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Why West Covina Homeowners Choose KraftMaid Construction
We provide Kraftmaid service in West Covina, handling cabinet installation, refacing, kitchen design, and island builds for the Vantage, Durham, Benton, and Lexington lines. Our crew has worked on hundreds of KraftMaid cabinet systems throughout West Covina’s mid-century tract homes and hillside properties, so we know exactly how these cabinets fail in this climate and what it takes to fix them right. We’re not authorized by KraftMaid and we won’t pretend otherwise. What we offer is honest diagnosis, written pricing before any work starts, and repairs that hold up. Call (707) 760-7579 to talk through your project.
Why Trust Mason Remodeling Co West Covina for Your KraftMaid Construction?
KraftMaid cabinets show up in a lot of West Covina kitchens built between 1980 and the early 2010s. We’ve pulled Vantage doors off their hinges, rebuilt Durham drawer boxes, and refaced Benton and Lexington cabinets enough times to know their quirks cold. Isaac Pruett, our owner, went through the construction technology program at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College and spent years on jobs across the San Gabriel Valley before leading our Kraftmaid in San Dimas and West Covina crew. That background means we don’t guess at a fix. We identify the exact hinge, glide, or panel issue, source the right part, and get it done without turning your kitchen into a science experiment.
Every crew member who steps onto your property is background-checked, identity-verified, and arrives in a clean uniform with a photo ID badge. You’ll get their name and photo before they show up, so you know exactly who’s walking through your door. We also put a written price in your hands before any work begins, never a verbal estimate that drifts upward later. And every project carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if something isn’t right within a year of completion, we make it right at no charge. That’s the Threshold Standard we hold every Mason Remodeling Co West Covina job to.
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Common KraftMaid Construction Problems We Fix in West Covina
KraftMaid builds a solid cabinet, but years of daily use in West Covina’s dry summers and damp winter months expose predictable weak points. Here are the six issues we see most often, and why they happen:
- Soft-close hinge failure on Vantage and Benton doors. The proprietary soft-close mechanisms inside these hinges lose tension after five to seven years of heavy use. Doors start slamming shut or refusing to stay closed. It’s a wear issue, not a defect. We replace the hinges with genuine KraftMaid parts, because the bore spacing and mounting plate geometry are specific enough that universal hinges rarely sit flush. Doing the whole kitchen at once costs less per door than chasing failures one by one.
- Cracked drawer boxes on Durham and Lexington cabinets. These lines use stapled drawer box construction. Under the weight of cast iron skillets and stacked dinnerware, the front corners split and drawers sag off their glides. We rebuild drawer boxes in plywood, which handles the load better than the original particleboard, and we match the door profile so the face still looks original. Most homeowners keep their existing drawer fronts, which saves several hundred dollars per drawer over replacing entire drawer assemblies.
- Swollen MDF center panels on painted doors. West Covina’s climate cycles between hot, dry summers and cooler, damp winters. That moisture swing causes the MDF center panels in painted KraftMaid doors to absorb water vapor and swell. You’ll see hairline finish cracks at the miter joints where the panel meets the frame. This is cosmetic at first but worsens if ignored. Depending on the door style and paint age, we either stabilize and refinish the panel or reface the affected doors to match the surrounding cabinets.
- Misaligned face frames on corner base cabinets. Homes on West Covina’s hillside streets sit on expansive clay soils that shift with the seasons. That movement transfers into the cabinetry, and corner base cabinets take the brunt of it. Doors and drawers begin catching on the frame edges. We realign face frames, adjust hinge mounting plates, and in cases of significant settlement, shim the cabinet base to restore proper clearance. No amount of hinge fiddling fixes a frame that’s out of square, so we address the cabinet first, then the hardware.
- Failing drawer glides on older KraftMaid lines. The original side-mount glides on 1990s and early 2000s KraftMaid installations were serviceable but not built for two decades of daily use. Drawers stick, scrape, or fall off entirely. We replace them with genuine KraftMaid glides when available, or high-quality aftermarket glides that match the original mounting points when not.
