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Kaminskiy Care and Repair repairs loose boards, wobbly railings and soft spots so the deck feels solid again, and most repairs take one visit. Elevated balconies get the same checks as a new deck: ledger, posts, railings and the joint to the wall. We serve Vancouver and the surrounding Washington communities.
Forty inches of rain a year. Soft boards, loose rails and leaking ledgers lead the Vancouver list.
A Vancouver deck gets seven months of rain, moss on the shaded half, fir needles packed in every gap and an east wind that drives water into the ledger line. The boards go soft at the ends, the rail posts rot where they meet the frame, the bottom stair tread sits in mud and the siding under the deck shows a stain that means the ledger was never flashed. We replace the boards, sister the joists, reset the posts and railings, rebuild the stairs, flash and bolt the ledger, then clean, sand, stain and seal. A ledger past saving or a balcony that has moved goes to an engineer first; a new deck on a new footprint is a permitted build.
AFTERBEFOREEvery one of these is a repair a Kaminskiy-certified technician based on NE Park Plaza Drive can scope in one look, with the joists and the ledger probed while the boards are up.
Priced and on the calendar during the first call.
A written quote you approve before anyone drives out.
One crew, the whole list, warranty in writing.
A one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, on every Vancouver deck and balcony repair.
Water and shade. Forty inches of rain fall between October and May, moss grows on anything facing north, fir needles pack the gaps and the post bases, and the east wind out of the Gorge drives rain into the wall right where the ledger sits. Cedar lasts decades when it drains and gets sealed; it goes in a few seasons when it stays wet. Carpenter ants and dampwood termites move into the wet wood, and a licensed pest company treats them while we fix the water and rebuild.
Push the top rail out and sideways. Any give means the post connection has failed: a notched post, a lag bolt that rusted through, or a post gone soft at the deck line. We rebuild the connection with through-bolts and hardware rated for the load, replace the post when the base is gone, and set the baluster spacing to code. On a second-story deck the railing is the whole safety story, so it is the first thing we check.
Washington has no balcony inspection law; what applies is the City of Vancouver's permit line. An ordinary repair in like materials needs no application under the state residential code, and the city leaves a low deck alone. A deck attached to the house with a rebuilt frame, a new ledger or a bigger footprint is a residential building permit, and a balcony or deck that has moved, or a beam that carries a roof, goes to an engineer before we touch it. We tell you which yours is on the call.
Clear the gaps and the post bases every fall before the rain. Scrape and treat the moss in spring. Cut back the fir limbs that keep the deck in shade. Reseal in late summer every two or three years, before the finish goes gray. Lean on every railing once a year and mark anything that moves. A soft board caught early is one visit; a soft beam caught late waits for a dry window and an engineer.
Craftsman and bungalow houses from the 1900s to the 1930s with deep fir porches, turned posts and steps that land on dirt. The porch floor rots at the board ends, the posts go soft at the base, the bottom step crumbles. We splice new fir into old, reset the posts on bases that keep them off the water, rebuild the steps and match the profile, so a heritage house keeps its porch and needs no review.
Wartime and mid-century houses with carports on posts and decks that were added in the 1970s and 1980s, often with the ledger nailed straight to the rim and never flashed. The post bases go at the slab, the ledger leaks into the wall, the railings were never bolted for the load. We lift the posts onto standoffs, flash and bolt the ledger, rebuild the railings and tell you plainly if the rim behind the ledger has gone.
Tracts from the 1980s to the 2000s, many in associations, with builder decks on ledgers that are now twenty to forty years old. The boards cup and split, the first-generation composite gets slick, the stair stringers rot at the bottom cut, the east wind keeps the ledger line wet. We replace the boards, rebuild the stairs, reflash the ledger and put the stain color in writing for the form.
Call 360-347-2002 or text a photo of the worst board, a rail post and the siding under the deck. Most Vancouver deck repairs get a range on the call and a date for the look within days, with the office in east Vancouver.
