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CGI Construction in Lompico, CA | San Mateo Construction
We provide independent CGI construction service across Lompico, from full kitchen and bath remodels to cabinet refacing, countertop installation, and structural work on the out-of-square mountain homes that dominate this community. The big difference here isn’t just CGI product knowledge. It’s knowing that nearly every Lompico project starts with Santa Cruz County Building & Planning and well-and-septic review before a single cabinet gets ordered. Call (855) 901-7266 for a free estimate, and we’ll walk you through what your specific cabin needs.
Why Lompico Residents Choose Us for CGI Service
CGI’s frameless cabinetry shows up in a lot of Santa Cruz Mountains homes, and over the years we’ve learned where it holds up and where it doesn’t. We build and remodel CGI in Brookdale and across Lompico, and the tolerances on these Euro-style boxes are unforgiving when a wall runs a half-inch out of square over eight feet. Our crews work through Santa Cruz County Building & Planning and Cal Fire WUI review on nearly every Lompico job, the code path most flatland contractors never learn. Noel Carrington grew up in the Baywood neighborhood of San Mateo and spent weekends helping his father pour concrete footings, so sloped sites and pier-and-post framing aren’t theoretical to him. We’ll tell you what you actually need, and we’ll figure out the right way to build it.
San Mateo Construction is an independent CGI sales & service provider. We’re not manufacturer-affiliated or authorized, which means we recommend what works for your cabin, not what a factory program pushes. Our service covers all of Lompico service area ZIP code 95005, and we handle the full scope: cabinetry, countertops, structural framing, plumbing rough-in, and finish work, under one contract.
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Common CGI Construction Problems We Solve in Lompico
- Thermofoil blistering and delamination on exterior walls. Lompico’s winter rain and cool, damp air settle into redwood-sided cabins, and when a framed cabinet sits on an exterior wall with no vapor control, condensation cycles through the door skin. Thermofoil and laminate door fronts on CGI boxes blister and peel from the inside out. We replace them with painted MDF or slab fronts suited to the wall’s moisture profile.
- Frameless box racking on pier-and-post floors. Lompico homes sit on steep, wooded lots, and a lot of the 1950s-70s stock is on pier-and-post foundations that deflect seasonally. CGI’s frameless boxes are precise, but they’ll rack and pull out of square when the floor moves under them. Doors drag, drawer fronts walk, and the hardware binds. We fix the floor first, then reset the cabinets on a squared, shimmed base.
- Swollen carcases at the sink apron and toe kick. Water is the enemy of particleboard and MDF. In older Lompico kitchens, a roof or deck leak sends water along a sloping floor before anyone notices it, and the first sign is a sink base that’s swollen and soft at the bottom. We trace the leak, repair the framing, and only then replace the carcase.
- Moisture wicking through single-wall redwood siding. Many Lompico cabins have no sheathing between the siding and the interior. Cabinets installed against that wall draw moisture straight through, swelling backs and delaminating door finish from the inside out. We spec standoffs, ventilation, or sealed backs depending on the wall assembly.
- Hardware and hinge failure from damp air. Blum-style hinges and soft-close slides don’t love constant moisture. In Lompico’s shaded canyons, hardware corrodes faster than in town. We replace with dimensionally matched quality pieces that hold up, and we’re honest when the cabinet itself is too far gone for refacing.
CGI Service in Lompico: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Here’s the piece most pages won’t tell you: Lompico has no municipal water or sewer, so a kitchen or bath remodel here can trigger well-yield and septic-capacity review through Santa Cruz County before the building permit clears. That means our CGI cabinet and fixture decisions often have to hold while the septic side of the project catches up. A homeowner off Lompico Road might pick out a full frameless kitchen and a quartz island, then wait six weeks for a septic report before any cabinet gets ordered. The same project in Ben Lomond or CGI repair in Felton could pull a permit in a fraction of that time. We schedule around it: cabinetry measurements, structural work, and dry-rot repair proceed while the well and septic review runs its course, so the actual cabinet install doesn’t stall once the permit clears. You can’t shortcut the county process, but you can sequence the work so it doesn’t cost you a season.
