Having been in the cabinet industry for over thirty years, I have had a lot of experience with cabinet refacing. Some related terms used to describe this process are, re laminating, resurface, refinishing, recovering, or resurfacing cabinetry. Kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms are the most popular areas of the home which generally get a cabinet face lift. The cost of using this remolding method is much less than buying and installing new cupboards. Read more…
There are several reasons why you may have clicking cabinet hinges. It is possible that the noise you are hearing has more do with the adjustment on the cabinet door ( it’s binding so it clicks) rather than the actual hinge it’s self. In the following paragraphs, I will address a few of the possibilities that may be causing the click noise coming from you cabinet door. Problem hinges can be really annoying. The thing about either scenario, an adjustment problem or a hinge that is not working properly is they both act the same in that you have difficulty opening the door and getting it to stay open.
- Tip: The brand name of a European hinge is usually inside of the cup or on the back side of the hinge. It may be necessary to remove it from the door to find the name. Blum puts their name inside of the cup on the outside of the hinge..
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There really is a wrong way and a correct way to drill for cabinetry door handles. If you do not take extreme care in doing this it may be costly. Using the proper technique for drilling a cabinet door is going to require that you make or purchase a template to use as a guide. You may have to do both. The photos we have on display show two that we made for our installer to use. One is for the drawer and the other is for the door. Places like Home Depot and Lowes sell templates that have several combination’s of holes centers for you to choose from. But one of these pre-made guides may not be appropriate Read more…
Having been in the cabinetry industry for some time, a common question that many customers ask is, “what should I clean my mica (or, “Forimcia”) cabinets with?” My answer is usually pretty standard but in some cases my differ. Here’s why, there are several different finishes that come on the plastic laminate. If the customer is asking how to clean a counter top, it depends upon whether it is a gloss finish or a standard matte finish counter top. Read more…
In this article I’m going to briefly touch on the four categories of cabinet doors price ranges. The terms that I will use to describe them will be economy, low priced, medium priced, and high end. Of course there are thousands of styles and colors that can affect the cost of cabinetry doors but in the industry most doors will fall into one of these four categories that we will be looking at.
- Tip: When you are having custom made wood doors that will be stained and clear coated ask you manufacture how many coats of finish get put on the doors. There should be no less than three, one to two coats of sealer and two coats of top coat.
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There are so many options for kitchen and bathroom customers to choose from in the area of cabinet doors. Thermofoil (or, “MDF”) cabinet doors pros and cons are something that you need to be aware of before you make your decision. What is an MDF door? Well, the term stands for medium density fiber board. When refereed to by cabinet makers, it means a vinyl wrapped door. MDF and vinyl wrapped doors are both the same as “thermofoil cabinetry doors.” There are basically four price categories that I feel cabinetry doors fall into. The MDF style falls into a medium price range cabinetry doors category with a high end look. Eventually, I will be adding an article about the different types of doors and the price ranges of each category. Read more…
Throughout the years, adding roll-out drawers to existing kitchen cabinets, vanity, or laundry rooms, has been a rather lucrative venture. Every cabinet design presents a different method of fabrication and installation to make these drawers work properly. This is a wonderful feature to add to kitchens for elderly people to use. They are ideal for people with back problems as well. The reason being, they eliminate a lot of bending over and reaching into the back of a cabinet to find something. It’s important to understand that when these are added to a kitchen, bathroom or laundry room, you may lose up to about 4 ½ inches in width for storage space. This is because there are spacer blocks that must be installed so the drawers miss the doors, when they are being pulled out. So, if you have a double door cabinet that has twenty six inches of clearance inside, left to right, when you add the pull out drawers, your inside clearance for the finished drawer will be twenty one and one half inches.
Tip:Figure out the size of all of the parts that you will need and have a local cabinet maker cut them for you. Or even better yet, have them make the drawers and spacers and then you can just install them yourself. Read more…
This is not beyond repair.
Cabinet ends swelling, due to water absorption, are something that I have seen in bathrooms more than kitchens. Never the less, the process of how to repair damaged cabinet sides, as a result of flooding water, is still the same. There are several approaches that can be taken but, I want to teach you the simplest one that I have discovered. You won’t need to remove the end of the structure at all. If the damage is comparable to the photo to the left, you may want to just sand & chisel down the swollen area and laminate it with a piece of Formica or thicker finished board. Read more…
Cabinet repairs are a one person job!
Oftentimes cabinet makers will make the toe kick plates out of particle board to cut back on manufacturing expenses. This will cost the end user if repairing water damaged toe bases, due to flooding, becomes necessary. In some cases, only the cabinet bases are effected because the water level never got high enough to absorb into the cabinets. Please review “How To Fix Water Damaged Cabinet Bottoms” if the level exceeded the height of the recessed riser. Make sure that you use either pine or ply-wood as the replacement material after you tear out the effected areas. It is going to take an expert level of craftsmen ship to get the job done right and acceptable. If you are not familiar with fitting materials to the contours of floors or using a variety of tools such as high speed routers, laminate trimmers (tin snips), chop saws, or table saws, consider hiring a professional. Many of the items you will need could be purchased in pre-cut parts from a local custom cabinetry shop. Read more…
Before you decide to replace cabinetry, it is possible to fix water damaged kitchen or vanity sink cabinet bottoms. If your kitchen, bathroom or laundry area has been flooded, you may need to review the article that we have called, “repairing water damaged cabinet toe kicks.” More oftentimes than not, they are repairable. Of course, this will depend upon the extent of the damage in every case. Depending on your level of craftsmanship, you may want to hire a professional to do the work for you. Matters such as this have many unforeseen obstacles that a cabinet professional will easily maneuver around. Read more…
