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We provide independent KraftMaid cabinet installation, refacing, and Kitchen Remodeling in Fort Lauderdale across the area, from Victoria Park to the finger islands off the Intracoastal. What makes our KraftMaid work here different is simple: we build for the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone and the salt air, not just for the catalog photo. KraftMaid boxes and doors behave differently in a 1950s concrete block home on a canal than they do in a dry inland subdivision, and we plan every cut, anchor, and hinge around that reality. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate, and we’ll walk you through what your kitchen actually needs.
Why Fort Lauderdale Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
Barrett & Sons Construction has been owner-operated since 1998, and Tom Barrett’s name, address, and license number are published for anyone to look up before signing anything. That matters in Fort Lauderdale, where a lot of homeowners have already been burned by a national outfit quoting one price on the phone and handing them a different bill at the door. We don’t work that way. Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens.
Our crews handle KraftMaid sales & service work daily in coastal conditions most cabinet installers never see. We know how KraftMaid Vantage veneer reacts to sustained humidity, how Passport hinges behave when salt air gets into the mechanism, and what it takes to anchor a Momentum box to a concrete block wall that’s been standing since Eisenhower was in office. We’re independent, which means we tell you the truth about what to repair and what to replace, not what the factory wants us to push. And every completed job carries our written 90-Day Done Right Promise.
Common KraftMaid Construction Problems We Solve in Fort Lauderdale
- Thermofoil peeling along door and drawer edges. Fort Lauderdale’s year-round humidity and salt-laden onshore air work their way under KraftMaid thermofoil fronts, especially around sink cutouts and top edges where steam rises. We see this constantly in Tarpon River and Coral Ridge kitchens that weren’t built with upgraded ventilation. Refacing those doors with genuine KraftMaid color-matched fronts fixes it without a full gut.
- Soft-close hinge screws pulling from MDF panels. In canal-front remodels where the kitchen wasn’t air-conditioned for years, KraftMaid MDF doors go through repeated expansion cycles. Hinge screws lose their bite, doors sag, and homeowners crank the screws deeper until the panel strips out. We address it with proper anchors, not bigger screws.
- Plywood box edge swelling at toe kicks and plumbing cutouts. KraftMaid plywood boxes wick moisture at unsealed cutouts in slab-on-grade homes all over Fort Lauderdale. Once the edges swell past a certain point, you’ll see the laminate delaminate from the corner. We can often seal and reface; we tell you honestly when full replacement is the smarter money.
- Corroded shelf clips and hinge plates. Salt air infiltrates through unsealed masonry wall openings in aging concrete block homes, and KraftMaid’s standard hardware wasn’t specced for that environment. Corroded clips mean crooked shelves. Corroded hinge plates mean doors that don’t line up. We swap those internal wear parts for 304 stainless or marine-grade equivalents that outlast the originals.
- Cabinets pulling away from concrete block walls. In Fort Lauderdale’s mid-century homes, upper cabinets hung on old masonry anchors eventually loosen. A homeowner tightens the screws, the anchors spin, and the box pulls forward. We’ve rebuilt anchoring systems on enough Victoria Park and Tarpon River kitchens to know the fix by heart: epoxy-injected block, 316 stainless lag anchors, and a cabinet that isn’t going anywhere in the next storm.
KraftMaid Service in Fort Lauderdale: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Here’s something you won’t hear from a cabinet company in Davie or Plantation. Fort Lauderdale is the only city in Broward County where KraftMaid cabinet installations in canal-front homes routinely trigger simultaneous HVHZ wind-mitigation inspections of the surrounding kitchen wall. What that means in plain English: when we open up an exterior kitchen wall for cabinet work in Coral Ridge or on a finger island off Las Olas, the building inspector wants to see what’s behind the drywall too. If the wall lacks the hurricane strapping, impact-rated openings, or reinforced roof-to-wall connectors now required under the Florida Building Code, that cabinet job just became part of a structural retrofit. We plan for it from the first measurement. Our cabinet installs often include engineered blocking for future impact-rated window retrofits, so the wall is ready when you’re ready, and you don’t pay twice to open the same cavity. That’s the difference between a crew that reads the Fort Lauderdale permit code and one that hopes the inspector doesn’t look up.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Fort Lauderdale
We install and reface the full KraftMaid line in Fort Lauderdale: Vantage, Passport, Duraform, and Momentum. Our parts approach is straightforward. For color-matched face-lifts, we use genuine KraftMaid door and drawer fronts, because nothing else matches the factory finish. For internal wear parts like hinges, slides, and shelf clips, we specify marine-grade or 304 stainless aftermarket equivalents that survive coastal corrosion better than the originals. We stock common KraftMaid hinge plates, clips, and mounting hardware locally, which means faster turnaround when your cabinet job is holding up the rest of the kitchen.
