Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
FenceFree written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
KraftMaid Construction in Highland, CA
We provide independent KraftMaid construction service across Highland, from full kitchen remodels in mid-century tract homes off Base Line Road to cabinet replacement in newer hillside custom builds. The one thing that makes our KraftMaid work different here: we actually understand how Highland’s foothill heat and WUI fire code interact with KraftMaid cabinetry, because we’ve been installing and repairing it in this specific town for years. We’re not authorized by KraftMaid, and we’re not a big-box installer. We’re the crew Highland calls when cabinet thermofoil starts peeling on a west-facing wall. Call (877) 373-9230 for a free estimate.
Why Highland Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
KraftMaid cabinetry is common in Highland homes, but the way it behaves here is different from how it behaves in Riverside or Redlands. We know the brand’s door profiles, box construction, and finish behavior in this climate because we’ve pulled apart enough failed KraftMaid cabinets in this town to know exactly where they break and why. Noel Cardenas runs our Highland jobs with the same eye he’s had since coming up through the trades at Santiago Canyon College in Orange: if a drawer box sags under the weight of cast-iron pans, you don’t just swap the glide. You check the box itself, because in a Highland summer, that particleboard has been drying and shrinking for years.
Being a general contractor, not a cabinet-only shop, means we also handle what’s around the cabinets: the countertops, backsplash, vent hood, and any WUI-compliant exterior openings a Highland kitchen remodel requires. One contractor, one contract.
Our team also brings KraftMaid depth from years of working with the full Vantage, Momentum, Delight, and Canvas lines. If you’re in Highland service area and wondering whether to repair or replace, we’ll give you a straight answer with real numbers.
Styles & brands we work with
- Kitchen remodeling
- Bathroom remodeling
- Home additions & ADU
- Roofing
- Windows & doors
- Driveway & pavers
- Fence
Common KraftMaid Construction Problems We Solve in Highland
KraftMaid makes a solid cabinet, but no cabinet is indifferent to Highland’s climate. These are the issues we see most, and they’re almost always accelerated by our specific conditions.
- Thermofoil delamination on Vantage doors facing west or south. Highland’s inland summer sun is unrelenting, and thermofoil is a plastic laminate that doesn’t forgive years of direct afternoon heat. We’ve seen KraftMaid Vantage doors where the thermofoil peels off in sheets, exposing the MDF underneath. This is the single most common KraftMaid failure we repair in Highland. If the boxes are sound, we replace doors and add soft-close hinges. If the boxes show swelling too, it’s time to talk full replacement.
- Drawer box bottom sagging and side-mount glide failure on Momentum series. The Momentum line is frameless and full-overlay, which looks great, but older versions used side-mount glides that aren’t built for a drawer full of cast-iron cookware. After years of daily use in a Highland kitchen, the drawer bottom bows and the glides grind. We replace with high-quality under-mount glides and, when needed, rebuild the drawer box with hardwood or plywood rather than particleboard.
- Painted Canvas finish cracking at stile-and-rail joints. Canvas is KraftMaid’s painted line, and paint doesn’t love what Highland does to it. The seasonal dry air and Santa Ana wind events pull moisture out of wood, making joints flex. We see hairline cracks at the stile-and-rail joints on painted doors, which only get worse with each dry season. Touching up paint only hides it temporarily; the real fix is often a new door or a full face replacement.
- Particleboard swelling around sink bases and dishwasher openings. Highland’s dry air means a small leak can go unnoticed for a long time, because the visible surface dries quickly. But water that seeps into a particleboard core keeps working from the inside. By the time you see the swelling at the base of a sink cabinet, the damage is usually done. We cut out and replace the affected box, or reface the run if the swelling is isolated.
- Cabinet boxes shifting out of square on hillside slabs. Homes on Highland’s upper slopes settle, and cabinets installed decades ago often drift. We regularly re-level and re-anchor KraftMaid boxes on sloped lots, which matters if you’re putting new stone counters on top. Quartz doesn’t flex, so the cabinet run underneath needs to be dead level.
KraftMaid Service in Highland: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Project
Highland sits directly against the San Bernardino Mountain foothills, which puts most of the town in California’s wildland-urban interface zone. That changes what a KraftMaid kitchen remodel actually requires here. State Chapter 7A fire-resistant construction standards apply to new builds, additions, and any remodel that opens a wall to the exterior or adds a vent hood. We handle this as a matter of course in Highland, because half our jobs involve it. When we install KraftMaid cabinetry in a kitchen that’s getting a new range hood vented to the outside, that vent has to be ember-resistant. The wall assembly behind the cabinets has to meet WUI code. A flatland contractor from KraftMaid in San Bernardino or Colton might not blink at a standard vent cap, but in Highland that’s a code violation and, more importantly, a real fire risk with the Santa Ana winds that drive embers into foothill neighborhoods. This is a detail we’ve navigated on enough Highland jobs that it’s now just part of how we spec a kitchen. If you’re remodeling on a hillside lot north of Highland Avenue, ask any contractor you’re considering specifically about Chapter 7A. If they pause, call us instead.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Highland
We service the full KraftMaid cabinet range that’s actually installed in Highland homes. The Vantage series is the most common, an entry-level all-plywood box that’s solid but whose thermofoil doors suffer in our heat. Momentum is the frameless, full-overlay line, popular in newer Highland kitchens where a modern slab-door look is the goal. Delight series raised-panel doors show up more in the older mid-century homes, where traditional styling matches the original architecture. And Canvas, the painted line, is what we see most in kitchens that have been remodeled once already and are due for another round.
