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KraftMaid Construction in Mountain View, CA | San Mateo Construction
We provide independent KraftMaid cabinet installation, refacing, and our Home Remodeling in Mountain View throughout Mountain View, CA. The short version: we’re not a manufacturer-authorized dealer, which means we can give you straight advice about where KraftMaid cabinets hold up in Peninsula kitchens and where they don’t without a sales quota behind the answer. Our crews work with KraftMaid stock and semi-custom lines every week, and we plan installs around the brand’s actual lead times and spec tolerances rather than treating it as a generic box. If you’re in the 94040, 94041, 94042, or 94043 ZIP codes and you’re weighing a cabinet swap or a full kitchen redo, call (855) 901-7266 for a free estimate.
Why Mountain View Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
KraftMaid cabinets show up in a lot of Mountain View kitchens, especially in the older 1950s and 60s ranchers across 94040 and 94041. We’ve seen enough of them torn apart to know the difference between a Vantage box worth refacing and a particleboard carcass that swelled past saving. Noel Carrington, our owner, started framing footings in San Mateo County three decades ago and has worked on KraftMaid kitchens from San Bruno to Mountain View long enough to speak the brand’s language: door styles, box construction, finish behaviors, and lead times. When we quote a KraftMaid job, the price reflects real measurements and actual material availability, not a guess. You get one Mountain View General Contractor accountable for the whole kitchen, not a cabinet installer pointing at the electrician and the electrician pointing back.
Styles & brands we work with
Common KraftMaid Construction Problems We Solve in Mountain View
- Peeling thermofoil doors near the sink and dishwasher. Older KraftMaid thermofoil fronts delaminate along the bottom edges when kitchen humidity sits high. Mountain View kitchens in unvented stucco ranchers see this constantly, especially where a range hood recirculates instead of exhausting outside. We replace failed fronts or reface the run with painted maple doors when the boxes are still sound.
- Hairline cracks in painted and glazed door faces. KraftMaid painted finishes expand and contract with indoor humidity swings. The mild but wet Peninsula winter cycling through older Eichler-influenced homes and stucco tract houses causes finish checking at the stiles and rails. It isn’t a structural failure, but it looks bad and worsens with time.
- Racked or out-of-square Vantage boxes. Framed semi-custom cabinets only stay square if the floor under them is level. A lot of 1950s and 60s Mountain View homes on slab or settled subfloors have floors that wander by half an inch or more across a kitchen. We level and shim before setting boxes, because forcing a cabinet square to a crooked floor just transfers the twist into the doors and drawer faces.
- Stripped undermount drawer glides and loose hardware screws. Heavy daily use plus drawers that were overpacked for years leaves glide screws wallowed out and drawer fronts sagging. We rebuild the drawer box, replace glides with aftermarket soft-close units where OEM is discontinued, and retune the reveal lines.
- Swelled particleboard boxes on lower cabinets. A slow sink or dishwasher leak in a Mountain View kitchen with clay-heavy-drainage site conditions can go unnoticed behind the toe kick. By the time the box swells, the cabinet is done. We replace the run and address the water source so the new boxes don’t inherit the same problem.
KraftMaid Service in Mountain View: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Here’s the thing about Mountain View that doesn’t show up on a KraftMaid spec sheet: in the older 94041 blocks, contractors routinely pull a KraftMaid run off the wall and find unpermitted additions and aging knob-and-tube or early aluminum wiring buried behind the drywall. It changes the job on the spot. A cabinet swap that started as a three-day reface becomes a framing and electrical correction before the City of Mountain View will sign off on the new work. The permitting and inspection environment here is strict, and inspectors in Mountain View have seen decades of shortcuts in these rancher-era kitchens, so they look harder. If you own a 1950s or 60s home off a 94041 street near downtown and we’re pulling cabinets, we plan for what’s behind them. It saves schedule time and keeps the inspection from becoming a surprise.