- Damaged or peeling thermofoil on budget KraftMaid doors. Thermofoil doors from some KraftMaid series delaminate after prolonged heat exposure, particularly on cabinets near ovens or south-facing windows in West Covina homes. Once the foil lifts, moisture gets behind it and the damage spreads. We reface those doors with a painted or veneer finish that suits the kitchen’s look and holds up to the heat better than the original film.
KraftMaid Parts & Our Repair-vs-Replace Approach
There’s a big difference between a part that fits and a part that belongs. KraftMaid uses proprietary bore spacing on its hinge mounting plates and specific drawer glide dimensions across the Vantage, Durham, Benton, and Lexington lines. Universal hardware from a big-box store rarely aligns correctly, and a hinge that’s off by a few millimeters will never close right. That’s why we use genuine KraftMaid hinges and glides whenever our independent supply network has them. For doors, panels, and decorative hardware, we source quality aftermarket components that match the original profile and finish, and we’ll tell you if the match is close but not exact before we order anything.
Repair versus replace is a judgment call. When a Durham kitchen has six cabinets with snapped hinges, rebuilds make sense. The cost lands around $400 to $900 per cabinet, well below the $4000 to $13000 a full reface would run. But if the cabinet boxes themselves are water-damaged or delaminating, refacing is throwing money at a failing structure. We’ll tell you straight which situation you’re in. Call (707) 760-7579 and we’ll come look, no charge for the assessment.
Our KraftMaid Service Process – Step by Step
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Diagnosis. We inspect every cabinet, hinge, drawer box, and frame in the affected area. For KraftMaid kitchens, we check the door lines (Vantage, Durham, Benton, Lexington), the hinge generation, and whether the cabinet boxes show signs of moisture or settlement stress.
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Written quote. Before any work starts, you get a written price covering parts, labor, and any refacing or installation scope. No verbal estimates. No change orders that show up later. If the scope shifts during the job, we tell you before it happens, not after the invoice.
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Repair or installation. We source the right hinges, glides, drawer boxes, or door panels. For full cabinet installs or refacing jobs, we handle layout, leveling, and frame alignment. You know who’s in your home: same crew, same names and faces, same uniformed technician at the door with a photo badge.
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Testing. We open, close, pull, and load every drawer and door we touched. Soft-close hinges get cycled. Drawers get weighted. Frames get checked for square. If it’s not right, we fix it before we leave.
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Written warranty. Every project gets a written guarantee that plainly states what’s covered, what’s excluded, and for how long: 365 days from the completion date. If a repair or installation fails within that year, we come back at no charge. No dispute process, no fine print games.
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We install and service the KraftMaid lines most common in West Covina homes: Vantage, Durham, Benton, and Lexington. That covers door styles, hinge systems, drawer box construction, and finish matching across each series. We handle cabinet installation and refacing, full kitchen design and layout with KraftMaid cabinetry, and kitchen island installation using KraftMaid base cabinets. We typically stock soft-close hinge sets, drawer glides, and mounting plates for quick turnaround on repairs, and we can source doors, panels, and drawer boxes within a week through our independent supply network. Refacing jobs run $4000 to $13000. Full kitchen design and layout with KraftMaid cabinets runs $14000 to $45000. Islands built on a KraftMaid cabinet base run $3000 to $10000.
| KraftMaid Service | Price Range in West Covina |
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| Cabinet Installation & Refacing (KraftMaid) | $4000 – $13000 |
| Kitchen Design & Layout (with KraftMaid cabinetry) | $14000 – $45000 |
| Kitchen Island Installation (KraftMaid cabinet base) | $3000 – $10000 |
We Also Service These Brands
We’re not tied to one manufacturer. While this page covers KraftMaid, our West Covina crew installs and services Cambria and Silestone countertops, Kohler and Toto fixtures, and cabinetry from other brands including Wellborn. If your kitchen blends KraftMaid cabinets with a Cambria island top and Kohler fixtures, we handle the whole thing in one visit.
FAQs – KraftMaid Construction Service in West Covina
No. We are an independent KraftMaid service provider and have no authorization or affiliation with the manufacturer. That independence is the point: we tell you what’s actually wrong and what it actually costs to fix, with no brand loyalty coloring the assessment. We’ve been installing and repairing KraftMaid cabinetry in West Covina long enough to know which repairs hold and which ones don’t.