We recommend full box replacement when swelling exceeds 3/16″ at structural joinery. Below that, we reface or re-hang. It’s a judgment call based on what we see in front of us, not a script from a corporate playbook.
KraftMaid Service Pricing in Fort Lauderdale
Here are the price ranges we quote for KraftMaid work in Fort Lauderdale. These are line-item ranges, not placeholder numbers:
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 - $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 - $20,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 - $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 - $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 - $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 - $10,000 |
What drives the price in Fort Lauderdale is the age of your concrete block home, the condition of the wall behind the cabinets, and whether canal-front moisture has already done damage to the boxes. A 1950s Victoria Park kitchen with spalling block behind the uppers costs more to make right than a 1980s inland build with clean studs, which is why Bathroom Remodeling in Fort Lauderdale follows the same careful assessment process. Our free estimate includes a written scope, a written allowance sheet, and our no-trip-charge service inside the county. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote.
Serving Fort Lauderdale, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Lauderdale area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - KraftMaid Construction in Fort Lauderdale
Most KraftMaid cabinets in Fort Lauderdale can be refaced if the boxes are structurally sound, meaning swelling at joinery is under 3/16″ and the laminate hasn’t delaminated from the plywood edges. We’ll tell you which side of that line your kitchen sits on during the estimate. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule a look; the estimate is free.
The HVHZ code means any wall we open for cabinet work on an exterior face triggers a wind-mitigation review by the inspector. If the wall lacks current strapping or impact-rated openings, the cabinet job pauses while the structural work happens. We build engineered blocking into our cabinet installs so future impact-window retrofits go in cleanly. It’s planning ahead, not padding the bill, and you’ll see every step in writing before it starts.
Sagging KraftMaid hinges near the beach usually come down to two things: salt-air corrosion on the hinge plate screws, or MDF panel expansion stripping the screw holes in humid air. We replace the internal hardware with 304 stainless or marine-grade equivalents and anchor the plates properly into the cabinet box. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll come out and fix the alignment without trying to sell you a new kitchen.
Yes. We order genuine KraftMaid door and drawer fronts in your existing color and style, so the refaced sink cabinet sits flush with the rest of the run. KraftMaid’s current Vantage and Passport lines still produce the common door profiles, and we’ll verify the match against your installed cabinetry before anything is ordered.
Cabinet installation in a mid-century concrete block Fort Lauderdale home typically runs $4,000 to $13,000, depending on the condition of the block wall, whether new anchors need epoxy-injecting, and how many boxes we’re hanging. Mid-century block walls add labor because of the anchoring, not the cabinet count. For an exact number, call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you a written quote. The estimate is free, and the price won’t change unless we hand you a change order first.
Service Areas Near Fort Lauderdale
We serve Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding communities across Broward and into Palm Beach County. That includes Fort Lauderdale service area coverage throughout Victoria Park, Tarpon River, Coral Ridge, and the finger islands. We also run KraftMaid work in KraftMaid service in West Palm Beach, KraftMaid service in Hialeah, Pompano Beach, and Hollywood.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in Fort Lauderdale Today
If your KraftMaid cabinets are peeling, sagging, or pulling off the wall, call (877) 610-1318 today. We’ll send someone out to look, give you a written price, and stand behind the work with our 90-Day Done Right Promise. We’ll do it right the first time, or we’ll come back and make it right.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Fort Lauderdale since 1998.