A technician probes the boards, posts, joists, beam and ledger, leans on the railings, checks the height off the ground and writes the scope: what we rebuild, what the city permits, what an engineer has to see, and the price.
Frame first, then boards, railings and stairs, then flashing and fasteners. If the beam or the rim behind the ledger hides more than the look showed, you hear it before we go on.
The deck is cleaned, brightened, sanded and stained or sealed once the wood is dry enough to take it. The one-year workmanship warranty is on the invoice.
Washington has no small-job exemption. Anyone paid to construct, alter or repair a building, a deck board included, must be registered as a contractor with the Department of Labor and Industries, with a bond and liability insurance on file, and advertising or taking the work without it is a crime. Kaminskiy Care and Repair is registered, bonded and insured, with Kaminskiy-certified, background-checked technicians. Deck wiring belongs to a licensed electrician and a beam or ledger past repair to an engineer, and both are named on the call.
The City of Vancouver asks for a residential building permit for construction, alteration and repair of a house and lists what it leaves alone, a low deck among it. The state residential code underneath says an ordinary repair with like materials needs no application, never the cutting of a beam or a load-bearing support. A replaced board, a reset post, a rebuilt tread or a re-bolted railing is that kind of repair. A deck attached to the house with a rebuilt frame, a new ledger, a replaced beam or a wider footprint is the call we make with the Permit Center before we open it, and the permit goes into the written scope.
Officers Row and the Barracks are the national historic reserve, and a west-side house in Hough, Esther Short or Arnada may be on the heritage register, which means a review before the outside changes; a porch board, post or step replaced to match needs nothing. Most of west and central Vancouver has no association; many east-side streets do, and a deck repaired and stained to match the scheme rarely needs a form. A new railing style or a new stain color sometimes does, and we put the materials and finish in writing for the board.
Our Clark County office. The Vancouver crew works out of our office on NE Park Plaza Drive in east Vancouver, open every day 8 to 8, and covers the whole county from the west-side streets to Camas, Salmon Creek and Orchards. Call 360-347-2002, text a photo, or send the form, and we answer in under three rings.
Reviewed by Sergei Kaminskiy, founder, November 7, 2026.
Can't find your answer? Call 360-347-2002 and ask us anything.
Call 360-347-2002The office is on NE Park Plaza Drive in east Vancouver, so a Vancouver deck is usually on the calendar within days. We answer in under three rings, price a board, railing or stair repair from a photo on the call, and finish most of those in one visit. A frame or ledger repair gets a look, a written scope and a dry window.
We repair first. New boards, reset posts and railings, rebuilt stairs and a real seal bring most Vancouver decks back for far less than a rebuild, as long as the joists, the beam and the ledger are sound. When they are not, we show you the probe marks and say so; a new deck is a permitted build and we tell you what that takes.
For a repair in like materials, no. The state residential code asks for no application for an ordinary repair, and the City of Vancouver leaves a low deck alone. A deck attached to the house with a rebuilt frame, a new ledger, a new beam or a bigger footprint is a city residential building permit, and we say which yours is on the call.
It depends on how far the rot reached into the frame. Text a photo of the worst board, a post base and the siding under the deck and you get a range on the call; after the look you get a written scope with the boards, hardware and finish priced before anything is cut. What you approve is what you pay.
Yes. A one-year workmanship warranty in writing on every deck and balcony repair, done by Kaminskiy-certified technicians, from a company registered, bonded and insured with the Department of Labor and Industries.
Almost always. It means water is getting behind the ledger, the board that ties the deck to the house, usually because it was nailed on with no flashing. We pull the first boards, look at the ledger and the rim behind it, flash and through-bolt a sound ledger, and tell you before anything else comes apart if the rim has rotted and an engineer needs to see it.
All of Vancouver from Esther Short and Hough to Cascade Park and Fisher's Landing, plus Hazel Dell, Salmon Creek, Felida, Orchards and Camas. Call 360-347-2002 to confirm your address.
Tell us what the deck or balcony is doing. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 360-347-2002.
Priced on the call, rebuilt solid, 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.
