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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 San Diego and the surrounding California communities.
Where Kaminskiy started. Slab leaks inland, window leaks on the coast and the upstairs bath write the San Diego list.
San Diego water damage rarely announces itself. On the coast a winter storm drives rain past a wood sill or a slider track and the wall below bubbles in March. Inland, a copper line under a 1980s slab pinholes and the first sign is a warm patch of tile and a water bill nobody can explain. We trace the water, have the licensed plumber or roofer stop it, cut out what stayed wet, dry the cavity and rebuild to match.
AFTERBEFOREEvery one of these is a dry-out and a rebuild for a Kaminskiy-certified technician based on World Trade Drive. One call, one written scope, one crew for the tear-out, the drywall, the trim and the 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 San Diego water damage repair.
A stain is water that was there, and most of the time it is water that is still arriving. A sill that leaks only in a west wind, a slab line with a pinhole, a shower pan that failed a little at a time, or a roof valley that drains onto a wall will wet the same spot again, and paint over the ring bleeds through within weeks. We find the source, get it stopped by the right licensed trade, and dry the cavity to a meter reading before anything is closed.
Drywall that got damp once and is still firm often dries in place, gets sealed with a stain-blocking primer and painted. Drywall that stayed wet for days, swelled at the joints or sagged comes out along with the insulation behind it, and baseboard that swelled is replaced. A subfloor under a shower that went soft is replaced, not patched, and a joist that stays soft goes to the engineer before anything goes back. We probe and meter at the look, and the written scope says which.
California licenses no mold remediation trade, so there is no licensed remediation company to look up on a state list; the state's own advice is to remove visible growth and fix the moisture that fed it. A small surface patch on drywall, trim or grout we remove with the material and treat. Growth across a wall, inside a wall cavity, in the ductwork, or anywhere someone in the house is ill is a job for a remediation company with industry certification and containment, and any air or surface testing is theirs too. We say so at the look, name who to call, and rebuild after their clearance.
Before the first winter storm, clear the gutters and the roof drains and have the roofer check the valleys and the flashing at the chimney. Recaulk the sills and the slider frames that face the weather. Swap rubber washer hoses for braided steel, put a pan and a shutoff on the water heater, and watch the water bill for the slab leak that shows there first. In a raised-foundation house, look under the floor once a year; the crawl space tells you about a leak months before the wall does.
Cottages, remodeled beach houses and condominium buildings in the path of every storm that comes off the water. Wind pushes rain past wood sills and slider tracks that face west, flat-roof decks over living space hold puddles, and the marine layer keeps a wet wall from drying on its own well into June. We cut the wall back to dry framing, run drying equipment until the meter agrees, then rebuild the drywall, the sill and the trim. In a condominium building the written scope names the source and the unit so the board knows which licensed trade to send.
Stucco homes from the 1970s on, built on slabs with copper hot-water lines run beneath them, an upstairs bath over the family room and the water heater in the garage. The slab line pinholes and the floor gets warm; a toilet supply line lets go upstairs and the water runs down inside the wall; the heater fails on a Sunday. We open the ceiling or the wall the licensed plumber needs, dry both floors, rebuild and paint to the association's interior scheme, and write the scope so the insurer can read it.
Craftsman bungalows and Spanish homes from the 1920s and 1930s on raised foundations with plaster walls and galvanized supply lines, and 1950s ranches on slabs with the first copper. The galvanized line corrodes shut and weeps inside the wall, a cast iron drain cracks under the bath, a shower pan gives out and the subfloor under it goes soft. We cut plaster back to sound lath or drywall to dry studs, dry the cavity and the crawl space below it, replace the subfloor where it failed and finish the patch to the surface the house has. Because these houses predate 1980, a sample of plaster or joint compound is tested for asbestos before we cut.
Call 858-330-5590 or text a photo of the stain, the soft wall or the warped cabinet floor. Most repairs get a range on the call and a date for the look.
A technician traces the water, meters the drywall and the framing, and writes the scope: what comes out, how long the drying runs, which licensed trade stops the source, what gets rebuilt, and the price.
The licensed plumber or roofer we schedule stops the source first. We cut out the wet material, dry the cavity, treat the framing, then hang, tape, texture and paint, usually in a few visits over a week.
Photos of the open wall and the meter readings go in your file for the insurer. The dust leaves with us, and the one-year workmanship warranty is on the invoice.
California allows a small repair below a set amount without a license when it needs no permit and no one is employed to help, and a water damage rebuild passes that line once the first sheet of drywall comes out. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is a licensed California contractor (License #1106209), bonded and insured, with Kaminskiy-certified, background-checked technicians, and every job over the state's written-contract threshold goes on paper before it starts. The leak is a licensed trade's work: a supply line, a slab line or a shower valve to the licensed plumber, a roof valley or flashing to the licensed roofer, and we schedule them.
The City of San Diego exempts like-for-like maintenance repairs under a set cost, which covers a patched ceiling or a sheet of drywall put back where it was, and it treats a bigger damage repair in kind as a no-plan building permit with an inspection before the work closes up. A room's worth of drywall, a subfloor or a joist the water softened is that second kind, and we tell you at the look which one your job is and pull the permit when it needs one. The plumber's and the roofer's work carries its own permit, and the county's other cities keep their own lists.
A burst supply line, a failed water heater or a storm through a sound roof is the sudden kind of loss most policies cover; a slow leak that ran for months, and ground water that came in under the door, usually are not, and the policy and the adjuster decide, not us. We photograph the open wall, log the meter readings and write a scope you can hand your adjuster; we do not negotiate the claim, which a public adjuster licensed by the Department of Insurance does. In a Rancho Bernardo or Carmel Valley association the inside of the house is yours and the form rarely applies. In a coastal condominium California's common-interest law makes the association responsible for the common area and you for your unit unless the CC&Rs say otherwise, so which side of the drywall the leak lives on is settled with the manager before the scope is final.
Where Kaminskiy started. Our San Diego crew works out of the office on World Trade Drive in Rancho Bernardo and covers the whole county, from the coast to the inland valleys. Call 858-330-5590, text a photo, or send the form, and we answer in under three rings.
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Call 858-330-5590No, that is a remediation company's trade. 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 comes out with the material. Growth across a wall, inside a cavity or in the ducts, and any air or surface testing, belong to a remediation company with industry certification; California licenses none, so we tell you who we trust and rebuild after their clearance.
Nearly always. In San Diego the usual suspects are a west-facing sill or slider in a winter storm, a copper line under the slab, the supply line or the shower pan of an upstairs bath, the water heater in the garage, a galvanized line in a pre-1960 wall and a roof valley at the chimney. 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 money spent twice.
Yes. The inland tracts are orange peel or knockdown, the 1950s ranches are smooth or lightly textured, and the bungalows are plaster. We rebuild with the same material, match 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 from before 1980 gets a sample tested before we touch it.
It depends on how far the water ran and how long it sat. 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. Slow leaks, seepage, ground water 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.
The repair around it, yes. The licensed plumber we schedule finds the line and usually reroutes it overhead rather than breaking the slab. We open the wall or the floor the plumber needs, dry the slab edge and the framing, then rebuild the drywall, the baseboard and the flooring edge, and the scope covers both pieces so you deal with one calendar.
All of San Diego from our Rancho Bernardo office: La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, Clairemont, North Park, Kensington, Serra Mesa, Carmel Valley, Scripps Ranch, Rancho Bernardo and Rancho Peñasquitos, plus Poway, Carlsbad, Encinitas and San Marcos. Call 858-330-5590 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: 858-330-5590.
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.
