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IKO Kitchen Remodeling: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide

IKO kitchen remodeling in West Palm Beach typically runs $14,000-$45,000 for a full project, with cabinet installation, countertop replacement, and island builds quoted as separate line items so you know exactly where your money goes. We stock IKO-compatible materials and can usually schedule your free estimate within 48 hours. Most West Palm Beach homeowners realize their kitchen needs work when cabinet boxes start sagging, drawer glides stick in the humidity, or the original particleboard swells from years of Florida moisture cycling through the A/C.

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Which IKO Models This Applies To

IKO doesn’t manufacture cabinets or countertops directly - they produce roofing, siding, and building envelope materials. When West Palm Beach homeowners search “IKO kitchen remodeling,” they’re usually working with a kitchen built by a contractor who specified IKO housewrap, underlayment, or moisture barrier behind the walls, or they’re dealing with a mixed-brand kitchen where the original builder used IKO weatherization products and the homeowner wants to maintain system compatibility during renovation. We’ve seen this most often in 2005-2015 construction along Flagler Drive and in the El Cid historic district, where builders layered IKO GoldShield underlayment behind stucco before hanging KraftMaid or Wellborn cabinets.

To identify what you’re working with: check the wall cavity if you’re removing cabinets. IKO housewrap carries a printed logo every 24 inches. IKO underlayment is typically black, felt-based, and marked with a lot number. If your kitchen backs to an exterior wall in West Palm Beach, there’s a fair chance IKO products are in that assembly. We source replacement materials that maintain the same perm rating (water vapor permeability) so your new kitchen doesn’t trap moisture differently than the original design intended. OEM IKO weatherization products are our standard; for cabinet and countertop replacement, we quote KraftMaid, Wellborn, Cambria, Caesarstone, and Silestone as the visible finishes, with IKO or equivalent behind the walls.

Signs Your IKO Kitchen Remodeling Is Failing

• Cabinet boxes sag or separate at the corners. West Palm Beach’s humidity swings - 90% summer mornings, 55% when the A/C runs hard - weaken the MDF or particleboard substrate behind most factory cabinets. The glue line fails before the wood does, and you notice the front frame pulling away from the box.
• Drawer glides bind or pop off their tracks. Salt air penetrates even sealed kitchens near the Intracoastal, corroding soft-close hardware. Blum and Grass glides last longer than no-name equivalents, but nothing survives a decade of Florida coastal air without maintenance.
• Countertop seams darken or lift. Solid-surface and quartz counters expand and contract with the house; if the original installer didn’t leave adequate expansion gaps at walls, the slab pushes against the backsplash and the adhesive joint fails. Dark seams usually mean water has reached the substrate.
• Tile backsplash cracks in a straight line. This follows a drywall seam or stud movement, not random settling. In West Palm Beach, we see it where the original builder hung cabinets on metal studs with inadequate blocking, or where IKO housewrap wasn’t lapped correctly and moisture swelled the sheathing behind.
• Musty smell when lower cabinets are opened. This is the one to act on fast. It means the wall cavity behind or below the cabinet has taken water, and IKO underlayment or housewrap may have been compromised at a penetration point - vent, hose bib, window - letting water run down the sheathing and pool behind the toe kick.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

What drives the range: cabinet material (plywood box vs. particleboard), countertop thickness and brand, whether we need to move plumbing or gas, and what we find when the old cabinets come out. We’ve opened walls in West Palm Beach kitchens and found intact IKO GoldShield from 2008; we’ve also found it compromised around a dryer vent and had to replace sheathing. Under Clause 1 of the Haven Standard, you get the written price before we touch a tool, and no change proceeds without a signed change order. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation. The documented photo record - every wall opened, every condition found, every repair made - is included, not optional.

DIY or Call Us?

There’s honest work a homeowner can do: measure your cabinet run, photograph the existing conditions, check for soft spots in the subfloor with a screwdriver. What we don’t recommend is demo that opens exterior walls without knowing where the IKO weatherization layer is - one tear in the wrong spot and you’ve created a water path that won’t show damage for months. We also don’t recommend homeowners handle their own electrical rough-in or gas line relocation; West Palm Beach requires permits and inspections for both, and the inspector will flag work that doesn’t meet current code.

We’re an independent contractor, not affiliated with IKO. We source their weatherization products through authorized distribution and match them to the visible finishes - KraftMaid, Wellborn, Cambria, Silestone - that make sense for your budget and your kitchen’s use. Call (561) 475-3903 to schedule your free estimate. We’ll bring a written price, not a promise to “work something up later.”

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