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KraftMaid Bathroom Remodeling: The Los Angeles Owner’s Guide
KraftMaid bathroom remodeling in Los Angeles typically runs $10,620 – $33,040 for a full bath, and if you have a failed KraftMaid vanity, cabinet door, drawer glide, or hinge, we can usually source the replacement part and install it within a week. Most homeowners discover a part has failed when a drawer starts sticking, a door won’t stay closed, or a cabinet face pulls away from the frame. We’re an independent Los Angeles remodeling contractor, not affiliated with KraftMaid, but we work with their cabinet lines every month and know exactly what to order and what to leave alone. Trevor Nash has been matching KraftMaid parts to the right cabinet series across the Basin for years, and the rule here is simple: give you a number first, then pick up the tools.
Key takeaways:
- A full KraftMaid bathroom remodel in Los Angeles runs $10,620 – $33,040; a standalone vanity install runs $945 – $3,540.
- We source OEM KraftMaid parts and quality aftermarket equivalents, and we tell you which is worth the money.
- Every job gets a written price before work starts and a written 365-Day Done Right Promise.
- Call (213) 277-6578 and a real person answers. No voicemail maze.
Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To
KraftMaid has run several cabinet series over the years, and the part you need depends on which one is in your Los Angeles bathroom. The cabinet model code is printed on a white label inside the cabinet opening, usually on the left interior side of the sink base or the top drawer frame. If the label is gone, measure the cabinet face frame width and the door overlay. That tells us whether you have a standard overlay or a full overlay door, which changes the hinge cup size and the plate. KraftMaid’s Venicia, Restore, and Waypoint lines all use different hardware, and pulling a hinge from one series and putting it on another is how you get a door that hangs crooked and slams shut. We see it often enough that we keep a set of hinge gauges in the truck just for this.
On the OEM-versus-aftermarket question: KraftMaid’s OEM drawer glides and soft-close dampers are well made, but they are also priced like a name brand. For hinges and drawer glides, we often recommend a quality aftermarket equivalent from Blum or Grass because the specs are identical and the cost drops noticeably. For anything with a KraftMaid-specific finish or profile, like a decorative end panel or a matching door front, we tell you to go OEM. The finish codes matter. A “Maple Cider” door from one production run will not perfectly match the one from another run, and in a small LA bathroom with good light, you will see the difference. We order OEM when finish matching matters, and we say so up front.
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Signs Your KraftMaid Bathroom Remodeling Is Failing
- The drawer closes with a thud or won’t stay closed. This is almost always a worn-out or broken soft-close damper. The little piston on the side of the drawer glide or the back of the drawer box loses its seal after a few thousand cycles. In a busy Los Angeles household, that happens inside four or five years.
- The cabinet door sags and scrapes the one below it. Most people blame the hinge, but usually the hinge screw holes in the face frame have wallowed out. The screw spins, the door drops, and the hinge plate pulls away. A thicker screw does not fix it. The right fix is filling the hole with a hardwood dowel and remounting the plate, which we do all the time.
- The vanity base swells or the toe kick crumbles. Los Angeles bathrooms push moisture into every seam, and KraftMaid’s older particleboard boxes soak it up. If you see a swollen edge or a soft toe kick, the substrate has already taken on water. Caulking over it hides the damage for a month and then fails again.
- The door or drawer front has a hairline crack at the corner joint. Solid wood KraftMaid fronts move with the humidity swings between an LA summer and a damp winter. A crack at a miter or a stile joint usually means the joinery has separated, not just split. No clamp will pull it back together permanently.
- The finish is lifting or peeling at the bottom rail. Water sits on the bottom rail of a bathroom vanity door after every hand wash. Once the clear coat lifts, the wood underneath starts turning gray. If you catch it while the peel is small, a professional touch-up can buy you another few years. If it is spreading, a door replacement is cheaper than constant patching.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Replacing a KraftMaid part in Los Angeles runs a wide range because the part and the labor depend on what actually failed. A single soft-close hinge swap is typically $45 – $120 installed. A full set of drawer glides for a vanity is $180 – $450. Replacing a failed vanity cabinet box while keeping the existing doors runs $945 – $3,540, depending on size. A complete KraftMaid bathroom remodel in Los Angeles runs $10,620 – $33,040, and that number moves with the vanity size, countertop material, shower scope, and whether we are pulling a permit.
Every price we give in Los Angeles is a written number before any work starts. That is not an estimate range. That is the number on the invoice. It includes the part, the labor, the cleanup, and a written 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the part fails again inside that year, we come back and make it right at no charge. If the repair fails, the second visit is free. No service call fee, no re-inspection charge. We answer the phone around the clock at (213) 277-6578, and a live person actually answers.
DIY or Call Us?
Some KraftMaid part swaps are genuinely simple, and we will tell you when they are. If a drawer came off its track and the glide itself is fine, you can usually reset it by lining up the wheels and pushing it back in square. If a knob is loose, tighten the screw. If a soft-close damper on the cabinet frame is shot, that is a two-screw swap you can do with a Phillips driver. None of that requires special tools.
Where DIY goes wrong is when the cabinet box is compromised, the hinge screw holes are wallowed out, or the finish is lifting. If you drill a new holeset and miss by an eighth of an inch, the door binds and you are now buying a new door. If you caulk over a swollen particleboard base, the water keeps moving inside and the damage spreads behind the vanity where you cannot see it. Those are the calls we take here in Los Angeles, and the best time to make the call is before you make it worse. Call (213) 277-6578 and we will tell you plainly if it is a fix or a replacement, and what each one costs.
FAQs
KraftMaid cabinets in a well-ventilated Los Angeles bathroom typically last 15 to 25 years, but the hardware usually needs attention somewhere in the 5-to-10-year mark. The boxes last longer than the glides and hinges. Bathrooms with poor exhaust fans kill the boxes faster because the moisture never leaves, and we see that in older LA homes with recirculating fans instead of true vented exhaust. Call (213) 277-6578 if you want us to look, and we will tell you what is worth saving.
Yes, if the face frame is solid and the failure is in the hardware or finish. Dampers, hinges, glides, and wallowed screw holes are all repairable without replacing the cabinet. If the box itself has swelled or the face frame has separated, repair stops making financial sense. We would rather tell you the straight answer than patch something that fails again in six weeks, and the estimate is free either way.
A hinge or glide swap takes under an hour on site. A drawer box replacement takes a few hours. A full vanity replacement is usually a half-day to a full day, and if it is part of a larger bathroom remodel, the full job typically runs two to four weeks depending on shower scope and permitting. We give a real arrival window before the job and we hold to it.
We keep common KraftMaid-compatible hinges, soft-close dampers, drawer glides, and mounting plates on the truck because those are the parts that fail most often in Los Angeles. For series-specific parts like matching door fronts, end panels, or trim, we order OEM from KraftMaid’s distribution network, which typically takes five to ten business days to arrive. We also source parts for Cambria, Silestone, and Kohler bathroom work. Call (213) 277-6578 and we can tell you on the spot if the part is on the truck or has to be ordered.
Call Penhallow Remodeling Los Angeles at (213) 277-6578 for a free estimate on your KraftMaid bathroom remodeling. A live person answers, we give you a written price before any work starts, and we put the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Los Angeles at Penhallow Remodeling Los Angeles, serving Los Angeles and nearby areas.