CGI Models & Products We Service in Lompico
We work across CGI’s core lines: Euro-style frameless full-overlay cabinetry, shaker and slab door fronts in painted MDF and thermofoil, quartz and granite countertop programs through dealer fabrication partners, and frameless vanity and linen cabinet lines for bath remodels. On parts, we take a practical approach. We use genuine CGI replacement doors, drawer boxes, hinges, and hardware where the cabinet is otherwise sound, because the box usually outlasts the finish. When OEM parts have long lead times up in the mountains, we spec dimensionally matched quality aftermarket hinges and slides rather than leave a kitchen unusable for six weeks. We also tell homeowners straight when a swollen MDF carcase or delaminated thermofoil run means new cabinetry rather than refacing.
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AfterCGI Service Pricing in Lompico
What you’ll pay depends on scope, access, and what’s hiding inside the walls. Here are the ranges we typically see in Lompico:
| Service | Typical 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 |
The wild card in Lompico is almost always the septic and well review, plus structural work on out-of-level floors and dry-rot repair. Those add cost beyond what a flat site in town would require. Our free estimate includes a walk-through, measurements, and a written breakdown. Call (855) 901-7266 and we’ll line-item it for you.
Serving Lompico, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re a Lompico General Contractor based in this 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 – CGI Construction in Lompico
You can start the structural work, demolition, and measurements while the septic review is pending, but the county won’t issue a building permit for the kitchen remodel until well-yield and septic-capacity review clears. We sequence the job so your cabinet order, countertop fabrication, and install schedule fall in line with that timeline. Call (855) 901-7266 and we’ll tell you how long the review typically takes for your lot.
Lompico’s winter moisture, cool shaded canyons, and single-wall redwood construction combine to push damp air into cabinet door skins, especially on exterior walls with no vapor control. Thermofoil and laminate finishes blister and peel from the inside out. The same cabinet in a drywalled, insulated house in town lasts far longer. We address the wall assembly before we replace the doors.
Carefully, and with planning. We coordinate smaller delivery trucks, hand-carry sections where the road won’t allow a full-size vehicle, and handle slab transport with a stone cart on the steepest drives. Lompico’s narrow private roads and lack of turnarounds mean material deliveries have to fit the access or get staged and carried. We’ve done it enough to know what fits and what doesn’t.
The cabinetry itself typically doesn’t fall under WUI requirements, but the wall assembly and exterior envelope behind them often do. When we’re doing a kitchen remodel in Lompico, we address ember-resistant vents, non-combustible siding, and defensible-space work that may be triggered as part of the project. The county and Cal Fire review applies to the structure, not the cabinet boxes inside it.
It depends on the carcase. If the boxes are square, dry, and structurally sound, refacing with new doors, drawer fronts, and hardware is realistic and costs less than a full replacement. If the MDF or particleboard has swollen at the sink base or the boxes have racked on an out-of-level floor, we’ll tell you honestly that new cabinetry makes more sense. Call (855) 901-7266 for an assessment.
Service Areas Near Lompico
Beyond Lompico, we serve the wider Santa Cruz Mountains and the mid-Peninsula. That includes CGI service in Ben Lomond, CGI service in Bonny Doon, as well as San Mateo, Burlingame, Highlands-Baywood Park, Foster City, Hillsborough, and Belmont.
Book Your CGI Service in Lompico Today
If your CGI kitchen or bath needs work, call (855) 901-7266 to schedule a free estimate. We’ll look at the cabinets, the floor, the walls, and the permit path, and tell you what’s actually needed.
Written by Noel Carrington, Owner at San Mateo Construction, serving Lompico and the Santa Cruz Mountains.