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Atlanta doors swell in the July humidity and shrink in January, so the same door sticks half the year and rattles the other half. Entry doors in the Inman Park and Virginia-Highland bungalows bind in frames a century old, French doors to the deck in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs sag and stop locking, and the jamb feet rot where the red clay holds water against the sill. We plane, rehang and seal, rebuild the frame, and install the door you bought.
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THE LISTALL DONEEvery one of these is a regular week for the local Atlanta crew we dispatch through our national line. Make one list and 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.
Victorians from the 1890s and Craftsman bungalows from the 1900s to the 1930s, with wood siding, deep porches, plaster walls and original doors under big oaks. Doors bind in frames that settled decades ago, plaster cracks reopen, porch floors and column bases go soft, and every repair has to match what is there. We keep the original where it can be saved and splice new wood into old.
Brick and estate homes from the 1920s and 1930s, ranches and split-levels from the 1950s to the 1970s, and new infill houses on the old lots, with condominium towers along Peachtree Road. The list is wood windows and trim on the older houses, decks and French doors on the newer ones, fascia behind full gutters, and the punch list a builder left behind. We match the profile and the paint.
Subdivisions from the 1960s through the 2000s, many in associations, with hardboard or fiber cement siding, a deck on every back wall and French doors to the yard. Window trim rots where no flashing was set, deck boards and rails go soft, French doors sag, and drywall cracks as the clay moves. We match the scheme and put the materials in writing for the association form.
Water and movement. Atlanta averages close to fifty inches of rain a year, much of it in summer downpours, and the humidity afterward keeps wood swollen and paint failing; the red clay under the house swells wet and shrinks dry, so doors bind and drywall cracks on a schedule. Add an ice storm every few winters that drops limbs on fascia and gutters. None of it is dramatic, and all of it is cheaper in year one than year five.
A door that binds is planed and rehung, not replaced; a jamb rotted at the foot gets a spliced leg, not a new frame. A deck with sound framing and cupped boards gets boards and rails; a deck with soft joists gets the honest answer that it is past repair. We tell you which on the call or at the house, with the price for each, and you decide.
Atlanta's own code exempts ordinary repair work under a set valuation from a building permit, and names painting and cabinet or countertop swaps as exempt outright, while a new fence or deck goes through the city's express permit lane. Electrical, plumbing and heating and air are licensed trades in Georgia and get their own permits, which is one reason they are not our work. When a job is near the line, we ask the Office of Buildings first and tell you what it said.
Describe the list or text a photo of the worst item and most Atlanta repairs are priced on the call, in writing, before anything is scheduled. A porch floor, a rotted frame or a bathroom refresh gets a look first and a written scope. The price you approve is the price at the house, and every job carries a one-year workmanship warranty in writing.
The sticking door, the drywall hole, the gate that drags. Call or text it over and we price it on the call, in writing.
Hinges, strikes, weatherstrip, anchors, compound, fasteners and the common parts ride on the truck, so one visit usually clears the list.
Anything that needs opening a wall, rebuilding a frame or matching a finish gets a look and a written price before we start.
We tidy up, walk you through what was done, and the one-year workmanship warranty is in writing.
Georgia asks for a state residential contractor license once the value of the work or the pay for it, whichever is higher, passes twenty-five hundred dollars; below that line a repair job needs no state contractor license, and even above it the law leaves room for repair work by someone who says plainly that they are not licensed and does not touch the structure. Electrical, plumbing and conditioned air are licensed separately at any price, and those go to the licensed trade. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is licensed, bonded and insured as a company, every technician is background checked, and every job is priced in writing before it starts.
The City of Atlanta's building code says no permit or permit fee is needed for repair work on a house under a set valuation (ten thousand dollars when we read it), and it names interior and exterior painting and the repair or replacement of kitchen and bath cabinets and countertops as exempt so long as no outlet or plumbing fixture moves. A new or replacement fence and a deck built to the state's prescriptive deck details go through the Office of Buildings' express permit lane. Anything structural, electrical, plumbing or heating and air is permitted work for the licensed trade. Past a like-for-like repair, we ask the Office of Buildings before we quote.
Inman Park, Grant Park, Cabbagetown, Druid Hills, West End and the other local historic districts have the Urban Design Commission review exterior changes, and the code's repair exemption is lower there (twenty-five hundred dollars when we read it). Ordinary repair in matching material is treated lightly, and Inman Park exempts it from the staff certificate outright; a new door style, a changed trim profile or new siding on the street side goes to the commission first. In the north suburbs most subdivisions built since the 1960s are association communities: a repair painted to match rarely needs a form, a new color or fence line usually does, and we put the materials in writing for it.
A local Atlanta crew, one national line. Kaminskiy has no office in Atlanta. The work is done by a local Atlanta crew that we dispatch through our national line, scheduled by phone and priced on the call, usually within days. Call 678-658-3711, text a photo, or send the form.
Can't find your answer? Call 678-658-3711 and ask us anything.
Call 678-658-3711No. Kaminskiy has no office or address in Atlanta. The work is done by a local Atlanta crew that we dispatch through our national line: you call 678-658-3711 or send the form, the job is priced on the call in writing, and the crew is scheduled by phone, usually within days.
It depends on the list. Describe it or text a photo and you get the price on the call, in writing, before anything is booked. No service-call surprise at the door: what you approve is what you pay, and a bigger job gets a look and a written scope first.
That is the idea. The door that sticks, the loose deck rail, the drywall cracks, the shelving and the screen door go on one list, and one technician with a stocked truck works through it. Anything needing a special-order part is scheduled before the crew leaves.
For a repair list, a handyman: Georgia asks for a state residential contractor license only once the value of the work passes twenty-five hundred dollars, and a door, a railing or a patched wall sits under that line. Electrical, plumbing and heating and air are licensed trades at any price and we send those to the right license. Kaminskiy is licensed, bonded and insured as a company, with background-checked technicians.
Not ordinary repair work under the city's valuation line: Atlanta's code exempts it by name, along with painting and cabinet or countertop swaps that move no outlet or fixture. A new fence or a deck goes through the Office of Buildings' express permit lane, and anything structural, electrical, plumbing or heating and air is permitted work for the licensed trade. Past a like-for-like repair, we ask the city first and tell you the answer.
Yes. Ordinary repair and maintenance in matching material is exempt from the staff certificate in Inman Park, so a rehung door, spliced siding or a rebuilt column base in matching wood needs nothing from the Urban Design Commission. A new door style or a changed material on the street side goes through the commission first, and we say so before we start.
All of Atlanta: Inman Park, Virginia-Highland, Candler Park, Kirkwood, Grant Park, East Atlanta, Midtown and Buckhead, plus Decatur, Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs and Alpharetta. Call 678-658-3711 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: 678-658-3711.
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 Atlanta 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.
