer that quit; we install the right door and the closer.
Most Palo Alto homes have no association. Greenmeadow has its own community association, and the Eichler neighborhoods have city guidelines that favor the original look. Professorville is a historic district. A repair that matches needs nothing; a new front door should be checked first.
Reviewed by Sergei Kaminskiy, founder, November 7, 2026.
Can't find your answer? Call 408-916-4022 and ask us anything.
Call 408-916-4022Describe the door or text a picture, get a price on that call, and expect a slot within a few days. Because the truck from Sunnyvale carries hinges, strikes, shims, weatherstrip and jamb stock, a rehang, a rebuilt sill or a mortise lock rebuilt or replaced is usually finished in a single visit.
Usually, yes. Old doors are thick, solid and worth saving. We plane and rehang them, rebuild the frame where it moved, and repair or replace the mortise lock with one that fits the existing pocket.
Rehanging a door or fitting a new strike is a small job. Rebuilding a rotted sill, restoring a mortise lock or installing a new door is a bigger one. Say what the door does, or text a photo, and the price arrives in writing on the call before anything is booked; it does not go up at the house.
Usually, yes. The wheels and the track wear long before the glass or the frame. We fit new rollers, true and clean the track and reset the latch, so the slider rolls with one finger.
We install the door; buying it is up to you. Choose one from a door shop or a home center, and before you order we measure the opening so the size and swing are right, and we check whether a historic home needs review. Then the frame is fixed and the door hung, sealed, trimmed and fitted with hardware, prehung or slab.
Yes. A prehung door or a slab from Home Depot or Lowe's is most of what we install. Tell us the size and type, or text a picture of the label, and you have an install price before you hang up. If an old frame needs rebuilding before the door can go in, you hear that first.
Not to repair one. A replacement that changes the frame size or shape does, and a historic home may need review of a new front door. For a same-size swap we check the city rule for your address before you buy.
All of Palo Alto from our office in Sunnyvale, including Professorville, Old Palo Alto, Crescent Park, Midtown, College Terrace, Greenmeadow, Fairmeadow and Barron Park, plus Menlo Park, Los Altos and Mountain View. Call 408-916-4022 to confirm your address and get on the schedule.
Describe the door, or text a photo of it, and we call back with a written price and a time. Calling is still faster: 408-916-4022.
Priced on the call, fixed in one visit, 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.
