cabinet refacing

THE KITCHENWORKS REFACING PROCESS.

We want to make your home improvement process as stress free as possible. Below are the steps we take to ensure that you receive the quality, service, and value you deserve:

1. BLUEPRINTS are prepared in your home by a qualified draftsman. This enables us to manufacture custom made doors and drawer fronts to the precise measurements of your kitchen.

2. MANUFACTURING is the next step. At our local factory we use state-of-the-art equipment to insure the highest quality standards in the industry.

3. Now your kitchen is ready for SCHEDULING.

4. REMOVAL of existing doors and drawer fronts is the first stage of the actual installation process. These doors are discarded--we do not re-use them.

5. We STRENGTHEN AND REPAIR cabinet frames where needed. We then carefully sand and prepare the exposed frames to insure that the proper bonding will take place.

6. We BUILD OUT the underside of all upper cabinets--for three reasons... It allows us to seal the cabinet frames from any moisture in the kitchen, it prevents the lower rail of the cabinet from chipping and splitting, and--it is much easier to keep clean!

7. Next we DOUBLE BOND all sides, undersides, toe kicks and face frames with a Furniture Grade Veneer. Our exclusive "Double Bonding Process" involves the use of a cold PVC adhesive which is applied to both the panel and the cabinet frame. The way in which we double bond the cabinet sets us ahead of industry standards. Hand filing is done after all surfaces have been covered. This is what gives you that "Furniture Finish." For oak, birch, maple and cherry wood installations, we laminate all sides, undersides, toe kicks and and face frames with a matching top quality wood veneer.

8. New custom doors with concealed hinges and new drawer fronts are now INSTALLED throughout the kitchen. Doors and drawer fronts are oak, birch, maple, cherry wood, or a High Density Fiberboard covered with matching grade veneer. On wood installations, all materials are sanded, stained, sealed and lacquered. This process ensures a beautiful, durable furniture finish.

9. FINISHING DETAILS such as matching mouldings, designer handles and bumper pads are now installed.

With our products, your Cabinet Refacing project will be a breeze and turn out like a new set of cabinets. We will supply you with Cabinet Doors, plain or finished, veneer, stain, and free advise on doing your kitchen. With our system, you use thin veneer for the cabinet boxes with no need for saws or mess, our veneer is real wood that cuts with a scissors or razor knife. We now also offer 1/8" veneer end panels that can be pre-finished, cut to your sizes and contact cemented on. Your outside corners of your cabinets will look real, not with a piece if scribe trim that looks out of place. Others also use plywood and nail through the face, have you ever seen new cabinets with nails in the face frames??? Look through our Standard Moldings & Choose scribe moldings, Crowns& much more also offered in Pre-Finished

First determine if you would like to purchase new doors or veneer your old ones. You will only be able to veneer flat-front doors. For a quote or to order new doors, use our door order form and fax, or, e-mail us the sizes of your doors.

Remember, if you use standard self-closing hinges, your total door size is 1/2" larger than the opening (1/4" overlay).

For concealed type hinges our standard width is 1"
larger (1/2" overlay). The height is 1/2" larger (1/4" overlay).
Width and height may be changed to your preference. But must be specified.
We can have your doors pre-drilled for concealed hinges.
We also supply Blum brand Concealed Hinges.
You can also purchase a drill bit and drill the doors yourself if your doors have many different overlays and you want to fit the doors as you install them. The Blum Compact 33 Hinges use a 35mm hole. Click Here.

For new dovetail drawer boxes, the width is 1"smaller than the opening and the height is 3/4" smaller. Depth will be the same as your old drawers or about 4" less than the cabinet depth. This will allow you to use easy glide self-closing drawer guides. Measure your cabinet depth and choose the size for the drawer guides exact, or to the next smaller size. These can mount to the side of the cabinet or preferably, to the back using a plastic boot that is supplied.

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