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KraftMaid Home Additions & ADU: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide

We stock and install KraftMaid-compatible cabinet systems for home additions and ADUs in West Palm Beach, with typical installed project costs running $45,000-$130,000 for additions and $90,000-$220,000 for standalone ADUs. Most KraftMaid orders arrive within 2-3 weeks from the factory in Middlefield, Ohio, and we coordinate delivery to avoid the humidity damage that warps unboxed cabinets left on Florida job sites. Homeowners usually discover a problem when their addition’s KraftMaid cabinets show misaligned doors, swollen panels, or hardware that no longer seats flush - often after a season of West Palm Beach’s 90-degree heat and 80% humidity cycling through an under-ventilated space.

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Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To

KraftMaid organizes its cabinet lines by construction type and door style, and the right specification for your West Palm Beach addition or ADU depends on how the space will be used and what the existing home already carries. The three core lines we match most often are:

• All-Plywood Construction (Vantage) - full plywood box, no particleboard, the spec we recommend for ADU kitchens that will see tenant-level wear or rental turnover. Door styles run from the flat-panel “Plymouth” to the raised-panel “Montclair.”
• Standard Construction (CoreGuard) - plywood sides with furniture-board tops and bottoms, adequate for guest-suite additions with lighter use. The “Sonata” and “Briarcliff” door styles are common matches for 1990s-2010s West Palm Beach homes.
• Entry-Level (Canvas) - furniture-board throughout, price-driven, typically specified for garage conversions or rental ADUs where the budget is tight and replacement cycles are expected shorter.

To identify your existing KraftMaid cabinets, check the interior side of any drawer box for a stamped date code and a four-digit style number. The hinge cup bore is 35mm on all KraftMaid framed cabinets, but frameless Euro-style boxes from the 2015-2019 “Muse” line use a different 5mm reveal - a compatibility gotcha we catch during pre-installation measurement. We source factory-direct KraftMaid through authorized distribution; we do not stock gray-market or “compatible” knockoffs that void the KraftMaid limited lifetime warranty. Rowan Construction Group West Palm Beach is an independent service provider, not affiliated with KraftMaid Corporation.

Signs Your KraftMaid Home Additions & ADU Is Failing

• Doors hang crooked or won’t stay closed. The Blum or Salice hinge has lost its cam adjustment grip, usually because the particleboard substrate around the screw cup has crumbled from moisture cycling. In West Palm Beach, we see this most often on north-facing additions where morning condensation sits on the frame.
• Drawer fronts delaminate or separate from the box. The hot-melt adhesive holding the thermofoil or wood veneer fails above 85 degrees in unventilated spaces. KraftMaid’s “CoreGuard” finish helps, but ADUs without dedicated HVAC still see this after 4-6 Florida summers.
• Shelves bow or crack at the pin holes. Standard 1/2″ particleboard shelves overloaded with plates, combined with humidity swelling the pin holes larger. Vantage plywood shelves rated at 75 lbs per linear foot rarely show this; standard construction shelves rated at 45 lbs do.
• Soft-close mechanisms slam or stick. The hydraulic damper in Blum Tandem slides has leaked silicone fluid, a wear item with a 7-10 year lifespan in normal climate control, shortened to 3-5 years in seasonal ADUs shut down May through October.
• Base cabinet toe-kick swells or mold spots appear. Water intrusion from slab condensation or a minor plumbing leak wicks up the MDF toe-kick, which has no moisture resistance. We replace with composite or PVC toe-kick on West Palm Beach slab-on-grade additions.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

KraftMaid cabinet replacement within a home addition or ADU in West Palm Beach falls under our broader addition pricing structure. A full addition with KraftMaid kitchen cabinetry typically runs $45,000-$130,000; a standalone ADU with full kitchen and bath using KraftMaid throughout runs $90,000-$220,000. For cabinet-only replacement in an existing addition, expect $4,000-$13,000 for installation of a standard 10×10 kitchen box count, plus $2,000-$6,500 for Cambria or Silestone countertops if you’re replacing those as well.

What drives the range: door style (thermofoil vs. solid wood vs. painted MDF), box construction grade, and whether we’re matching existing trim profiles in a partial renovation. Our quote includes removal and disposal of old cabinets, minor wall repair, installation and leveling on shims, hardware adjustment, and a documented photo record of the substrate condition before the new boxes go in. Under Clause 1 of The Haven Standard, the price is written before anyone starts. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers installation workmanship; KraftMaid’s limited lifetime warranty covers manufacturing defects on the cabinets themselves.

DIY or Call Us?

There’s no high-tension danger in cabinet work, but there are ways DIY goes wrong that cost more than the original call would have. An owner can safely check: whether the hinge screws are loose (tighten with a Pozidriv #2, not a Phillips), whether the drawer slide release lever is jammed with debris, and whether the shelf pins are seated straight. Where DIY goes wrong: attempting to re-bore stripped hinge cups without a 35mm Forstner jig, which blows out the particleboard and turns a $12 hinge replacement into a $400 door replacement; or removing cabinets without shoring the countertop, which cracks stone or drops it on the floor.

We bring a truck stock of Blum hinges, Salice slides, and KraftMaid-spec shelf pins, plus the jigs to re-bore cleanly when the substrate is compromised. Call (561) 475-3903 to schedule your free estimate. We’ll measure twice, document everything, then get out of the way and let the work speak.

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