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ActiveYards Kitchen Remodeling: The Miami Owner’s Guide
We stock and install ActiveYards-compatible kitchen remodeling components throughout Miami, with full kitchen remodels typically running $16,520 – $53,100 depending on cabinet line, countertop material, and how much of the existing layout we’re keeping. Most homeowners discover an ActiveYards part has failed when a cabinet door stops closing square, a drawer slide binds or drops, a hinge pulls loose from the face frame, or a laminate edge peels back from the substrate. When that happens, we can usually match the part and have it installed the same week, not the same month.
Key takeaways:
- Typical Miami kitchen remodel range: $16,520 – $53,100
- Cabinet installation alone: $4,720 – $15,340
- Countertop installation: $2,360 – $7,670
- 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the work in writing
- Free written estimate before any work starts: (850) 988-7559
Which ActiveYards Models This Applies To
ActiveYards cabinetry spans several construction tiers, and the part you need depends on which tier you have. Their framed lines use face-frame construction with standard 1/2-inch overlay hinges, while their frameless lines run European-style concealed hinges with 35mm cup boring and 6-way adjustment. Mix those two up and the door will never sit flush. The easiest way to identify what you have is to open a cabinet door and look at the hinge cup: if it’s bored directly into the door back with a round 35mm recess, you have a frameless hinge. If the hinge screws to a wooden face frame sticking out past the cabinet box, it’s framed construction.
We also see ActiveYards all-plywood box lines and their more budget-conscious furniture-board lines. The drawer slides differ between them: the plywood lines typically spec soft-close undermount slides rated at 75 to 100 pounds, while the furniture-board lines use side-mount rollers. A replacement slide has to match both the mounting style and the drawer’s interior width. Get the width wrong by an eighth of an inch and the drawer binds or falls out entirely. We keep the common ActiveYards slide lengths and hinge boring patterns on the truck, and for anything outside stock we can typically order it within a few business days. We’re an independent service provider, not affiliated with ActiveYards, but we work with their parts daily across Miami.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your ActiveYards Kitchen Remodeling Is Failing
- Cabinet door won’t close flush or bounces back open. The hinge’s adjustment screws have slipped or one hinge has pulled loose from the face frame. You’ll often see a visible gap at the top or bottom corner while the other corner sits tight.
- Drawer drops on one side or scrapes against the cabinet below. The drawer slide has lost a bearing or bent from years of overload. In Miami’s humidity, wood drawers can also swell enough to shift the slide mounting point.
- Laminate or edge banding peeling at the sink base. Water gets under the edge banding and the substrate swells. This is the most common Miami-specific failure we see, especially in older Coconut Grove homes where humidity and minor plumbing seepage run hand in hand.
- Hinge screw holes stripped out of the face frame. Once the screws wobble loose, every re-tighten makes the hole bigger. The proper fix is doweling and redrilling, not a longer screw.
- Soft-close mechanism slams or no longer catches. The damper inside the hinge or slide has worn out. These are replaceable as individual parts, but the part number has to match the hinge series exactly.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For a complete ActiveYards kitchen remodel in Miami, expect $16,520 – $53,100. Smaller kitchens run $10,620 – $23,600. If you’re only replacing cabinet components, the numbers break down differently: cabinet installation alone runs $4,720 – $15,340, countertop installation $2,360 – $7,670, and backsplash work $945 – $2,950.
What drives the range? Cabinet line is the biggest factor: an all-plywood ActiveYards line with soft-close hardware costs more than a furniture-board starter line. Countertop material is next. We install Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone quartz, each with its own warranty backing on top of ours. The third driver is how much of the existing layout changes. Keeping the current footprint is faster and cheaper than moving plumbing or electrical. Every job gets a written line-item price before work starts and a written 365-Day Done Right Promise behind it. If something fails inside that year, we come back and fix it at no charge.
DIY or Call Us?
Replacing a cabinet door or drawer front is straightforward for a careful homeowner with a screwdriver and a level. Adjusting a hinge is also fair game: the 6-way adjustment screws are designed for it. What we’d steer you away from is anything involving the sink base, the countertop substrate, or a full cabinet box replacement. Countertop removal in an ActiveYards kitchen means dealing with the cement board substrate and sealant bond, and getting that wrong leaves you with a broken slab and a bigger bill. Drawer slide replacement on the undermount style also requires precise drilling in a shallow drawer bottom. If the part involves the structural cabinet body, high-tension adjustable leg levelers under a loaded run, or anything touching plumbing or electrical lines, call us first.
Give you a number first, then pick up the tools. Call (850) 988-7559 and we’ll send a written estimate.
FAQs
Expect 15 to 25 years from the cabinet boxes, with hardware replacement typically needed at the 8 to 12-year mark (hinges first, then drawer slides). Miami’s humidity shortens the life of furniture-board boxes more than plywood, especially under the sink. Call (850) 988-7559 for a free estimate on specific repairs.
Most failures can be repaired, not replaced: hinge swaps, slide swaps, edge rebanding, and face-frame doweling are all routine jobs for us. Full box replacement only makes sense when the substrate has swollen from water damage or the face frame has separated at the joints. We’ll tell you which one you need in the first visit, with a written price either way.
A hinge or drawer slide replacement runs 30 to 60 minutes for most sizes. A full door or drawer front swap runs a couple of hours including alignment. A complete ActiveYards kitchen remodel in Miami typically takes 3 to 8 weeks depending on cabinet order lead time and countertop fabrication. Call (850) 988-7559 for a schedule range on your specific job.
We keep the common part sizes on the truck: 35mm concealed hinges in the standard overlays, undermount soft-close slides in the common drawer widths, and edge banding in ActiveYards’ standard finishes. Anything outside stock can usually be ordered within a few business days. Call (850) 988-7559 with your model label, and we’ll tell you if it’s on the truck or on order.
No. The written number you get before work starts is the number on the invoice. If we open the wall and find something unexpected, we stop, show you, and give you a new written number for the additional scope. Nothing changes without your sign-off. That’s the Kingswell Way, in writing since 2004: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Miami at Penhallow Remodeling Miami, serving Miami and nearby areas.
