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KraftMaid Bathroom Remodeling: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide
If you have a KraftMaid vanity, cabinet, or bathroom storage piece that’s failing in your West Palm Beach home, we can match the part, order it, and install it. A full KraftMaid bathroom remodel in West Palm Beach typically runs $9,000 to $28,000 installed, depending on whether we’re swapping hardware, replacing a water-damaged vanity box, or rebuilding the whole room. Most owners discover the problem the same way: a drawer front that no longer closes flush, a soft-close hinge that slams, or a finish that’s started to lift along the bottom edge where bathroom humidity sits.
Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To
KraftMaid builds bathroom vanities and linen cabinets across several construction lines, and the parts are not interchangeable across all of them. The main distinction is between their framed and frameless cabinet bodies. Framed KraftMaid vanities, common in older Florida homes, use visible face frames and standard overlay doors; frameless lines use full-overlay doors with concealed hinges. If you’re ordering a replacement door or drawer front, you need to know which line you have before you order. The quickest way to identify it: open a cabinet door and look at the interior wall. KraftMaid stamps a small white or silver label on the inside of the cabinet box with the manufacturing code and finish name. If the label is gone, measure the door overlay. A 1/2-inch overlay door is framed construction; a 3/4-inch to full overlay signals frameless.
The hinge is the other gotcha. KraftMaid uses specific cup-hole spacing on their soft-close hinges, and a generic 35mm hinge from the hardware aisle won’t seat correctly on a KraftMaid door. We stock compatible KraftMaid-style soft-close hinges in the common 110-degree and 165-degree swings, and we order OEM door and drawer fronts by the stamped code when they’re available. For discontinued finishes like older “Stone” or “Autumn” tones, a quality aftermarket match mixed by a local West Palm Beach finish shop is often the more honest option than waiting for a backorder that may never ship. Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach is an independent contractor, not a KraftMaid dealer or affiliate, so we’ll tell you plainly when an OEM part is the right spend and when a matched aftermarket piece will look and wear just as well.
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Signs Your KraftMaid Bathroom Remodeling Is Failing
- Drawer front sags or scrapes the drawer below it. The glue joint between the drawer box and the front has loosened, which happens faster in West Palm Beach humidity than in dry climates because the wood expands and contracts all year long.
- Soft-close hinge slams instead of catching. The hydraulic cylinder inside the hinge has leaked. It’s a sealed part and cannot be refilled; it gets replaced, not repaired.
- Finish peeling or bubbling along the bottom edge of a vanity door. Moisture from shower steam settles low, and over several years it works under the clear coat. Once the edge lifts, wiping it down won’t slow it; it needs a new door front or a full refinish.
- Cabinet side panels swelling or discoloring near the floor. Slow leaks from a toilet supply line or wax ring wick into the cabinet base. The part that’s failing isn’t a hinge or drawer; it’s the cabinet box itself.
- Mold or dark staining inside the sink base cabinet. This usually starts higher up, where the countertop meets the backsplash, or at the faucet plate gasket. The KraftMaid cabinet is the victim, not the cause, but it still has to be addressed before you replace anything.
Replacement Cost & What’s Included
A straightforward KraftMaid parts swap in West Palm Beach, such as new hinges and drawer glides on a double vanity, runs $800 to $3,000 installed. If a water-damaged vanity box needs to be pulled and replaced, that job lands in the $3,500 to $10,000 range depending on size and whether the countertop and plumbing have to move. A full KraftMaid bathroom remodel, with new cabinets, countertop, sink, and fixtures, falls between $9,000 and $28,000 in this market.
Your written price from us includes the parts, the labor, the haul-away, and the protection of the surrounding bathroom while we work: drop cloths on the floor, shoe covers at the door, and quiet tools during nap and school hours where we can. Nothing gets added after the number is written. If we find rot or mold behind the cabinet once it’s out, we stop, show you, and price the fix as a separate line item before we touch it. Every job carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right.
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You can safely tighten exposed hinge screws, adjust a drawer glide’s position with a screwdriver, and wipe down the cabinet interior to check for a slow leak. What you shouldn’t do is attempt to plane down a swollen cabinet door, refinish a lifted clear coat yourself, or pull a vanity box away from a wall with plumbing still connected. Florida bathroom cabinets are frequently glued and caulked to both the wall and the floor by earlier installers, and a vanity that “should slide right out” often takes tile and drywall with it. If you’ve got a KraftMaid piece that’s failed and you’re not sure whether it’s a $15 hinge or a $3,000 cabinet, call (728) 203-3270 and describe what you’re seeing. We’ll give you an honest read over the phone before anyone schedules a visit.
FAQs
In West Palm Beach’s humidity, a properly maintained KraftMaid vanity lasts 15 to 25 years. The finish fails before the cabinet box does, and the soft-close hardware typically needs replacement at the 8 to 12 year mark. If you can keep your bathroom fan running during and after every shower, you’ll add years to the finish.
A soft-close hinge with a blown hydraulic cylinder cannot be repaired; the cylinder is sealed and void of fluid. A drawer front that has separated from the box can usually be re-glued and clamped, which costs between $150 and $400 depending on access. Call (728) 203-3270 and we’ll tell you which one you’re looking at.
A hinge and glide swap on a double vanity takes about two hours on site. A full vanity box replacement, including removing the old unit, plumbing disconnect and reconnect, and installing the new KraftMaid cabinet, runs one full day. A complete bathroom remodel takes one to four weeks depending on whether we’re also moving plumbing or rebuilding the shower.
We carry the most common KraftMaid-compatible soft-close hinges, drawer glides, and mounting hardware on the truck for same-day fixes where they match your cabinet. Door fronts, drawer fronts, and full cabinet boxes are ordered by your stamped KraftMaid code and typically arrive in one to three weeks. We’ll put that timeline in writing with your quote.
Call Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach
If you have a KraftMaid bathroom cabinet or vanity that’s failing, call (728) 203-3270. You’ll reach a live person who can talk through what you’re seeing and schedule a visit. We’ll put a written price in your hands before any work starts, and we’ll leave the bathroom cleaner than we found it. That’s how Graham Stein runs every job at Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach: put it in writing, then do exactly that.
Written by Graham Stein, Owner, Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach at Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach, serving West Palm Beach and nearby areas.
