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KraftMaid Home Additions & ADU: The Miami Owner’s Guide
Home additions and ADUs built around KraftMaid cabinetry and trim in Miami typically run $53,100 to $153,400 installed, depending on square footage, whether you’re adding a full kitchen or bath, and how much of the existing structure we’re tying into. We stock KraftMaid-compatible components and hardware in our Miami shop, and our team can usually start within a week of your written estimate. Most owners discover a problem when a door or drawer pull feels loose, a cabinet box starts sagging against a humid wall, or the corner joint on a KraftMaid base cabinet separates after a few Miami summers.
The issue with home additions and ADUs isn’t usually the cabinet itself failing on day one. It’s what Florida humidity, shifting slab foundations, and the original installation method do to KraftMaid cabinetry over three to eight years. We see this in Coconut Grove homes constantly, where an addition built in the 2000s is now showing gaps at the seams and doors that won’t hold alignment no matter how many times you adjust the hinge.
At Penhallow Remodeling Miami, we’re an independent service provider, not affiliated with KraftMaid. That matters because we’re not tied to whatever a single manufacturer says a repair should cost. We match the part, quote the labor honestly, and give you a written number before we pick up a tool.
Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To
KraftMaid builds cabinetry across several lines: the entry-level Vantage series, the mid-range KraftMaid Core, and the higher-end KraftMaid Momentum and KraftMaid Vantage Plus lines. Home additions and ADUs built in Miami over the past 15 years typically used Vantage or Core for budget-conscious builds, while newer accessory dwelling units lean toward Momentum for its full-overlay doors and soft-close hardware.
Here’s the compatibility gotcha most owners miss: KraftMaid changed its hinge mounting plate spacing between generations. Cabinets built before roughly 2016 use a 42mm cup hinge mounting pattern on many door styles, while newer runs use a 45mm pattern. If you buy a replacement hinge online without measuring, you’ll end up drilling new holes and the original ones will show. We measure every hinge and pull before ordering anything.
For drawers, the undermount slides on KraftMaid Core and Momentum units are soft-close units that hold 75 to 100 pounds depending on drawer width. When an ADU kitchen drawer starts slamming instead of gliding, it’s usually the catch mechanism inside the slide, not the slide rail itself. The OEM slide runs $45 to $90 per drawer, and a quality aftermarket equivalent from a brand like Blum or Salice runs $35 to $65. We stock both on the truck, along with KraftMaid-compatible hinges in satin nickel, oil-rubbed bronze, and matte black, since those are the three finishes Miami homeowners chose most often in the last decade of ADU builds.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your KraftMaid Home Additions & ADU Is Failing
- Doors that won’t stay closed or aligned. Miami’s humidity cycle swells the MDF core inside KraftMaid doors just enough to shift hinge tension. You’ll notice one corner of the door sitting proud of the frame. The cause is almost always hinge fatigue combined with a door that has absorbed moisture for years.
- Drawer faces separating from the box. The adhesive bond KraftMaid uses on dovetailed drawer fronts weakens under heat and humidity. When a drawer front starts to pull away, the fix is a re-clamp with construction adhesive and new mechanical fasteners, not just glue.
- Cabinet box sagging where it meets an exterior wall. This is common in Miami additions where the original builder attached cabinets directly to drywall over a slab that has since settled. The box pulls away from the wall anchor points and the cabinet drops. We re-shim, re-anchor, and re-level.
- Soft-close hardware that slams. The damper cylinder inside the hinge or slide has dried out. Replacing the damper unit alone is often possible on KraftMaid Core, but on older Vantage lines the entire hinge needs to go.
- Corner joints opening up on base cabinets. In humid Miami air, the particleboard core expands at a different rate than the laminate face. The corner seam opens. We re-fasten with dedicated cabinet screws and add corner braces where needed.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Replacing or repairing KraftMaid cabinetry in a home addition or ADU in Miami runs on a range that depends on how much we’re matching. A single door or drawer repair starts around $300 to $600, including the part and our labor. A full cabinetry refresh across an ADU kitchen runs $4,720 to $15,340 for cabinet installation alone, which covers disassembly, re-leveling, hinge and slide replacement, and re-hanging every door and drawer.
When you call us for a free estimate, here’s what the written quote breaks down: line-item parts cost (each hinge, slide, pull, or panel), labor per hour against a fixed not-to-exceed number, and any disposal or trim work if we’re patching drywall or paint around the cabinets. The number we hand you before work starts is the number on the invoice. No change orders unless you ask us to add scope after we’ve opened the wall.
Every repair, parts install, or full ADU cabinetry job carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the cabinet door sags again or the drawer slam returns inside a year, we come back and make it right at no charge. That includes the second visit fee, because a free return trip if a repair fails is part of how we work under The Kingswell Way: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave you, and leave the place cleaner than we found it.
DIY or Call Us?
A homeowner can safely do a few things before calling: tighten the hinge screws with a #2 Phillips driver (KraftMaid uses #2 almost exclusively), wipe down the cabinet interiors to check for swelling, and look for the printed model code sticker inside the sink base cabinet so you can tell us the exact line and color. What you shouldn’t do is remove a cabinet box from an exterior wall in a home addition, because older Miami additions often have plumbing or electrical running through the same chase, and cutting a cabinet free without knowing what’s behind it gets dangerous and expensive fast.
Cabinet work with a sagging box is load-bearing in the same way a door frame is: you’re dealing with anchored fasteners into concrete block or slab, and if those let go, the whole run can shift. Call us at (850) 988-7559 and we’ll send someone who has seen this exact failure in Miami additions and ADUs for years. Trevor Nash has been working homes throughout Miami long enough to know that Coconut Grove projects in particular tend to hide surprises behind cabinetry, and he’d rather tell you what the job actually involves than pretend it’s a ten-minute fix.
FAQs
KraftMaid cabinetry in a properly installed Miami ADU typically lasts 15 to 25 years before doors, hinges, and drawer slides need significant attention, though the hardware often needs replacement at the 7 to 12 year mark due to humidity. Cabinets installed without adequate wall anchoring may fail much sooner. Call (850) 988-7559 for an exact assessment, and the estimate is free.
Yes, in most cases we can repair the existing box, re-hang doors, replace worn hinges and slides, and refinish minor surface damage for a fraction of what full replacement costs. We’ll tell you straight if a cabinet has structural damage that makes repair a waste of money. Call (850) 988-7559 and we’ll give you a written price before anything gets taken apart.
Most single-door or drawer hardware replacements take one to two hours on site, while a full ADU cabinetry repair and re-leveling job takes one to two days depending on the number of boxes. We schedule a real arrival window and a real completion date in writing. Call (850) 988-7559 to schedule your free estimate.
Our trucks carry KraftMaid-compatible hinges, soft-close damper units, drawer slides, pulls, and panel clips in the finishes most common across Miami ADUs, so most jobs can be finished on the first visit. For specialty panels or color-matched doors, we order from KraftMaid or a matching aftermarket supplier and schedule the install once the parts land. Call (850) 988-7559 and tell us your cabinet model code from inside the sink base door, and we’ll confirm what’s in stock.
If you’re in Miami, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, or anywhere nearby, call (850) 988-7559 to schedule your free estimate for KraftMaid cabinet repair or replacement in your home addition or ADU. A live person answers 24/7, and we’ll give you a number first, then pick up the tools.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Miami at Penhallow Remodeling Miami, serving Miami and nearby areas.
