Craftsman doors that stick or will not latch, fixed and saved. Old frames rebuilt. The new door you bought, installed right.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair repairs and installs doors across Pasadena, from Bungalow Heaven, Madison Heights and Historic Highlands to Linda Vista, San Rafael and Hastings Ranch, from our office in Glendale. Craftsman doors are rehung and saved, old mortise locks are rebuilt, frames are trued, and new doors go in with the landmark district's approval when one is needed. Priced on the call, in writing, before anything is scheduled.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced before we come out.
Pasadena is craftsman country, with landmark districts that care what your front door looks like. The best door for most bungalows is the one already on it, so we save the originals first and install new ones the district will approve.
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 & ClosersA hundred years of settling, a windstorm off the foothills, a mortise lock that quit: each is a repair a Kaminskiy technician makes in Pasadena, priced on the call and usually done in one visit.
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.
Every Pasadena door, saved craftsman original or newly installed, comes with a one-year workmanship warranty in writing.
A century of use. Bungalow Heaven, Madison Heights and the other craftsman districts have doors from the 1900s to the 1920s, with mortise locks, heavy slabs and frames that have settled for a hundred years. The Arroyo side has big trees and slopes that move. And the foothill windstorms tear at doors on the east and north sides.
In Pasadena the original door is usually worth more than any new one, and saving it skips the landmark review a new door needs. A rehang, a trued frame and a rebuilt lock fix most of them. When a door is past saving, we install one the district will approve.
Not to repair one. In Bungalow Heaven and Pasadena's other landmark districts, a new door needs a certificate of appropriateness and a permit, and the foothills are in the fire zone, where a new exterior door may have to meet the wildfire standard. We check both before you buy.
Many Pasadena craftsman doors still have their original mortise locks, set in a pocket in the edge of the door. They can be repaired or replaced with a new lock that fits the same pocket, so the old door keeps its look.
Craftsman homes with original doors and mortise locks. We plane and rehang the doors, rebuild the locks and the frames, and keep the repair true to the house.
Larger homes on slopes, with French doors and heavy entry doors. We realign French doors, rehang heavy doors and rebuild frames that moved with the slope.
Midcentury homes and foothill lots that take the windstorms first. We rehang doors on stronger hinges, replace slider rollers and check the fire zone before a new exterior door.
A phone call with a description, or a text with a photo, gets you a written price on the spot. We do not put a visit on the schedule until you have approved it.
Out of Glendale the truck carries jamb stock, shims, hinges, strikes, weatherstrip and the usual locksets, so a rehang in Bungalow Heaven or a rebuilt sill in San Rafael is normally finished the day we come.
Measuring comes first, so the door you buy is the right size and swings the right way, and in a landmark district the right style too. The frame is made true, then the door is hung.
The old door, the trim and the sawdust go with us. Your one-year workmanship warranty is in writing, for a saved original and for a new door alike.
Repairs need no permit. In the landmark districts, Bungalow Heaven among them, a new door or window needs a certificate of appropriateness and a permit. Pasadena's 2025 fire maps grew the very high zone to about 4,600 properties, where a new exterior door may have to meet the wildfire standard.
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 of Pasadena has no association; the landmark and historic districts do the reviewing instead. A repair that keeps the original door needs nothing. A new front door in a district goes through review, and we help you choose one that fits the house.
Can't find your answer? Call 747-298-8227 and ask us anything.
Call 747-298-8227A phone call or a texted photo gets most Pasadena door repairs priced right then, with a visit usually within days. Because the truck from Glendale carries shims, strikes, hinges, weatherstrip and jamb stock, a rehang, a frame fix or a mortise lock repair is normally one visit.
Usually, yes, and in Bungalow Heaven it is the easy path. We plane and rehang the door, rebuild the frame where it settled and rebuild or replace the mortise lock with one that fits the existing pocket.
Quick jobs: a rehang, a new strike, a freed lock. Longer jobs: a rebuilt frame, a restored mortise lock, a new door installed with its certificate of appropriateness. Describe the door or text a photo and the price comes in writing on the call before we book, and it is the same price at the house.
Often, yes. We take it apart, clean and repair the works and fit new keys, or replace it with a new mortise lock that fits the same pocket, so the door does not need a new bore.
We install doors and do not sell them. You pick one out at a door shop or a home center, in a style your landmark district will accept if you are in one, and we measure your opening before you order, so the size and the swing are right. Then the frame is fixed, the door hung, sealed, trimmed and the hardware fitted, prehung or slab.
Yes. Prehung or slab, a Home Depot or Lowe's door is a routine install. Give us the size and the type, or text a picture of the label, and the price for the install comes on that call. If a settled frame needs truing before the door goes in, you hear that before you buy.
Not to repair one. In a landmark district such as Bungalow Heaven, a new door needs a certificate of appropriateness and a permit, and in the foothill fire zone it may have to meet the wildfire standard. We check both on the call.
All of Pasadena from our office in Glendale, including Bungalow Heaven, Madison Heights, Historic Highlands, Linda Vista, San Rafael, East Pasadena and Hastings Ranch, plus Altadena, South Pasadena, San Marino and La Cañada Flintridge. Call 747-298-8227 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: 747-298-8227.
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.
