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The county has two kinds of door trouble. On the coast, in Oxnard and Port Hueneme, the marine layer keeps the jambs damp and the salt air eats the hinges and the slider rollers. In the Conejo Valley the afternoon sun splits the finish on the south and west sides and the fall wind slams the gates until the latches give. We plane, rehang and seal, replace rollers and hardware, rebuild the rotted frame, and install the new door you bought.
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THE LISTALL DONEEvery one of these is a job a Kaminskiy-certified technician does every week in Ventura County. Make the list, call once.
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 job is backed in writing by our workmanship warranty and done by a Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technician.
Stucco tracts from the 1960s through the 1990s, most of them walled and most in an association with an approved color scheme. The valley grew from a few thousand people to a city of a hundred thousand in thirty years, and those houses are now fifty years old: sliders at the end of their rollers, fascia the sprinklers reach, drywall cracks from a settling slab. We match the scheme and put the materials in writing for the form.
Oxnard grew five times over between 1950 and 1980, so most of the housing is post-war tract, with Craftsman, Tudor Revival and Spanish Revival houses from 1906 to 1925 in the historic district by downtown. On the coast the marine layer never fully lifts in May and June: hardware corrodes, wood stays damp, and the harbor condos carry the state balcony inspection rule. Repairs here have to match what is there, and we splice new wood into old.
Camarillo filled in through the 1960s and 1970s, with Leisure Village opening in 1973 and the hillside tracts after. The 2024 Mountain Fire came down through Camarillo Heights, so the hillside streets carry fire-zone rules on vents, doors and decks that we check before any exterior quote. Below the hills the list is gates, decks, trim and the water damage after a winter storm.
Two climates do the damage here. The coast runs in the sixties most of the year with a marine layer that keeps the wood damp and salt air that pits the hardware. Central Thousand Oaks sees ninety on a summer afternoon and gets about seventeen inches of winter rain, so caulk and paint fail first and the wood behind them follows. Every fall the Santa Ana wind blows down the corridor from the Santa Clarita Valley to Point Mugu and finds every loose panel and latch. The jobs are small when they are caught early.
Doors, drywall, trim, fences, decks, rot, caulk and fixtures are ours. A roof, an electrical panel, a water heater, a gas line or anything structural goes to the licensed specialty trade, the plumber or the electrician, and we tell you so on the call. Termite treatment is the pest company's job; rebuilding what the termites ate is ours.
Describe the job or text a photo and most Ventura County repairs are priced on the call, in writing, before anything goes on the calendar. A rotted frame, a slider swap or a bathroom item gets a look first and a written scope. You approve, then a technician from the Thousand Oaks office is on the calendar, usually within days.
A slider that drags is usually rollers and a cleaned track, not a new door. A soft spot in the fascia is a splice, not a new run, if it is caught before the rain. A door that has been planed twice and still binds, a window frame that is rotted through at the sill, or a deck with soft joists under the boards is the point where replacement costs less than another repair, and we say which on the call.
We answer in under three rings and most repairs are priced on the call, in writing, before anything is booked.
The technician arrives with the hardware, patching and fastening stock the usual list needs, so the first visit is the working visit.
Rot, a frame rebuild, a slider swap or a bathroom item gets a look and a written scope. You approve before work begins.
Every job is backed by our one-year workmanship warranty, and the area is clean when we leave.
In California a repair priced under one thousand dollars, labor and materials together, can be done without a contractor's license, but only if it needs no building permit and no one is employed to do it. A door swap in Camarillo, a stucco patch there, a new window anywhere in the county needs a permit and so needs a licensed contractor. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is a licensed California contractor (License #1106209), bonded and insured, so a rotted jamb, a new door or a deck railing is squarely inside the law with us. Every job over the state's written-contract threshold goes on paper first.
