Kitchen remodeling
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Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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KraftMaid Construction in Sunnyvale, CA
We install, repair, and rework KraftMaid cabinetry across Sunnyvale every week. As an independent general contractor, we’re not authorized or sponsored by KraftMaid, but we know the door profiles, box construction, and finish behavior of this line better than most because we spec it constantly. What makes our KraftMaid work in Sunnyvale different is simple: we know what goes wrong in this city’s postwar ranch kitchens, and we plan for it before the first cabinet comes off the truck. Call (877) 373-9230 for a free estimate.
Why Sunnyvale Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
Our team has installed and reworked KraftMaid cabinetry in hundreds of Silicon Valley kitchens, from full Momentum frameless gut jobs to door and hinge swaps on original Vantage boxes. Owner Noel Cardenas grew up around construction and has spent years working as a Sunnyvale General Contractor on structural remodels and concrete work, so when a slab throws a surprise at a cabinet line, we’ve seen it before. We treat every KraftMaid install in this city as a project with site-specific unknowns, not a flat-pack assembly job.
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 Sunnyvale
- Door and drawer face swelling on painted KraftMaid doors near the sink or cooktop. Sunnyvale’s tight 94086 and 94087 ranch kitchens often run recirculating hoods that trap steam against upper doors. The paint checks, the face swells, and the door starts binding. We fix the door and fix the ventilation so it doesn’t come back.
- Frameless box racks and stile joints loosening after slab movement. Postwar slab-on-grade homes shift. When a floor settles or an addition tie-in moves the wall plane the cabinets are shimmed to, the box twists and the joints open. We re-shim, re-square, and rehang before reinstalling faces.
- Particleboard and thermofoil box edges wicking moisture and puffing at the toe kick and dishwasher bay. This shows up often in older homes where the cabinet run backs onto an uninsulated exterior wall. Condensation gets in, the edge puffs, and the thermofoil peels. We replace the damaged box sections and address the wall condition.
- Sagging and hinge fatigue in tall pantry and wall stacks. Original 1950s ceiling heights mean taller stacks than those cabinets were ever intended to carry, especially when homeowners load them up during an in-place remodel. We reinforce or rebuild the stacks with proper load-rated hardware.
- Undersized and undocumented electrical behind KraftMaid gut installs in 94086 and 94087. We open the walls and find a 60-amp panel feeding the old range. Before any cabinet hangs, the panel goes in. That’s a Sunnyvale pattern, not a general Bay Area condition.
KraftMaid Service in Sunnyvale: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Project
Sunnyvale sits at the center of Silicon Valley’s redevelopment wave. The 1940s-to-1960s single-story ranch homes in 94086 and 94087 are routinely scraped and replaced with two-story modern builds or large additions, and the office parks around Moffett Park and Lawrence Expressway keep commercial tenant improvements moving. Construction here is defined less by weather than by a white-hot teardown and ADU market layered on top of an older residential grid. That means a KraftMaid gut install in this city usually runs into shallow postwar slabs and undersized or undocumented electrical before the first cabinet is ever hung. When we level the floor and upgrade the panel as part of the cabinet scope, the KraftMaid boxes go in square, the doors stay true, and the homeowner isn’t fighting a warped cabinet line a year later. If you’re considering our Home Remodeling in Sunnyvale in 94086 or 94087, factor those two items into your KraftMaid budget from day one.
