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Weathered wood framing on a San Marcos home, before rot repair

Dry Rot & Wood Rot Repair in San Marcos, CA.
Termite damage rebuilt strong.

Fascia, eave trim, sills and door jambs cut out and rebuilt with sound wood, painted to match the house. Priced in writing before we start.

Kaminskiy technician fastening a rebuilt fascia board on a San Marcos home
Before: rotted fascia and eave boards under a tile roof in San MarcosAfter: the eave rebuilt with new wood, primed and painted
Before: a window sill rotted through at the cornersAfter: the same sill rebuilt, caulked and painted
Before: lap siding rotted through near the groundAfter: the rotted section replaced and painted to match
BEFOREAFTER
Your San Marcos rot repair crew · San Marcos
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Kaminskiy technician fastening a rebuilt fascia board on a San Marcos home
Before: rotted fascia and eave boards under a tile roof in San MarcosAfter: the eave rebuilt with new wood, primed and painted
Before: a window sill rotted through at the cornersAfter: the same sill rebuilt, caulked and painted
Before: lap siding rotted through near the groundAfter: the rotted section replaced and painted to match
BEFOREAFTER
Your San Marcos rot repair crew · San Marcos
THE SHORT ANSWER

San Marcos homes lose wood to the sun first. Kaminskiy Care and Repair rebuilds the fascia and eave trim the heat splits open, the sills and jambs the sprinklers soak, the patio cover beams and deck boards at Lake San Marcos and the railings on the San Elijo Hills slopes, all cut back to sound wood, primed, painted and sealed, with the water path fixed. A licensed pest company treats the colony first; we rebuild after. The price is in writing before anything starts. Since 2018 we have completed 151 repair visits on 77 San Marcos homes.

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DRY ROT, WOOD ROT AND TERMITE DAMAGE, REBUILT

If the wood has gone soft,
we cut it out and rebuild it

21 Years in Business Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
THE RIGHT WAY TO FIX ROT

Cut Out & Rebuilt in San Marcos

San Marcos summers bake the paint off the fascia and the sills, the winter rain runs into the end grain, and the sprinklers keep the posts wet at the ground. We cut back to sound wood, rebuild, prime and paint, and close the gap the water used.

FasciaEavesSillsDoor jambsTrimSidingDeck boardsPosts
★ DECK BOARDS, BEFORE AND AFTER
Before: a deck with rotted, broken boards in San MarcosAfter: the deck rebuilt with new boards and railingAFTERBEFORE
Technician removing a rotted fascia board under the eave of a stucco homeFascia & Eaves
The board behind the gutter is where rot starts. Cut back to sound wood, rebuilt, primed and painted.Get it fixed
Rotted wood window sill with peeling paint before repairWindow Sills
A sill that is soft at the corners rebuilt to shed water, with the caulk line and the paint redone.Get it fixed
Technician rebuilding a rotted exterior door jambDoor Jambs & Casings
Exterior door frames rotted at the bottom cut out and spliced in with new wood, so the door seals again.Get it fixed
Lap siding with a rotted section replaced and painted to matchTrim & Siding
Rotted corner boards, belly bands and siding sections replaced and blended so the repair disappears.Get it fixed
Technician cutting out termite damaged trim at the corner of a houseTermite Damage Rebuilds
After the pest company treats, we rebuild what the termites ate: trim, framing we can reach, and the finish.Get it fixed
Technician fastening a new deck board where a rotted one was removedDeck Boards & Railings
Soft boards, a wobbly rail or a rotted post base made solid and safe again.Get it fixed
Technician checking a rotted exterior stair with the homeownersStairs & Posts
Stair stringers, treads and porch posts that rotted at the bottom, rebuilt where they stand.Get it fixed
Rebuilt eave and fascia primed and painted under a tile roofPrimed, Painted & Sealed
Every rebuild primed on all sides, caulked, painted to match and the water path fixed, so it is the last repair.Get it fixed
WARNING SIGNS

What San Marcos rot looks like
before it gets expensive

Call 858-330-5590
The fascia on the sunny side is cracked open and gray.
Paint lifts along the eave trim and the wood under it is soft.
A patio cover beam end at Lake San Marcos crumbles when pressed.
Pellets like coarse sand collect under a pinhole in the eave.
A sill or a door jamb gives at the bottom where the sprinkler hits it.
The termite report came back with a list and escrow is waiting.

