Fog-damp stains on the beach streets, cracks in the Eden Gardens cottages, the ceiling under a Lomas Santa Fe bath and the ordinary knob hole, patched and matched. Priced on the call.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair repairs drywall and plaster in Solana Beach homes on both sides of the tracks: the damp stain at the base of a wall in a beach cottage that never quite dries in a June fog, the crack along an old plaster wall in Eden Gardens, the ceiling ring under a second-floor bath up Lomas Santa Fe, the rusted corner bead on the Highway 101 bluffs, the knob hole and the anchor holes after a summer rental turns over. Each is repaired in the material it was built in, finished to match and primed. Water waits for the source to be fixed and the wall to dry. A written price on the call; most patches do not need a second trip.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Solana Beach walls live in fog. West of the tracks the marine layer sits on the houses most mornings from May to August, damp wicks into the lower drywall and the corner bead rusts; east of the tracks the older Eden Gardens houses carry plaster and sixty years of patches, and the hill homes have the two-story problems of a stacked bath and a tall ceiling. We dry it, patch plaster as plaster, match the finish and leave it primed.
AFTERBEFORE
Hole & Crack Repair
Water Damage Repair
Ceiling Repair
Texture Matching
Big Patches & Full Sheets
Nail & Anchor Holes
Corner Bead & Cracks
Primed & Ready for PaintA beach cottage and a hill house are different repairs and our technicians do both. Say what the wall is made of if you know and the size against your hand, and the price is in writing before anyone drives over.
We answer in under three rings and get you priced and scheduled in minutes.
A clear, written quote with upfront pricing. You approve before work begins.
Kaminskiy-certified pros finish the job with a workmanship warranty.
Every drywall repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, and is done by a Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technician.
The marine layer keeps the beach streets damp most mornings from late spring into summer, and the drywall at the base of an exterior wall, behind a window frame or at an outside corner takes it on: a stained strip that paint will not hold on, a soft patch, a rusting corner bead blistering the compound. The stucco, the window or the drainage is sealed first, the wall dries and meters dry, then the stained board comes out, new board and new vinyl or galvanized bead go in, and the finish is matched.
The older houses in Eden Gardens, La Colonia and along the Valley Avenue streets are from the 1930s through the 1950s, and many are lath and plaster, patched over sixty years in three different materials. Plaster is repaired with bonder and a setting-type plaster keyed to the lath and finished to the surrounding sand or skim finish, never with a drywall patch screwed into the plaster. We tell you which wall you have on the first look.
Lomas Santa Fe, Isla Verde and San Elijo Hills are 1970s through 1990s two-stories with the baths over the living rooms and trusses that lift the ceiling tape in September. A shower pan or a supply line shows as a ring on the ceiling below weeks later; the plumber fixes the source, the ceiling dries, then we replace the stained section. A dark patch more than a small dry spot is a licensed mold remediation company's job first, and we say so.
A beach rental turns over every few weeks in summer and the walls show it: knob holes, anchor holes, a dented corner, a crack above the slider. Up to fifteen nail and anchor holes in a room is one menu item, and the rest is priced by size on the same call, so the walls are patched, textured and primed between one guest and the next.
Beach cottages and 1960s-70s houses in the fog belt: damp-stained lower walls, rusting corner bead, condos stacked above the 101 with the neighbor's leak coming through the ceiling, and smooth-finish remodels that show every edge of a patch. Seal, dry, replace the board, match the finish, prime.
The oldest housing in town, lath and plaster in many of the houses, additions in drywall of two later decades, and ceilings sprayed before 1980 that get sampled and tested by a licensed lab before anyone works on them. Plaster patched as plaster, drywall as drywall, each matched to its own finish.
Two-story homes from the 1970s through the 1990s: the upstairs bath over the kitchen, truss lift along the upstairs ceilings in late summer, knockdown and orange peel to match, and tall entries over eight feet priced after a look. Association communities on the hill keep their schemes; the repair leaves primed for the matching color.
The same technicians cover the county from the office on World Trade Drive; the San Diego drywall repair page has the county-wide picture, the City of San Diego permit rule and the water-damage paperwork in plain words.
Hold your hand over the damage and tell us: smaller than your hand, bigger than your hand, poster-sized, or a whole sheet. We price it on the call, in writing, in under ten minutes.
Water damage is repaired after the source is fixed. If the stain is still wet we tell you who fixes the leak, and we schedule the drywall for when it is dry.
Backing where it needs it, new board cut to fit, every seam taped, three coats of compound sanded smooth, your texture matched, then primer.
Dust contained and the room left clean. Most patches are finished in one visit; a full sheet may need a short second visit for the final coat, scheduled before we leave.
Solana Beach adopts the California Building Standards Code, which lists painting, papering and similar finish work as needing no permit and ordinary repairs as needing no application; a patch in plaster or drywall, or a replaced sheet, in an existing wall is that. A new opening, a removed wall or any framing change is a permit job, and a bigger exterior change in the coastal zone can be more than that, so we say so before anyone opens a wall.
A sudden leak is usually a covered loss; the damp that has been wicking into a beach wall for years usually is not, and the adjuster asks when it started. Photograph the stain and what caused it the day you spot it, keep the plumber's or roofer's invoice, and we list the drywall as a separate line. The source is fixed, the wall dries and meters dry, then we replace the board; never the other way round.
A pre-1978 house may carry lead in its paint and a ceiling sprayed before 1980 may carry asbestos: the painted surface is handled lead-safe and the older ceiling is sampled by a licensed lab before anyone scrapes it, with abatement by a licensed contractor if it is needed. In the stacked condos above the 101, the unit above and the ceiling below belong to different people, and California Civil Code 4775 and the CC&Rs decide who pays; we repair your side and write the scope separately.
Can't find your answer? Call 858-330-5590 and ask us anything.
Call 858-330-5590Usually within days, from our office in Rancho Bernardo. The price is in writing on the call; most drywall patches are finished in one visit, and a plaster repair or a damp wall that has to dry first is scheduled in two.
Not until the damp has a reason to stop. The stucco, the window or the drainage outside is sealed first, the wall dries and reads dry on the meter, then the stained board comes out and new board goes in. Patched wet, the stain is back by the next June fog.
Yes. Plaster is patched with bonder and a setting-type plaster keyed to the lath, then finished to the sand or skim finish around it. A drywall patch screwed into plaster is the repair that fails, and we do not do that one.
After the plumber has fixed the leak and the ceiling reads dry on the meter, yes: the stained part comes down, the joists are looked at, new board is hung, taped, three coats, textured, primed. A still-wet or sagging ceiling is priced on the call after a look.
Yes. Knob holes, anchor holes, a dented corner and a crack above the slider are patched, textured and primed in one visit for most rooms; up to fifteen nail and anchor holes in a room is one menu item, and more rooms are priced on the same call.
Size, water, material and finish: hand-sized, poster-sized or a whole sheet; dry or damp; drywall or plaster; orange peel, knockdown or smooth. Those four answers get you a written price in under ten minutes.
All of Solana Beach, the beach streets, Eden Gardens, La Colonia, Lomas Santa Fe, Isla Verde and the Cedros district, plus Del Mar, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Encinitas, Rancho Santa Fe and Carmel Valley. Call 858-330-5590 to confirm your address.
Tell us what the wall or ceiling looks like, or text us a photo. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 858-330-5590.
Priced in writing before we start. Kaminskiy-certified technicians. A one-year workmanship warranty on every job.
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.