Our parts approach is practical: genuine KraftMaid doors, drawer boxes, and glides when the cabinet box is still sound, and high-quality aftermarket soft-close hardware and under-mount glides when OEM is backordered or when an upgrade genuinely serves the homeowner better. If more than 30% of your cabinet boxes show swelling or delamination, we’ll tell you to replace rather than reface, because refinishing a failing box is just buying time.
See the difference
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterKraftMaid Service Pricing in Highland
What a KraftMaid service call costs in Highland depends on whether you’re repairing existing cabinets, replacing doors and fronts while keeping the boxes, or doing a full kitchen remodel. Here are the market ranges we work within for this area:
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
A cabinet-only repair like replacing a few delaminated Vantage doors will land at the lower end of the cabinet installation range, while a full kitchen rebuild with new KraftMaid boxes, quartz counters, and WUI-compliant venting climbs quickly toward the top. Our free estimates include a site visit to your Highland home, measurements, and a line-item quote, so you know exactly what each piece costs before any work starts. Call (877) 373-9230 to schedule yours.
Serving Highland, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We serve Highland and nearby communities. Use the map below to see the area we cover. If you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – KraftMaid Construction in Highland
They don’t need special hardware, but they benefit from upgrades that hold up better in our climate. Soft-close hinges with metal clips survive Highland’s heat and low humidity better than the basic friction clips that come stock on older KraftMaid models. For drawer glides, we typically recommend under-mount units rather than side-mount, because they distribute weight more evenly and handle the seasonal wood movement that Highland’s dry air causes. It’s not that KraftMaid’s standard hardware fails quickly; it’s that our conditions make the upgrade worth it. Call (877) 373-9230 if you want specifics for your cabinet run.
Yes, in most cases. KraftMaid Vantage boxes are all-plywood and often still sound even when the thermofoil doors have failed. We order genuine KraftMaid replacement doors matched to your existing door profile and finish, then install them with soft-close hinges. Color matching on thermofoil can vary slightly if your original doors have faded in Highland’s sun, so we’ll bring samples to compare against your existing doors before ordering. If the finish gap is too wide, we’ll tell you honestly and price a full door replacement instead of a patch job that looks off.
If your remodel opens an exterior wall or adds a vent hood that penetrates to the outside, the project triggers Chapter 7A WUI requirements. That means ember-resistant vents, compliant wall assemblies where the penetration occurs, and potentially specific exterior cladding choices depending on the scope. It also means your contractor needs to pull permits and coordinate with San Bernardino County or the Highland building department on inspections. We’ve done this on enough Highland jobs that it’s routine for us, but it’s a real line item that flatland bids often miss. Call (877) 373-9230 for a quote that includes code compliance, not one that hopes the inspector doesn’t notice.
Door replacement on a standard Highland kitchen typically runs between $4,000 and $13,000 depending on the door count and finish, while full cabinet replacement as part of a kitchen remodel ranges from $14,000 to $45,000. The deciding factor is usually the condition of your cabinet boxes. If they’re plywood and dry, door replacement is the smart spend. If you have particleboard boxes with swelling around the sink or dishwasher, or if more than 30% of the boxes show damage, full replacement is the better long-term call. We’ll show you the boxes during our estimate so you can see exactly what you’re working with. Estimates are free.
Yes, and we do it carefully on Highland’s sloped lots. Hillside homes often have ceilings that follow the roofline, which can create uneven gaps where the upper cabinets meet the ceiling line. The cabinet run has to be shimmed and leveled correctly before any stone goes on top, because quartz won’t flex to accommodate a slope. We also anchor cabinets to studs that are often spaced differently on older foothill custom builds. It’s not complicated for a general contractor who’s done it dozens of times, but it’s a detail that separates a clean install from a cracked countertop a year later. Call (877) 373-9230 and we’ll take a look at your specific kitchen.
Service Areas Near Highland
We run KraftMaid service throughout Highland and into the surrounding foothill and valley communities. That includes KraftMaid service in Temecula for homeowners further south who want the same brand-specific expertise, and KraftMaid service in Crestline for mountain properties where WUI code gets even stricter. We also cover San Bernardino, Redlands, Yucaipa, and Beaumont. If you’re within a reasonable drive of Highland, we’ll come take a look.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in Highland Today
If your KraftMaid cabinets are showing their age in Highland’s heat, or if you’re planning a remodel that has to pass a WUI inspection, call us. We’ll bring a tape measure, a level, and an honest opinion. (877) 373-9230. Free estimates for every Highland project.
Written by Noel Cardenas, Owner at Garden Grove Contractors, serving Highland since he first pulled apart a failed cabinet box on a west-facing wall and figured out exactly why it happened.