Whenever our independent supply network can source genuine KraftMaid hinges and glides, we use them. KraftMaid’s bore spacing and mounting plates are proprietary, and universal parts rarely line up correctly. For doors, panels, and hardware, we source quality aftermarket components that match the original profile and finish. We’ll tell you before ordering whether a component is genuine KraftMaid, high-quality aftermarket, or a match we’d only recommend as a stopgap. Call (707) 760-7579 to discuss what your specific kitchen needs.
Most hinge or glide replacements wrap up in a single visit of two to four hours per kitchen. Drawer box rebuilds typically take one to two days. Full refacing projects run one to three weeks depending on door count and finish work. We’ll give you a written timeline with your quote, and if it shifts, we tell you before it happens.
We service and install the Vantage, Durham, Benton, and Lexington lines, including their door styles, drawer systems, and hinge generations. We also work on older KraftMaid cabinets from the 1990s and 2000s that predate those line names, as long as replacement parts or suitable matches are available. If you can send us a photo of the cabinet doors and hinges, we can usually identify what you have before we even visit.
We can’t speak for KraftMaid’s warranty terms, and we’d never advise you to assume anything. What we can tell you is this: we use genuine KraftMaid parts when they’re available, we don’t modify cabinet boxes in ways that compromise structural integrity, and our work is covered by our own written guarantee, 365 days from completion. If you have warranty questions for KraftMaid, we’re happy to point you toward their published terms before we touch anything.
Cabinet installation and refacing on KraftMaid kitchens runs $4000 to $13000. Full kitchen design and layout with KraftMaid cabinetry runs $14000 to $45000. Kitchen island installation on a KraftMaid cabinet base runs $3000 to $10000. Those ranges reflect what we see across West Covina and nearby Kraftmaid service in Pomona, from the mid-century tract homes south of the freeway to the hillside properties above I-10. Call (707) 760-7579 for an exact quote. Estimates are free, and the price we give you is the price you’ll pay.
Usually, yes. We’ve matched discontinued Durham door profiles on several West Covina kitchens by working with aftermarket suppliers who replicate the original router profiles and finish tones. The match is close enough that you’d have to look for it, and we’ll show you a sample before we order. For an exact match, refacing the entire cabinet section sometimes makes more sense than replacing a few doors, and we’ll price both options so you can decide.
Vantage soft-close hinges use an internal damper mechanism that wears out after five to seven years of daily use. Once the damper fails, the door slams, which accelerates wear on the hinge arm and mounting plate. Replacing one hinge at a time means you’ll be chasing failures for years. We typically replace all soft-close hinges in a kitchen at once, using genuine KraftMaid parts, and the per-door cost drops significantly at volume. That’s the fix that lasts.
For most Lexington kitchens, yes. The original drawer boxes are particleboard with stapled corners, and they split under heavy load. Rebuilding the boxes in plywood costs roughly $80 to $150 per drawer, and you keep your existing drawer fronts. Compare that to $200 to $400 per drawer for full replacement assemblies, and rebuilding almost always wins. We’ve done this on Lexington kitchens throughout West Covina, and the rebuilt drawers outlast the originals.
Yes. We install pull-out trash bins and spice racks into KraftMaid base cabinets by mounting them to the cabinet floor and sides with the same hardware we’d use for drawer glides. We don’t cut into face frames or structural rails, and when the pull-out is removed later, the cabinet remains intact. This works well on Vantage and Benton cabinets, whose face frame construction gives us solid anchoring points.
West Covina homes on hillside lots sit on expansive clay that shifts seasonally, and corner base cabinets absorb that movement. We realign the face frame, shim the cabinet base if needed, and reset the hinge mounting plates so doors close square. If the settlement is severe, we may recommend a structural check on the cabinet box itself before we adjust anything. Hinges can only do so much when the cabinet underneath has moved.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in West Covina, CA
You should know what you’re getting before we ever pick up a tool. Call (707) 760-7579 for a free estimate on your KraftMaid cabinet repair, refacing, or installation in West Covina. A real person answers, around the clock. We’ll assess your cabinets, put a written price in your hands, and back the work for a full year.
Written by Isaac Pruett, General Contractor and Owner at Mason Remodeling Co West Covina, serving West Covina since 2004.