Inland sun turns a small rot repair into a big one in a season or two. A Kaminskiy-certified technician prices most San Marcos fascia, sill and trim repairs on the call, in writing; a patio cover or a bigger rebuild gets a written scope first.

HOW IT WORKS

Three steps to wood
that is solid again

Kaminskiy team member answering a call
01
Call us or fill out the form

We answer in under three rings and get you priced and scheduled in minutes.

Clear written quote
02
Get your free estimate

A clear, written quote with upfront pricing. You approve before work begins.

Kaminskiy technician greeting a client at the door
03
We fix it. You relax.

Kaminskiy-certified pros finish the job with a workmanship warranty.

The Kaminskiy Guarantee

Every rot and termite damage repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, and is done by a Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technician.

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Homes we rebuilt.
Neighbors we kept.

4.6 of 5 · 296 Google reviews, San Diego
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Originally my appointment was rescheduled to the following day which was an inconvenience. But I’m glad we did because Celso came the next day and he has a lot of expertise. He changed out the rotting wood on the bottom of our door and gave me lots of good...Guess · Google, a month ago
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Really easy process - from getting a quote to getting the work done. I had to get an external wall repaired on my home and Celso was a great guy- very friendly, efficient and did great work. Was on time and everything was done perfectly. Highly recomm...Matt · Google, 6 months ago
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Harvin was honest, personable, and very customer-friendly from start to finish. The work he completed was clean, and he had a great attitude and was more than willing to accommodate my repair needs. You can tell he takes pride in his work and genuinely care...Brian Jackson · Google, a week ago
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I’m a pretty handy guy, having been a jet mechanic and lifelong DIYer, but when my dog broke the rear hanger on my pocket door, I couldn’t figure out how to remove it. Ivan arrived on time, quickly removed the door, and even took the time to show me how he...Mike Batesole · Google, 3 weeks ago
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We had about a dozen 4-6 inch holes in our ceilings and walls after the installation of ceiling fans. Celso, an expert drywaller, arrived to complete the repair, retexture, and repaint the holes. After Celso’s diligent and professional work one would neve...Tom Leighty · Google, a month ago
THE SAN MARCOS ROT & TERMITE GUIDE

Know the enemy before
you call anyone

Why San Marcos wood rots

Heat, then water. The inland sun checks the paint on fascia, eave trim and sills until the caulk pulls away from the stucco, and the first winter storm runs water straight into the end grain. At the ground, the sprinklers keep the same post and the same jamb bottom wet all year. Rot in San Marcos is a sunny-wall and a sprinkler problem, and we look there first.

Drywood termites in the eaves

The termite that eats most San Marcos fascia and eaves is the drywood kind: it lives inside the board, needs no soil, and leaves hard six-sided pellets under a pinhole. Subterranean termites come up in mud tubes where stucco or a patio post meets the dirt. A licensed pest company treats the colony; we rebuild the board after, and the two jobs are scheduled in the right order.

What a rebuild actually is

We cut the board back until the probe stops sinking, square the cut, splice or replace with the same profile, back-prime the new piece, set it, caulk the joint and paint it to match. A filler patch skips every step but the last, which is why it fails.

Keep it dry in San Marcos

Water the lawn, not the house: move the heads that spray the stucco. Clear the gutters in October, before the first storm. Recaulk the sill-to-stucco joints on the sunny walls when the line cracks, and repaint those walls before the paint fails rather than after. Keep the dirt below the weep screed.

SAN MARCOS, HILLS TO LAKE

Where the house sits decides
where the rot starts

Kaminskiy has rebuilt rotted and termite-damaged wood in San Marcos since 2005. The hillside villages, the lake and the older flats rot in different places.
THE HILLSIDE VILLAGES

San Elijo Hills, Discovery Hills, Rancho Dorado, the Twin Oaks Valley slopes

Newer stucco homes with foam trim, so the exposed wood is the sills, the jambs, the fascia and the decks. Deck boards go soft at the ends on the slope lots, railing posts rot at the base, and a garage door jamb on the slab crumbles. HOA standards apply, so we photograph the profile and the color and match both.

