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Houston is hard on doors. The clay under the slab swells after a wet spring and shrinks in a dry August, so the front door sticks one season and swings free the next, and the humidity swells wood doors and sliders until they bind. The bottom of the jamb rots where the rain splashes, and the weatherstrip gives out. We plane, rehang and seal, splice new wood into the jamb, replace the rollers and the weatherstrip, and install the new door you bought. A full exterior door replacement is not on the city's exempt list, so we check that one with the Permitting Center before we quote it.
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THE LISTALL DONEEvery one of these is on the usual Houston list, and the crew sees them every week. 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.
Wood-framed houses from the early 1900s to the 1950s, many on pier-and-beam foundations with wood siding and original wood windows. The work is rotted trim and siding, doors that bind in frames that moved, sagging porch boards and plaster or drywall cracks. In the Heights and the other city historic districts a repair that keeps the same material is ordinary maintenance, and we keep it that way.
Slab-on-grade ranch houses from the 1950s to the 1970s on bayou clay. The list is doors and drywall cracks from slab movement, soffits and fascia rotted under forty years of rain, sliders with worn rollers, and the rebuild after water gets in. Meyerland and the streets along Buffalo Bayou have flooded more than once since 2015, and the finish work after the drying is a regular call.
Brick-front homes with wood and fiber-cement trim from the 1970s to today, almost all in association communities with recorded deed restrictions. The work is cedar fences and gates, rotted trim and garage door jambs, drywall and texture, bathroom caulk and fixtures, and the deck off the back. We match the approved colors and put the materials in writing for the association form.
The Gulf does the damage here. More than fifty inches of rain in a normal year, mornings above ninety percent humidity, a hundred days over ninety degrees and a slab sitting on clay that swells when it is wet and shrinks when it is dry. Caulk and paint fail first, then the wood behind them, and the doors and drywall move with the ground. The jobs are small when they are caught early, and most of what the crew fixes in Houston waited a season too long.
Doors, drywall, trim, siding, fences, decks, rot, caulk and fixtures are ours. Electrical, plumbing and air conditioning are licensed trades in Texas and go to the licensed electrician, plumber or air conditioning contractor, as does a gas line, a roof replacement, foundation leveling and anything structural, and we tell you so on the call. Termite treatment is the licensed pest company's job; rebuilding what the termites ate is ours.
Describe the job or text a photo and most Houston repairs are priced on the call, in writing, before anything goes on the calendar. A rotted frame, a door swap or a bathroom item gets a look first and a written scope. You approve, then the crew starts.
A door that binds is usually a door that needs planing and a jamb bottom spliced, not a new door. A fence with three leaning posts gets three posts reset; a fence with rotted rails and boards gets replaced. Drywall cracks that come back every summer are the slab talking, and we patch them properly and tell you when it is time to have the foundation looked at by a foundation company. We say which way it goes on the call, and why.
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.
Texas has no state license for a handyman or a general contractor, and no price line below which a job changes hands, so the question in Houston is the trade, not the size of the job. The state licenses electricians and air conditioning contractors through TDLR and plumbers through the State Board of Plumbing Examiners, and the city says that work must be permitted and done by a licensed person. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is bonded and insured, the Houston crew works to our written scope and one-year workmanship warranty, and when a list item is electrical, plumbing or air conditioning it goes to the licensed trade, which we name on the call.
Houston publishes its own exempt list under the 2021 residential code, and most of a handyman list is on it: painting, wallpaper, tile, carpet, cabinets, countertops and similar finish work; drywall repair on an existing wall up to 100 square feet in total; same-material repair of exterior wood fascia, trim and soffits up to 128 square feet; a roof patch up to 100 square feet; wood or chain-link fences under eight feet; a shed under 120 square feet; and a freestanding deck under 200 square feet and no more than 30 inches off the ground. A replaced exterior door or window and anything that touches framing is not on that list, and electrical, plumbing and mechanical work always needs a permit and a licensed person. We tell you which side of the line a job sits on before we quote. Sugar Land, Pearland, League City, The Woodlands and the county each answer their own permit question, and we ask them.
Houston has no zoning. What a street allows comes from recorded deed restrictions, which the city's Legal Department helps enforce and the Harris County Clerk keeps on file, and in Kingwood, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, Pearland and Cypress from the community association that administers them. A repair painted to match rarely needs a form; a new fence line, a new door style or a color change usually does, and we put the materials in writing for it. In the Heights and the other city historic districts, ordinary maintenance that keeps the same design, texture and material needs no Certificate of Appropriateness, replacing historic material does, and we check with the Historic Preservation Office before anything bigger than a repair.
A local Houston crew, scheduled by phone. Kaminskiy has no office in Houston. The work is done by a local Houston crew that we dispatch through our national line, and every job is priced on the call, in writing, before it goes on the calendar. Call 409-254-4644, text a photo, or send the form.
Can't find your answer? Call 409-254-4644 and ask us anything.
Call 409-254-4644No. Kaminskiy has no office or address in Houston. The work is done by a local Houston crew that we dispatch through our national line. You call, we price the job on the call in writing, and the crew is scheduled to your house, usually 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 Houston homeowners use us. The sticking door, the drywall crack, the fence gate and the bathroom caulk go on one list, and one crew works through it with a stocked truck. Anything that needs a part we do not carry gets scheduled before we leave.
Texas has no state handyman or general contractor license. What the state does license is the trades: electricians and air conditioning contractors through TDLR, plumbers through the State Board of Plumbing Examiners, and Houston requires that work to be permitted and done by a licensed person. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is bonded and insured, and when an item on your list belongs to one of those trades we say so and send it to the licensed trade.
Usually not. Houston exempts painting, tile, cabinets and similar finish work, drywall repair up to 100 square feet, same-material repair of fascia, trim and soffits up to 128 square feet, wood fences under eight feet and small freestanding decks and sheds. A replaced exterior door or window, framing, and any electrical, plumbing or mechanical work is on the permit side, and we tell you so before we quote.
Often it is the clay. Houston sits on clay that swells in a wet spring and shrinks in a dry summer, and the slab moves a little with it. We plane the door, patch the crack properly and match the texture, and if the cracks are wide, stepped or coming back fast we tell you it is time for a foundation company or a structural engineer to look at the slab before we do more finish work.
Sometimes. Houston has no zoning, so the deed restrictions and the association rules decide fence heights, colors and exterior changes. A repair painted to match rarely needs a form; a new fence line, a new door style or a color change usually does. We put the materials in writing for the form and match the approved scheme.
Houston inside and outside the Loop, from the Heights, Montrose and Oak Forest to Memorial, Meyerland and Clear Lake, plus Kingwood, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, Pearland, Cypress and League City. Call 409-254-4644 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: 409-254-4644.
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 Houston 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.
