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Felida doors live in the shade. Under the fir canopy the frames never fully dry, so the jamb feet go soft, the heavy entry doors on the Lake Shore lots sag on hinges too small for them, and the French doors and sliders to the yard in central Felida rub and drag. We splice the jamb feet, rehang the heavy doors on hinges sized for them, replace the rollers and seal everything against the damp.
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THE LISTALL DONEEvery item is a regular Felida morning for a Kaminskiy-certified technician out of east Vancouver. One list, one call.
Priced and on the calendar during the first call.
A written quote you approve before anyone drives out.
One crew, truck stocked, warranty in writing.
A one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, on every Felida job.
Big lots under big firs, 1970s and 1980s homes in cedar and T1-11, heavy entry doors, decks out back and long runs of fascia under the canopy. The gutters overflow onto the fascia, the sheet siding wicks at its bottom edge, the deck posts rot at the slab. We cut back to sound wood, flash the cut, rebuild the fascia and set the posts on standoffs.
Ranches and two-stories from the 1970s to the 1990s with hardboard and vinyl-over-wood, aluminum windows in wood bucks, French doors and sliders to the yard and garage trim on the slab. The bucks rot behind the metal, the sliders drag, the corner boards go on the north side. We rebuild the bucks, re-roller the sliders and match the trim profile.
The dampest streets in Felida: lots backing onto the creek and the trail, where siding, deck boards and door sills stay wet most of the year. Bottom courses, deck boards, railing posts and jamb feet go first. We replace what has gone, keep what is sound and name a ledger problem before the deck is touched.
The trees. Felida's firs are the reason people move here and the reason the house needs attention: needles in the gutters, shade that keeps the north side wet into June, moss on the deck and the fence, bark dust piled against the siding. Wood that never dries rots and brings carpenter ants in the spring. The repairs are small when they are caught early and most of what we fix here waited a season under the canopy.
Doors, decks, trim, siding patches, fences, drywall, rot, caulk and the small list are handyman work. Washington licenses electricians and plumbers separately, so a circuit, a panel, a fixture that needs its own permit or a re-pipe goes to the licensed trade; so do the roof, a gas line and any beam that holds the house up. We say which on the call and come back for the carpentry around them.
Most Felida jobs are priced on the call, in writing, from a description or a photo, before anything is scheduled. A shaded deck, a rotted window buck or a bathroom refresh gets a look first and a written scope. What you approve is what you pay.
A Felida list has a rhythm: gutters cleared and reset before the November rain, moss scraped and treated on the deck and the fence in spring, the bark dust raked back from the siding, the deck posts lifted onto standoffs so they stop drinking from the slab. We do the carpentry and the gutter run and tell you plainly when a tree, not the house, is the problem.
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.
Washington draws no line between a handyman and a contractor: anyone paid to alter or repair a house must be registered with the Department of Labor and Industries, with a bond and liability insurance on file, and taking the work without the registration is a crime. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is registered, bonded and insured, with Kaminskiy-certified, background-checked technicians. Electrical and plumbing hold their own state licenses, so that work goes to the licensed electrician or plumber and a structural question to the engineer; the carpentry, drywall and finish work around them is ours.
Felida is unincorporated Clark County, so the county is the permit office, not the City of Vancouver. The county leaves painting, carpeting, cabinets, countertops and similar finish work alone, along with a fence to seven feet and a low detached deck; it puts window and siding replacement on a permit and files minor repairs such as rot repair under its Alteration, Repair and Specialty permit. The state residential code underneath treats an ordinary repair as needing no application, which is how a rehung door, a patched wall or a rebuilt sill reads; a run of new siding, a new window or a deck ledger is the question we put to the Permit Center on Franklin Street first, with the permit in the written scope when one applies.
The newer streets in Felida have associations with exterior standards; a repair painted to match rarely needs a form, a different trim profile, door style or color sometimes does, and we put the materials and finish in writing for it. The older Lake Shore lots have no association to ask. A full re-side anywhere falls under Washington's moisture rules for new siding and is a permit and a different job from a like-for-like patch, which we lap into the paper and flashing already on the wall.
Across the county from our office. Your Felida crew dispatches from our Vancouver office on NE Park Plaza Drive, open every day 8 to 8, and carries the standoffs, flashing and cedar the shaded lots need. Call 360-347-2002, text a photo, or send the form, and we answer in under three rings. The whole county is on our Vancouver handyman page.
Reviewed by Sergei Kaminskiy, founder, November 7, 2026.
Can't find your answer? Call 360-347-2002 and ask us anything.
Call 360-347-2002We answer in under three rings, price most repairs on the call and usually have a technician from our east Vancouver office at the house within days, lake side or greenway side.
The price comes on the call, in writing, from your description or a photo, before anything is scheduled. A shaded deck, a rotted window buck or a bathroom refresh gets a look first and a written scope. No surprises at the house.
Usually. The gutter run, the deck boards, the fence post, the garage trim and the sticking door go on one list, and one Kaminskiy-certified technician with a stocked truck works through it. Special-order parts get scheduled before we leave.
Yes. Washington requires anyone paid for handyman work to be registered as a contractor with the Department of Labor and Industries, and Kaminskiy Care and Repair is registered, bonded and insured, with every technician Kaminskiy-certified and background checked. Every job carries our one-year workmanship warranty in writing.
Not ordinary repairs or finish work: Clark County leaves painting and similar work alone and the state residential code asks for no application for an ordinary repair. The county does put window and siding replacement on a permit and files rot repair under its Alteration, Repair and Specialty permit, so anything bigger than a patch is where we check with the Permit Center first.
Yes, until it is a rebuild. We scrape and treat the moss, replace the boards that have gone soft at the ends, lift the posts onto standoffs and seal the rest, and if the ledger or the joists underneath have gone too we tell you before anything comes apart.
All of Felida, including Lake Shore, the Felida Community streets, Sorenson Park and the Salmon Creek Greenway side, plus Salmon Creek, Hazel Dell, Ridgefield and the rest of Vancouver. Call 360-347-2002 to confirm your address.
Tell us the list, or text a photo, and we call back with a written price and a time. Calling is still faster: 360-347-2002.
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 Felida 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.