We learned this the hard way so you don’t have to. On a 1950s rancher off a 94041 block near downtown, we pulled out a 1990s KraftMaid Vantage run to reface it and found unpermitted framing and early aluminum wiring behind the wall. The job became a framing and electrical fix before new boxes went in. We replaced the swelled particleboard uppers with matched KraftMaid doors set on aftermarket soft-close glides, squared the new frame to a re-leveled subfloor, and the city signed off on the finished kitchen once the corrected wiring was inspected.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Mountain View
We install and service the two main KraftMaid lines you’ll find in Mountain View homes: the Momentum series, a frameless full-overlay stock cabinet, and the Vantage series, a framed semi-custom cabinet. We also work with the painted and glazed maple and oak door collections, cherry doors, and the older thermofoil styles that still turn up in 1990s kitchens across 94040 and 94041. For parts, we source genuine KraftMaid replacement doors, drawer fronts, and hardware for direct matches, and we use quality aftermarket hinges and glides only when OEM parts are discontinued or a backorder would stall a finished kitchen. When a box is sound and only the front is failing, we reface. When the particleboard has swelled or the box is out of square, we recommend replacement runs and say so plainly.
For the broader picture, see our KraftMaid sales & service page, and if you’re checking whether we cover your part of town, our Mountain View service area page lists every ZIP we work in.
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| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Full Kitchen Remodeling | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
| Quartz & Granite Countertops | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
What actually drives the number in Mountain View is the condition of the wall behind the cabinets, the state of the floor, and whether the City of Mountain View will require an electrical or framing correction before the new boxes go in. A clean cabinet-only install in a well-maintained home lands at the lower end. A 1950s 94041 rancher with settled subfloor and hidden wiring behind the drywall lands higher. A free estimate includes a site check and a written line-item quote so you know what you’re paying for before we start. Call (855) 901-7266 to schedule yours.
Serving Mountain View, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Mountain View area and know this community well, and we also handle KraftMaid repair in Los Altos. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – KraftMaid Construction in Mountain View
Yes, if the boxes are square and the particleboard hasn’t swelled from water exposure, refacing is usually the faster and less expensive option. We replace doors, drawer fronts, and hardware with matched KraftMaid fronts and aftermarket soft-close glides where OEM parts are discontinued. In a 94040 rancher, we check the floor for level and the wall behind the cabinets before we commit to refacing, because either one can make a reface a wasted effort. We also provide Los Altos Hills KraftMaid service with the same thorough approach. Call (855) 901-7266 and we’ll tell you honestly which direction makes sense for your kitchen.
Partly, yes. Thermofoil delamination happens when heat and moisture work at the bottom edge of the door, and kitchens in older Mountain View homes without proper exhaust ventilation see it more often. Once the foil lifts, it won’t re-bond. If the box is sound, we reface the run with painted maple or a newer KraftMaid door style. If the cabinets are original to a 1990s kitchen, replacement is often the better long-term call. Call (855) 901-7266 for an exact quote, and we’ll give you both options with real numbers.
A simple cabinet swap that doesn’t move plumbing or electrical usually doesn’t trigger a permit in Mountain View. The moment we move a sink, run new circuits, alter a wall, or discover unpermitted work behind the cabinets, the City of Mountain View wants plans and inspections, and the timeline shifts. We pull permits when the scope requires them, and we handle the inspection scheduling. Let us look at the job first, and call (855) 901-7266 to set up a free estimate.
Genuine KraftMaid doors, drawer fronts, and hardware when a direct match exists and the lead time works for your schedule. Aftermarket soft-close hinges and glides only when OEM parts are discontinued or backordered past what makes sense. We stock common Peninsula-size replacement hardware locally so Mountain View turnaround stays tight, and we never bill you for branded parts we didn’t actually use. Call (855) 901-7266 if you have a specific KraftMaid door style you’re trying to match.
Expect the existing kitchen to get worked hard before anything new goes in, and expect the cabinets themselves to be removed and reset or replaced. Second-story additions in Mountain View force a structural review of the walls below, which is exactly where your KraftMaid uppers are mounted. We coordinate the cabinet scope with the framing and electrical work so the kitchen isn’t the thing holding up the project. Call (855) 901-7266 to talk through the sequence and a realistic budget.
Service Areas Near Mountain View
We cover Mountain View and the surrounding Peninsula, including San Mateo, Burlingame, Highlands-Baywood Park, Foster City, Hillsborough, and Belmont. For neighbors to the south, see KraftMaid service in Sunnyvale or KraftMaid service in Loyola.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in Mountain View Today
Ready to get the cabinets measured and the real numbers on the table? Call (855) 901-7266 to schedule your free estimate. Tell me what you actually need, and we’ll figure out the right way to build it.
Written by Noel Carrington, Owner at San Mateo Construction, serving Mountain View and the Peninsula.