On a 1958 ranch off Morse Avenue in 94087, our crew opened a galley kitchen for a KraftMaid Momentum frameless install and found the slab out of level by nearly an inch across the run, plus that 60-amp panel feeding the old range. We brought in the electrician for a panel upgrade, floated and shimmed the cabinet line, then hung the painted uppers with a proper vented hood instead of the old recirculating unit. The doors have stayed true through two dry seasons.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Sunnyvale
We work across the KraftMaid line, from the Vantage series and Momentum full-access frameless boxes to Fusion door styles in painted and stained finishes and the older Prelude and standard maple and oak painted cabinet doors. Our parts approach is straightforward: we source genuine KraftMaid doors, drawer boxes, hinges, and touch-up finishes for warranty-era boxes, and when the original hardware is discontinued we switch to matched-quality aftermarket slides and hinges that fit the existing bore patterns. We keep common door-close and mounting hardware stocked locally for fast KraftMaid in Cupertino and Sunnyvale turnaround, so a sagging door or a stripped hinge plate doesn’t have to wait on a two-week factory order. When water damage or racking has reached the box itself, we say so plainly in writing before demolition starts, and we recommend rebuilding that run instead of patching it.
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AfterKraftMaid Service Pricing in Sunnyvale
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
What drives the cost in Sunnyvale is rarely the cabinet line itself. It’s what we find when the walls open. A panel upgrade, slab leveling, or re-framing for a proper vented hood can add real scope to the job, but we quote it in writing before demolition starts so you’re not surprised mid-project. We offer KraftMaid sales & service priced as a single contract, with the full kitchen scope managed under one accountable roof. Call (877) 373-9230 for a free estimate, and we’ll walk your kitchen with you before quoting anything.
Serving Sunnyvale, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We serve Sunnyvale and nearby communities. Also see KraftMaid in Santa Clara. Use the map below to see the area we cover. If you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – KraftMaid Construction in Sunnyvale
Yes, and we do it regularly. We match the door profile, finish, and overlay of your existing KraftMaid boxes, and we source genuine KraftMaid doors and drawer boxes when the original line is still in production, or matched-quality alternatives when it isn’t. Color matching on painted finishes takes a careful eye, especially after years of sun exposure in a Sunnyvale kitchen. Call (877) 373-9230 and we’ll tell you exactly what matching is possible before you buy.
Usually yes, if we catch it before the particleboard core absorbs enough moisture to lose its structural integrity. We remove the door, dry and assess the face, refinish or replace the front, and then we fix what caused the swelling in the first place, which in a Sunnyvale ranch kitchen is almost always a recirculating hood trapping steam against the uppers. We won’t just swap the door and leave the ventilation problem in place. Call (877) 373-9230 for an inspection.
Cabinet installation alone typically doesn’t require a permit, but if your KraftMaid install is part of a larger remodel that touches electrical, plumbing, or structural framing, or if you’re adding an island that changes the kitchen’s electrical layout, Sunnyvale will require permits for those scopes. We pull the permits, manage the inspections, and keep everything on the written contract so you’re not dealing with the city’s building department yourself.
A straightforward cabinet swap on a level slab with good electrical can take a week to ten days. When we find the slab out of level, an undersized panel, or wall framing that needs shimming, that extends the schedule. We don’t compress timelines by skipping the corrective work, because the material you pick today is the problem you solve, or the one you live with, ten years from now.
If the doors, drawer boxes, and hinges are tired but the cabinet box itself is square and dry, repair is usually the right call. If the box has racked, the corners are opening, or the particleboard edges have wicked moisture and puffed, replacement of that run beats patching it. We’ll tell you which one applies to your kitchen, in writing, before any demolition starts. Call (877) 373-9230 for an honest read on your boxes.
Service Areas Near Sunnyvale
We serve Sunnyvale and the surrounding South Bay area, including the ranch tracts and newer builds across Sunnyvale service area, as well as nearby KraftMaid service in Loyola and KraftMaid service in Mountain View. If you’re a few minutes up the road, call us and we’ll let you know when we can get to you.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in Sunnyvale Today
We’re ready to walk your kitchen, open the suspicious wall, and tell you what your KraftMaid project actually needs in Sunnyvale. Call (877) 373-9230 to schedule your free estimate.
Written by Noel Cardenas, Owner at Garden Grove Contractors, serving Sunnyvale and the surrounding Bay Area since the company’s founding.