Trim boards, wood-clad sills, fascia and deck railings on the planned streets cut out and rebuilt with sound wood, matched to the association scheme. Priced in writing before we start.
BBBAccredited BusinessFisher's Landing East was built in a few years in the 1990s with the same hardboard lap, the same corner trim and the same wood-clad windows on every street, so Kaminskiy Care and Repair sees the same rot: trim boards split at the butt joints on the east face where the Gorge wind drives the rain, sill corners that never sealed, fascia behind gutters that overflow, deck railing posts and ledgers on the lots along the creeks. Each is cut back to sound wood, rebuilt with the same profile, primed on every face, painted to the association color and sealed, with the caulk line or the flashing that failed replaced. The pest company handles carpenter ants; the carpentry is ours. The price is in writing before anything starts, from our office a few minutes up Mill Plain.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Fisher's Landing East faces the Columbia River Gorge, and the east wind brings the rain sideways into every joint on the east wall. Add the first generation of hardboard siding and wood-clad windows, and the rot is at the trim joints, the sill corners and the deck ledgers. We cut back to sound wood, rebuild, prime, paint to the scheme and seal.
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Fascia & Eaves
Window Sills
Door Jambs & Casings
Trim & Siding
Termite Damage Rebuilds
Deck Boards & Railings
Stairs & Posts
Primed, Painted & SealedHouses built together rot together, so the repair that fixes yours is one we have probably done on your street. Most Fisher's Landing trim, sill and fascia repairs are priced on the call by a Kaminskiy-certified technician, in writing; a deck or a whole east wall gets a look and a written scope first.
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 Fishers Landing East rot and termite damage repair.
Wind and one decade of building. The east wind off the Gorge drives rain into the east and north faces for seven months, and most of Fisher's Landing East went up in the 1990s with hardboard lap siding, wood corner trim and wood-clad windows, materials that rot at the cut ends and the joints once the paint and caulk open. The rot is at the trim butt joints on the weather face, the sill corners, the bottom lap near the splash line and the deck ledger behind the siding.
Carpenter ants come first: a nest in a stump or a landscape timber, a satellite nest in the wet sill, frass on the deck below. Moisture ants nest in wood that is already rotting. Dampwood termites need wet wood and are a sign of a leak, not the cause of it; subterranean termites are present in Clark County but uncommon. A licensed pest company treats what is live; we rebuild the wood and fix the leak that drew them.
A rebuild on a planned street has to disappear. We photograph the trim profile, the reveal and the color, cut the rotted piece back to sound wood, splice in the same profile, back-prime it, set it over intact paper and flashing, caulk and paint to the scheme. A filler patch on hardboard does none of that and fails at the next freeze.
Caulk the trim joints on the east and north faces before they open, not after. Clear the gutters before the fall storms and check that the downspouts actually discharge away from the house. Keep the bark dust below the bottom lap. Leave a gap between the deck boards and the siding so the wall can dry.
Association streets built all at once in the 1990s with hardboard lap, wood corner trim and wood-clad windows. The trim splits at the butt joints on the east face, the sill corners go soft and the bottom lap near the splash line puffs up. We rebuild the trim and the sills to the scheme and reseal the joints the wind found.
Shade and damp along the creeks keep the north walls and the decks wet most of the year. Deck boards go soft at the ends, railing posts rot at the base and the ledger behind the siding is the thing to check. We replace the boards and posts where they stand and name a ledger problem before anyone pulls a deck apart.
Streets in the open that take the full east wind and the rain with it. The weather face of the house goes first: the fascia behind an overflowing gutter, the sill corners, the trim at the garage door. We rebuild the boards, reflash the sills and get the downspouts discharging away from the wall.
The same crew covers the rest of the city from the office up Mill Plain, and the Vancouver dry rot and wood rot repair page has the city-wide picture, the Vancouver permit rule and the Washington WDO report in plain words.
A fascia board, a sill or a trim piece is priced on the call, in writing. A bigger rebuild gets a look first and a written price before anything starts.
We cut back to sound wood and probe how far the rot really goes. If it runs further than the photo showed, you hear it before we go further, with the price.
New wood primed on all sides, caulked, painted to match, and the water path that caused it fixed: the drip edge, the flashing, the gutter end, the sprinkler.
The work area is cleaned before we leave, and every rot repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty.
Fisher's Landing East is in the City of Vancouver, which asks for a residential building permit for construction, alteration and repair of a house and leaves painting and similar finish work, a low deck and a small shed alone. The state residential code underneath adds that an ordinary repair needs no application, and a rebuilt sill, a trim board or a fascia run is that. A full re-side, a rafter tail or a deck ledger is the call we make with the city's Permit Center before we open it, with the permit in the written scope when one applies.
A sale here runs on a complete wood destroying organism inspection, done by a structural pest inspector licensed by the state Department of Agriculture and numbered with an inspection control number. It lists the findings by organism and the conducive conditions: a gutter that does not work, bark against the lap, failed caulk at the splash line. The inspector reports, the pest company treats anything live, and the rotted trim, sills and deck boards on the list are our work, reinspected when we are done.
Most of Fisher's Landing is association streets with exterior standards. A repair painted to match the scheme rarely needs a form; a changed trim profile or a new color sometimes does, and we put the materials and finish in writing for the board. If a whole elevation needs re-siding, Washington's moisture rules for new siding apply and that is a different job from a like-for-like repair, which we lap into the paper and flashing already there.
Reviewed by Sergei Kaminskiy, founder, November 7, 2026.
Can't find your answer? Call 360-347-2002 and ask us anything.
Call 360-347-2002A trim board, a sill or a fascia run is priced on the call and usually on the schedule within days; our office is a few minutes up Mill Plain. A deck or a whole east wall is sized after a look, with the scope in writing before anything starts.
Yes, after a licensed pest company has treated the nest. We cut out the hollowed sill or trim, rebuild it to the profile, and fix the leak or the caulk line that kept it wet. Treatment and the report stay with the pest company.
Yes. Trim, sills, fascia, siding laps and deck boards are carpentry, and we photograph the profile and the color before we start so the rebuild disappears. Kaminskiy is licensed, bonded and insured, so a splice into framing is fine; a ledger or a beam is named before anyone opens a wall.
How many joints have gone once the paint is scraped, the height, and the finish it has to match. Text a photo of the worst spot and the price is in writing before anything is scheduled; if the rot runs further than the photo showed, you hear it before we go further.
Usually the start of it. The east wind opens the caulk at the butt joints, the end grain drinks, and the paint lifts first. Press a screwdriver into the joint: if it sinks, call us before the next storm.
Not for an ordinary repair or paint: the state code Vancouver builds on asks for no application for those. A re-side, a rafter tail or a deck ledger is a different question, and we ask the Permit Center before a bigger job.
All of Fisher's Landing East, including the Village at Fisher's Landing, Fisher's Creek, Cascade Southeast and Evergreen Highlands, plus East Mill Plain, Cascade Park, Camas and the rest of Vancouver. Call 360-347-2002 to confirm your address.
Tell us where the wood has gone soft, or text a photo, and we call back with a written price and a time. Calling is still faster: 360-347-2002.
Priced in writing before we start, rebuilt to last, warranted in writing.
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.
