Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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CGI Construction in Boulder Creek, CA
We provide independent CGI cabinetry, countertop, and finish installation across Boulder Creek (95006) – and the thing that separates our work here is floor correction. Most CGI installs in Boulder Creek start with a foundation or subfloor fix before a single cabinet box gets set, because the older cabins and steep lots shift underneath the finish work. Garden Grove Contractors handles the full scope: structural prep, CGI sales & service, and finish installation under one contract. Call (877) 373-9230 for a free estimate.
Why Boulder Creek Residents Choose Us for CGI Service
We’ve been correcting and installing CGI cabinetry and countertops in Boulder Creek long enough to know the product’s strengths and its weak points in a mountain house. Noel Cardenas, our owner, came up through a vocational trades program and spent years on structural remodels and exterior builds before Garden Grove Contractors ever touched a kitchen – which matters when your CGI run needs blocking behind the drywall, not just leveling shims under the toe kick. We’re an independent contractor, not a factory-authorized dealer, so our recommendation on repair versus replace comes from what we’ve seen hold up on Boulder Creek lots, not from a warranty script. We spec OEM hinges and slides where the match matters, and we use aftermarket fasteners and moisture barriers where they outperform the original hardware for the conditions here.
Styles & brands we work with
- Kitchen remodeling
- Bathroom remodeling
- Home additions & ADU
- Roofing
- Windows & doors
- Driveway & pavers
- Fence
Common CGI Construction Problems We Solve in Boulder Creek
- Doors racking and drawers rubbing after install. Frameless full-overlay CGI doors drift out of adjustment quickly when a cabinet run was set on an out-of-level floor. In older Boulder Creek cabins – many mid-century or earlier – the floor has often settled a half inch or more, and the original installer shimmed the boxes instead of fixing the floor. We pull the run, correct the subfloor, and re-set.
- Swollen, delaminating cabinet boxes. Particleboard and thin-bottom boxes don’t survive kitchens where winter rain intrusion and mountain humidity have never been fully addressed. Boulder Creek’s wet season runs hard against older redwood and fir cabins, and we regularly find bottom panels bowed and door faces pulling away. If the carcass is sound we dry, brace, and re-laminate; if not, replacement is the honest call.
- Countertop seam failures over hillside crawl spaces. A quartz or granite top is only as stable as the floor under it. On Boulder Creek post-and-pier foundations, deflection isn’t theoretical – it’s a measurable sag that opens seams and cracks underlayment. We add mid-span support and solid blocking before tops go down.
- Soft-close hardware failing early in unheated cabins. CGI’s soft-close hinges and drawer slides use lubricated nylon and steel parts that corrode and bind in a cabin left unheated through damp winters. We replace them with sealed or stainless aftermarket hardware and adjust the close-rate so the box works year-round, even when the heat’s been off for months.
- Cabinet runs pulling out of old plaster and redwood stud walls. Boulder Creek walls weren’t built expecting the weight of a fully loaded pantry run plus quartz tops. We add plywood backer and structural fasteners, and we re-anchor the upper boxes into framing, not just lathe and plaster.
CGI Service in Boulder Creek: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Project
Most of Boulder Creek sits on unincorporated Santa Cruz County land – private wells, private septic, and building rules that don’t bend for convenience. What that means for a CGI kitchen or bath install is that the cabinet and countertop work rarely happens in isolation. A room addition or even a cabinet replacement often triggers a foundation, deck, or utility upgrade first, because the county wants the whole assembly brought to current code before they’ll sign off. We’ve been on jobs where a simple countertop replacement turned into a joist-sistering and shear-wall conversation within the first hour of demo. On a steep, redwood-shaded lot off Bear Creek Road, our crew tore out a water-swollen 1980s cabinet run and found the subfloor had deflected on an older post-and-pier foundation. We sistered and re-leveled the joists, added moisture barrier and solid blocking, then set a full CGI all-plywood maple cabinet run with quartz tops and soft-close hardware, correcting the floor that had been racking the original doors for years. That sequence – fix the floor, then set the cabinets – is the story of CGI work in Boulder Creek, and skipping step one is how you get a beautiful kitchen that stops closing three months in.
CGI Models & Products We Service in Boulder Creek
We work on CGI’s Euro-style full-overlay frameless cabinetry, the all-plywood maple and oak box lines, and their quartz and granite countertop programs – plus the soft-close hardware packages that ship with them. When the OEM part is a genuine durability upgrade, we order it. When an aftermarket sealed slide or stainless fastener will outlast what CGI originally shipped, we tell you that too. The material you pick today is the problem you solve – or the one you live with – ten years from now.
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AfterCGI Service Pricing in Boulder Creek
CGI work in Boulder Creek prices differently than flat-lot cabinet work because the prep is real. Expect the cabinet or countertop line item to represent 60 to 70 percent of the job; the rest is floor correction, moisture protection, and permit-required structural work. Here’s how our current Boulder Creek pricing breaks down:
| Scope | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
Your free estimate includes a site walk, a look at the floor structure under the cabinets, and a written line-item scope so you know what’s structural and what’s finish work. Call (877) 373-9230 to schedule one.
Serving Boulder Creek, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We serve Boulder Creek and nearby communities. Use the map below to see the area we cover. If you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – CGI Construction in Boulder Creek
Yes, but the foundation gets addressed first. We inspect the piers, girders, and subfloor deflection before any cabinet box is set. If the floor moves more than acceptable tolerance, we add bracing, sister joists, or replace rotten post tops – then the CGI run goes in on a surface that won’t rack the doors.
In almost every case, yes. Boulder Creek falls under Santa Cruz County jurisdiction, and any work that touches structural framing, plumbing, electrical, or the septic line triggers permit review. We pull the permits, sequence the inspections, and confirm the cabinets are installed to the plans the county approved. Call (877) 373-9230 and we’ll tell you what your specific scope requires.
They will if the kitchen is moisture-prepared first. Unheated cabins in Boulder Creek gather condensation inside cabinet boxes, and original CGI particleboard or thin-bottom panels will swell if that moisture never dries. We add ventilation, sealed bottom panels, and corrosion-resistant hardware on any install for a seasonal or part-time cabin.
Deliveries on steep, narrow drives off the county roads take planning: smaller trucks, staging at the road edge when the turn-in can’t take a 26-foot box, and hand-carry for materials too heavy for a lift gate on a slope. We coordinate with the slab fabricator and the cabinet distributor so nothing sits in the rain at the bottom of the hill.
Reface if the boxes are plywood, the doors are aligned, and there’s no swell or hinge pull-out. Replace if the carcass has delaminated or the hardware has torn out repeatedly. We’ll give you a straight answer on the first site visit – call (877) 373-9230 and we’ll look at the boxes before talking finish options.
Service Areas Near Boulder Creek
We serve Boulder Creek and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountain communities. For CGI work further down the hill, see CGI service in Monte Sereno or CGI service in Alum Rock. We also run crews across the 95006 ZIP and into neighboring unincorporated county areas. Full area coverage is on our Boulder Creek service area page.
Book Your CGI Service in Boulder Creek Today
One contractor from foundation check to finished countertop. Call (877) 373-9230 and we’ll put a free estimate on the calendar for your Boulder Creek project.
Written by Noel Cardenas, Owner at Garden Grove Contractors, serving Boulder Creek and the Santa Cruz Mountains.