Each city reads the rule its own way. Oxnard exempts painting and finish work, drywall patches up to fifty square feet, roof repairs under forty square feet that stay in the covering, and wood, vinyl or iron fences to six feet. Camarillo exempts cabinets, paint, fences to six feet and retaining walls to three feet, but asks for a permit to change out windows, replace wood siding or stucco, or swap a water heater. The county, outside the cities, exempts fences to seven feet, decks and platforms to thirty inches, retaining walls to three feet and sheds to one hundred twenty square feet. Thousand Oaks publishes no exempt list, and it issues permits for replacement windows and water heaters, so there we call the Building Division before we quote and tell you what it said.
Westlake, North Ranch, Dos Vientos and most of the Conejo Valley tracts are association communities, as are Leisure Village in Camarillo and the harbor condos in Oxnard. A repair painted to match rarely needs a form; a new color, a new door style or a changed fence line usually does, and we put the materials in writing for it. Condominium buildings of three or more units are under the state's exterior balcony inspection law, and the repairs it flags are a regular call. On the hillside streets the question is the fire-zone rules on vents, doors and decks, which we check before any exterior work.
Our office is on East Hillcrest Drive. The Ventura County crew starts the day at our Thousand Oaks office on East Hillcrest Drive, off the 101, which is why a Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Camarillo or Oxnard call is usually on the calendar within days. The rest of the county is covered by that same crew. Call 805-774-1151, text a photo, or send the form.
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Call 805-774-1151Our office is on East Hillcrest Drive in Thousand Oaks, so the drive is minutes to Newbury Park and Westlake Village, about a quarter hour down the Conejo Grade to Camarillo, and about half an hour to Oxnard. We answer in under three rings, price most repairs on the call and usually have a technician at the house within days.
Tell us the list, or text a photo of the worst item, and you get the price on the call, in writing, before anything is scheduled. There is no mystery service fee waiting at the house. A bigger job, a rotted frame or a bathroom refresh, gets a look first and a written scope.
That is how most of our Ventura County customers use us. The slider, the drywall crack, the fence gate and the ceiling fan go on one list, and one Kaminskiy-certified technician works through it with a stocked truck. Anything that needs a part we do not carry gets scheduled before we leave.
For a small cosmetic job either works. California lets unlicensed work go up to one thousand dollars, labor and materials together, but only when no permit is needed and no one is employed to do it, and a window change-out, a stucco patch in Camarillo or a deck railing crosses that line. Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds License #1106209, is bonded and insured, and every technician is Kaminskiy-certified and background checked, so you do not have to sort your list by who is allowed to do what.
Painting, caulk, cabinets, a rehung door and the inside list need nothing anywhere in the county. Oxnard lets a drywall patch to fifty square feet and a fence to six feet go without a permit; Camarillo exempts a fence to six feet and a retaining wall to three feet but permits window change-outs and siding or stucco replacement; the county outside the cities exempts fences to seven feet and decks to thirty inches. Thousand Oaks publishes no exempt list, so there we call the Building Division first and tell you what it said.
Yes. California requires condominium associations with three or more attached units to have their wood balconies, decks and walkways inspected by a licensed engineer or architect, and the report usually lists railings, waterproofing and rotted framing to fix. We take the repair list from the board or the manager, price it in writing, and schedule the crew around the residents.
Yes. Blown-out panels, leaning posts and gates that no longer latch are a regular Ventura County call every fall. Posts are reset in concrete, panels are rebuilt to match the run, and the gate is rehung with hardware that takes the wind. A fence over the city's exempt height, or a block wall, gets the permit question answered before we quote.
Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Westlake Village and Oak Park in the Conejo Valley; Camarillo, Somis and Moorpark; Oxnard, Port Hueneme and the beach neighborhoods; and the city of Ventura. Call 805-774-1151 to confirm your address and get on the schedule.
Tell us what needs fixing. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 805-774-1151.
Close to one of these but not on the list? Call anyway. If we can reach you, we will.
Ready to cross it off the list? Free quotes, a local Ventura County crew, and a 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.