LAKE SAN MARCOS AND THE 1970S STREETS

Lake San Marcos, Richmar, the Rancho Santa Fe Road side, Old San Marcos

Homes from the 1960s and 1970s with wood fascia, open-beam patio covers, wood-framed windows and the original trim, many of them changing hands. Beam ends check and go soft, fascia rots behind the gutters, and the termite report drives the work: we repair the Section 1 items and the pest company reinspects.

THE NEWER FLATS

the Cal State San Marcos side, Creekside, the Barham Drive streets

Younger homes with less exposed wood, so the rot hides at wood-clad sills, door jambs at the stucco line and deck details. Smaller fixes, matched to the trim profile and the color, with the caulk line or the drip edge fixed so the repair is the last one.

The same crew covers the rest of the county from the office on World Trade Drive; the San Diego dry rot and wood rot repair page has the county-wide picture, the City of San Diego permit rule and the termite report in plain words.

WHAT A VISIT LOOKS LIKE

One call, a written price,
then the rebuild

01Call, or text a photo

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.

02Open it up, find the edge

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.

03Rebuild, prime, paint, seal

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.

04Clean up, warranty in writing

The work area is cleaned before we leave, and every rot repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty.

Not our lane, and we say so on the call: termite treatment, fumigation and inspection reports (a licensed pest company does those, and we rebuild after them), roof replacement, foundation work and structural engineering. If the rot has reached a beam or a ledger, we tell you what it needs before anyone opens a wall.
RULES WORTH KNOWING

Permits, termite reports and HOAs,
in plain words

Permits

San Marcos 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 fascia board or a run of trim is that kind of repair. The code draws the line at cutting a structural beam or a load-bearing support, and rot that deep gets a permit and an engineer, which we tell you on the call.

The termite report

Selling at Lake San Marcos or in the villages means a termite report from a licensed structural pest control company, with Section 1 for active infestation and damage and Section 2 for what invites it. The pest company treats and certifies, we rebuild the fascia, door frames and patio posts on the list, and they reinspect. Send us the report and the price comes back from it.

HOAs

San Elijo Hills, Discovery Hills and most of the newer villages are association communities, and a rot repair painted to match the scheme rarely needs a form. A changed trim profile or a new color sometimes does, and we put the materials and finish in writing for it.

WHO CALLS US

Rot repair for every kind
of San Marcos property

HomeownersA soft sill or a crumbling fascia board, rebuilt before the next rain.
Sellers and their agentsThe wood-damage items on the termite report, repaired and ready for the reinspection before closing.
Landlords and property managersThe rot list across a building or a turnover, one crew, one price.
HOAs and boardsCommon-area fascia, trim, railings and stairs after an inspection report.
GOOD QUESTIONS

San Marcos dry rot questions,
answered

Can't find your answer? Call 858-330-5590 and ask us anything.

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We answer in under three rings and price most fascia, sill and trim repairs on the call. Scheduling is usually within days; a patio cover or a deck is sized after a look, with the scope in writing first.

Yes. The pest company treats the colony; then we cut out the eaten fascia, eave trim and the framing we can reach, and rebuild it. We schedule after them so the wall opens once, and the treatment and the report stay with the pest company.

Yes, and it is most of what our technicians do: fascia, sills, trim, jambs, siding and deck boards. Kaminskiy is licensed, bonded and insured, so a rafter tail or a splice into framing is fine too. If a beam or a ledger is involved, you hear that first.

How much of the board has to come out, how high it is, and the finish it has to match. A patio cover beam end and a sill are not the same visit. Text a photo and the price is in writing before anything is scheduled.

Not for an ordinary repair: the California Residential Code San Marcos builds to asks for no application for ordinary repairs or finish work. Rot that reaches a structural beam or a load-bearing support is past that line and gets a permit and an engineer, which we tell you on the call.

Yes. We cut the beam end back to sound wood, splice in new material with the same profile, prime and paint it to match. If the rot has reached the part of the beam that carries the roof, we say so first and tell you who needs to look at it.

All of San Marcos, including San Elijo Hills, Discovery Hills, Lake San Marcos, Richmar, Twin Oaks Valley and Rancho Dorado, plus Vista, Escondido, Carlsbad, Encinitas and Oceanside. Call 858-330-5590 to confirm your address.

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