Wood-clad sills, trim, fascia, deck boards and railing posts cut out and rebuilt with sound wood, matched to the association scheme. Priced in writing before we start.
BBBAccredited BusinessSalmon Creek was built mostly in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, in subdivisions that put the same wood-clad windows, the same corner trim and the same deck on every lot, and the creek that gives the place its name keeps the low streets damp most of the year. Kaminskiy Care and Repair rebuilds the rot that follows: sill corners that never sealed, trim boards split at the joints on the weather face, fascia behind gutters full of needles, deck boards and railing posts along the greenway. Cut back to sound wood, rebuilt with the same profile, primed on every face, painted to the scheme and sealed, with the caulk line or the flashing that failed replaced. Carpenter ants get a licensed pest company; the carpentry is ours. The price is in writing before anything starts, from our office in Vancouver.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Low ground by the creek, planned streets above it, and a generation of wood-clad windows and hardboard trim between: that is where Salmon Creek rots. We cut back to sound wood, rebuild to the profile, prime, paint to the scheme and seal, and fix the detail that let the water in.
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Fascia & Eaves
Window Sills
Door Jambs & Casings
Trim & Siding
Termite Damage Rebuilds
Deck Boards & Railings
Stairs & Posts
Primed, Painted & SealedSubdivision rot repeats from house to house, so the fix that works on yours has usually been done on your neighbor's. Most Salmon Creek sill, trim and fascia repairs are priced by a Kaminskiy-certified technician on the call, in writing; a deck, a railing run or a whole shaded wall gets a written scope after a look.
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 rot and termite damage repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, and is done by a Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technician.
Damp ground and builder details. The creek, Klineline Pond and the greenway keep the air on the low streets wet most of the year, and the subdivisions above them were built with wood-clad windows, hardboard corner trim and engineered lap, materials that rot at the cut ends once the caulk opens. The sill corners go first, because the cladding hides the wood until it is soft; then the trim joints on the north and east faces, the fascia under the needles and the deck boards by the water.
Carpenter ants build the main colony in a stump or a landscape timber and send a satellite nest into the wet sill or the deck beam; frass on the deck is the sign. Moisture ants nest in wood that is already rotting. Dampwood termites nest only in wet wood and are a symptom of the leak; subterranean termites are present but uncommon west of the Cascades. A licensed pest company treats what is live; we rebuild the wood and seal the leak that invited it.
The cladding comes off, the rotted sill and the jamb bottoms are cut back to sound wood, a new sill is set with the end grain sealed and sloped to shed, the flashing is lapped into the paper, and the cladding or a painted wood face goes back on with the joint caulked. Filler under the cladding is the repair that fails, because nobody can see it rot again.
Caulk the sill-to-cladding joint and the trim butt joints before they open. Clear the gutters after the needles drop. Keep the deck boards swept and the moss off them, with a gap at the house wall. Keep the bark dust below the bottom lap. Repaint the north and east faces on a schedule.
The lowest and dampest streets: decks, fences and north walls near the water and the trail that stay wet most of the year. Deck boards go soft at the ends, railing posts rot at the base, the bottom lap stays green. We replace the boards and posts where they stand, keep every sound board and name a ledger problem before the deck is touched.
Family streets from the 1980s and 1990s with wood-clad windows, hardboard trim and engineered lap. The sill corners go soft under the cladding, the trim splits at the joints on the weather face and the garage door trim rots at the slab. We rebuild the sills to shed water, reflash them and match the trim profile.
Association streets from the 2000s with the least exposed wood, so the rot hides at the wood-clad sills, the corner trim and the deck details. We photograph the profile and the color, match both, and fix the caulk line or the drip edge that failed so the repair is the last one that spot needs.
Salmon Creek is served from the Vancouver office down I-5, and the Vancouver dry rot and wood rot repair page has the county-wide picture, the city 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.
Salmon Creek is unincorporated Clark County, which means the county issues the permits. Its list exempts painting and similar finish work, 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 the county builds on asks no application for an ordinary repair, which is how a rebuilt sill, a trim board or a fascia run reads; a whole elevation of new siding, a rafter tail or a deck ledger is the job we ask the Permit Center on Franklin Street about first, with the permit in the written scope when one applies.
A Salmon Creek sale or refinance comes with a complete wood destroying organism inspection by a structural pest inspector licensed by the state Department of Agriculture, numbered with an inspection control number and drawn on a diagram. The findings come by organism, carpenter ants and wood decay fungi most often, with the conducive conditions: vegetation against the wall, a gutter that does not drain, failed caulk at the sills, bark against the lap. The inspector reports and the pest company treats; the rotted sills, trim and deck boards on the list are our work, reinspected when it is done.
Most of the newer Salmon Creek streets have associations with exterior standards, and a rot repair painted to match the scheme rarely needs a form; a changed trim profile or color sometimes does, and we put the materials and finish in writing for the board. A full re-side has to meet Washington's moisture rules for new siding and is a different job from a like-for-like repair, which we lap into the paper and flashing already on the wall.
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Call 360-347-2002A sill, a trim board or a fascia run is priced on the call and usually scheduled within days from the Vancouver office. A deck, a railing run or a whole north wall is sized after a look, with the scope in writing before anything starts. The finish date comes after the wood is open.
Yes, after a licensed pest company has treated the nest. The cladding comes off, the hollowed sill and jamb bottoms come out, new wood goes in sealed and flashed, and the cladding goes back. Treatment and the report are the pest company's; the carpentry is ours.
Yes. Sills, jamb bottoms, trim, fascia, siding laps and deck boards are carpentry, and Kaminskiy is licensed, bonded and insured, so a splice into framing is fine too. A beam or a deck ledger is named before anyone opens a wall.
How many sills or joints have gone once the cladding and the paint are off, the height, and the match to the association scheme. Text a photo of the worst corner 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.
Because the cladding is a cover, not a seal: water gets in at the corner joint and sits on the wood behind it. Press a screwdriver into the sill corner under the cladding: if it sinks, the sill is gone, and the sooner it is rebuilt the less of the jamb goes with it.
Not for paint or an ordinary repair. Clark County does list rot repair under its repair permit and puts a re-side or a window swap on a permit, so a whole elevation or anything into framing is a question we ask the Permit Center first, and the permit goes into the written scope.
All of Salmon Creek, including Klineline Pond, North Salmon Creek and the NE 134th Street streets, plus Felida, Hazel Dell, Ridgefield, Battle Ground and Vancouver. Call 360-347-2002 to confirm your address.
Tell us where the wood has gone soft, or text us a photo. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 360-347-2002.
Priced in writing before we start. Kaminskiy-certified technicians. A one-year 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.
