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Humidity swells the wood doors in Victoria Park and Rio Vista, salt off the canals rusts the hardware, drywood termites take the frames, and summer rain blows under sliders set without a sill pan. We rehang and seal, rebuild the jamb, fit stainless hardware and install the impact door you bought, checked against the hurricane-zone approval before you order.
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THE LISTALL DONEAll of it is routine for a Kaminskiy-certified technician based downtown on Andrews Avenue. One list, one call.
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.
Concrete-block homes from the 1940s to the 1960s on the canals, with wide sliders and French doors to the dock. Salt air rusts the hardware, the paint lets go on the water side first, and the dock steps rot at the ends. The list here is hardware, sills, sliders, trim and the deck, and the fix is stainless parts, sealed end grain and sills reset to drain.
Frame cottages and early block houses near the river, some in the historic district, with lap siding, wood windows and original doors that termites have found. Doors bind in settled frames, siding rots along the bottom course, plaster cracks reopen. We splice new wood into old, keep the original where it can be saved and keep the in-kind paperwork simple where the district applies.
Ranch homes from the 1950s through the 1980s and the newer association streets, many on lake lots. Builder sliders wear out their rollers, garage-to-house doors stop closing on their own, fascia goes behind long gutter runs and patio cover beams check at the ends. We match the association color and put the materials in writing for the form.
Nothing here freezes, so the damage is water and salt, slowly. From May to October it rains most afternoons and the humidity never lets wood dry; east of Federal Highway the salt air strips paint and pits hardware; drywood termites work the old frames. A door that sticks, a soft sill or a stained soffit is a small job in year one and a rebuild in year five, and most of what we fix here waited a season.
Doors, drywall, trim, siding, fences, decks, rot, caulk, screens and the small list are handyman work. Florida reserves electrical, plumbing, air conditioning and roofing for state-licensed contractors, and anything structural goes to an engineer, so we say so on the call and tell you who to call. Termite treatment is the licensed pest company's; rebuilding what they ate is ours.
Most Fort Lauderdale jobs are priced on the call from your description or a photo, in writing, before anything is scheduled. A rotted frame, a run of siding or a bathroom refresh gets a look first and a written scope. The price you approve is the price at the house.
From June to November every exterior opening is a storm opening. We check that shutters still track and their anchors still bite, that the slider locks engage and the entry door latches without a shove, and when a door is past saving we check the product approval and the size against the hurricane-zone rules before you buy, so the replacement passes.
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.
Florida has no handyman license. The state defines a contractor as anyone paid to repair, alter or improve a structure, exempts only casual, minor work under a set small amount, and reserves structural work, roofing, air conditioning, plumbing and electrical for state-licensed contractors; Broward adds its own certificates for the specialty trades. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is bonded and insured, every technician is Kaminskiy-certified and background checked, we work the carpentry, drywall, doors, fences, rot and finish side of the list, and we send the licensed trades to the right license and say so on the call.
Fort Lauderdale builds to the Florida Building Code with the Broward amendments, which let general maintenance and repairs under a set cost go ahead without a permit when the Building Official reads them that way: a rehung door, a patched wall, a sill, a run of trim, a fascia board. The 2026 state exemption for small single-family projects is a written request the city decides, never in a flood zone and never for doors, windows or structure, so we do not promise it. Replacing an exterior door is permitted work with a product approval, and anything that reaches a beam or a header is a permit and an engineer.
In the high-velocity hurricane zone a replacement exterior door needs a permit and a product with a Florida or Miami-Dade approval that passed the impact tests for this zone, or a shutter over the opening; a door from a big-box store without the right approval will not pass, so we check the approval and the size before you order. In Sailboat Bend and the Himmarshee district, work that changes the look of a designated house needs a certificate of appropriateness, while repair and in-kind replacement can be reviewed by the preservation planner without a hearing, which is what a matched repair is.
Downtown, on South Andrews Avenue. Our Broward crew works out of the office on South Andrews Avenue, minutes from Victoria Park, Rio Vista and Sailboat Bend, and covers the county from Pompano Beach to Plantation. Call 954-787-3186, text a photo, or send the form, and we answer in under three rings.
Can't find your answer? Call 954-787-3186 and ask us anything.
Call 954-787-3186Our office is downtown on South Andrews Avenue, so most of the city is a short drive. We answer in under three rings, price most repairs on the call and usually have a technician at the house within days; a second home can be handled from photos and a lockbox.
It depends on the list. Describe the jobs or text a photo of the worst one and the price comes back in writing before anything is scheduled. No service-call surprise at the house; a rotted frame or a bathroom refresh gets a look first and a written scope.
That is the point of the truck. The sticking door, the drywall stain, the screen, the gate latch and the caulk go on one list, and a Kaminskiy-certified technician works through it in one visit wherever the parts allow. Special-order items are scheduled before we leave.
Florida has no handyman license and reserves electrical, plumbing, air conditioning, roofing and structural work for state-licensed contractors, so those go to the right license and we tell you who to call. Carpentry, drywall, doors, fences, decks, rot and finish work are ours: Kaminskiy Care and Repair is bonded and insured and every technician is Kaminskiy-certified and background checked.
Usually not. Under the Broward amendments, general maintenance and repairs under a set cost go ahead without a permit as the Building Official reads them, which covers most of a handyman list. A replacement exterior door, anything in the historic districts beyond an in-kind repair, or work that reaches framing is where we check with the city first and tell you on the call.
Yes, as a permitted job. In the hurricane zone the door needs a Florida or Miami-Dade product approval that passed the impact tests, sized for the opening, so we check the approval and the measurements before you order, rebuild the frame if it needs it, then hang, seal and trim it.
The whole county from our South Andrews Avenue office: Fort Lauderdale proper, Victoria Park, Rio Vista, Las Olas Isles, Coral Ridge, Harbor Beach, Sailboat Bend, Tarpon River, Poinsettia Heights, Flagler Village, Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, Plantation, Lauderhill, Pompano Beach, Sunrise and Davie. Call 954-787-3186 to confirm your address.
Tell us what needs fixing. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 954-787-3186.
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 Fort Lauderdale 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.
