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KraftMaid Construction in Irvine, CA
We provide independent KraftMaid cabinet installation, refacing, and repair across every Irvine village, from Turtle Rock to Portola Springs, and also offer Tustin KraftMaid service for homeowners just outside city limits. The one thing that makes our KraftMaid work here different is simple: we’ve spent years matching these cabinets to the specific tract-home footprints, soffit heights, and HOA constraints that define Irvine kitchens. If you’re weighing a reface against a full rebuild, call (855) 382-0824 and we’ll give you an honest read based on what’s actually behind your doors.
Key Step Construction handles KraftMaid sales & service as an independent contractor. We are not a manufacturer affiliate or authorized dealer, which means our recommendations are driven by what your kitchen needs, not what a brand rep wants moved this quarter.
Why Irvine Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
KraftMaid cabinets show up everywhere in Irvine. The Momentum frameless lines went into a lot of 2000s remodels in Westpark and Woodbridge, while original Vantage-series boxes are still hanging in plenty of 1980s and 1990s Northwood and Turtle Rock kitchens. We know the door styles, the drawer-box construction, and the finish quirks of each line well enough to tell you whether your cabinets have another decade in them or whether you’re throwing money at a box that’s already done.
Noel Garrity, our owner, learned the trade the slow way – studying construction technology at Santiago Canyon College before spending years on remodels and additions around Villa Park and the surrounding communities. He started Key Step because he saw too many homeowners left holding deposits and half-finished kitchens. That’s why our KraftMaid work in Irvine and Aliso Viejo follows one rule: we tell you what the cabinets actually need, even when the answer is less work than you expected.
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 Irvine
- Worn drawer glides and dead hinges on original Vantage-series boxes. Those 1990s Northwood and Westpark tract kitchens have been opened and closed thousands of times. The original side-mount glides wear out, the hinges get sloppy, and drawers start catching. We match OEM KraftMaid hardware where the box is sound, and we install quality aftermarket soft-close glides when the original parts are discontinued or you want an upgrade.
- Painted and thermofoil finishes blistering on sun-facing door faces. Irvine’s big sliding doors face west in a lot of these floor plans, and the afternoon light is relentless. Painted KraftMaid doors near those openings check and peel over time. Thermofoil doors blister along the edges. We replace the affected doors and touch up the surrounding finish so the kitchen reads clean again.
- Swelling and delamination at toe kicks and sink-base panels. In attached townhome clusters – especially older Woodbridge and Northwood units – slow under-sink leaks and dishwasher drips run along the cabinet base before anyone notices. The toe kick soaks it up first, then the sink-base panel starts to go. We pull the damaged panels, check for hidden moisture, and rebuild the base so the new material doesn’t sit in the same trap.
- Face frames pulling loose from drywall where upper runs were hung without blocking. We see this in Irvine tract kitchens where a previous remodeler hung heavy KraftMaid wall cabinets straight onto drywall with no solid backing behind it. The cabinets sag, the doors bind, and the face frame starts separating. The fix means pulling the run, adding proper blocking, and resetting everything square.
- Out-of-square installations that make doors and drawers never close right. Some of these homes have settled slightly, and some were framed fast in the first place. A new KraftMaid line installed without accounting for that means doors that rub and drawers that stick. We shim, square, and set the cabinets so they close flush and soft the first time.
KraftMaid Service in Irvine: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Cabinets
Here’s the thing about Irvine that most cabinet contractors from outside the area don’t fully appreciate: nearly every kitchen here sits inside an HOA village tract home built between the 1960s and 2000s, and the HOA governs almost nothing inside your kitchen but the home’s original footprint governs everything. KraftMaid work in Irvine is almost always a like-for-like cabinet swap inside the existing footprint, which means matching the original box depth and wall-cabinet height so the new doors clear the existing soffits and over-range microwaves. In a Northwood townhome off Bryan Avenue, our crew pulled a full run of original Vantage-series uppers whose face frames had pulled from the drywall and whose painted doors were blistering on the sun-facing side. We reframed with proper blocking, reset the sound boxes, replaced the failing doors and glides, and tied the run into a new quartz countertop so the kitchen read as new without moving plumbing. The homeowner stayed in the unit the whole time, and the cabinets closed flush and soft for the first time in years. That’s the Irvine-specific reality: the walls don’t move, the plumbing doesn’t move, and the HOA doesn’t care what your cabinet doors look like – but the soffit clearance and the wall-cabinet height are fixed. Get those wrong and the new doors bind on the first day.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Irvine
We install, reface, and repair the full KraftMaid range that shows up in Irvine homes, plus handle KraftMaid repair in Santa Ana: the Momentum series with its frameless, full-overlay doors; the Marquee series door styles that went into higher-end Woodbridge and Turtle Rock remodels; and the Vantage series, the framed, partial-overlay line that builders put into thousands of 1980s and 1990s tract kitchens across the city. We also work with KraftMaid maple and painted-finish lines, the two most common faces in Irvine’s original and early-remodel kitchens. When a box is sound, we match OEM KraftMaid hinges, glides, and touch-up finishes. When the original parts are discontinued or you want soft-close everything, we use quality aftermarket hardware that fits the existing boring and mounting points. And when the boxes are swollen or the layout is fighting the room, we say so plainly and quote a reface or a full cabinet installation instead of patching something that’s already failed.
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KraftMaid work in Irvine lands in predictable ranges depending on scope. A cabinet installation runs $4,000 – $13,000. Countertop installation adds $2,000 – $6,500. Backsplash work is $800 – $2,500. A kitchen island installation runs $3,000 – $10,000, and a small kitchen remodel with new KraftMaid boxes, counters, and backsplash typically lands between $9,000 and $20,000. What drives the number is the size of the run, whether we’re refacing or replacing, and how much structural correction the existing walls need. Our free estimate gives you a written line-item quote with no change orders down the road.
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
Call (855) 382-0824 to schedule your free estimate. We’ll walk the kitchen with you, check the boxes, and give you a straight answer on what should stay and what should go.
Serving Irvine, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We serve Irvine and nearby communities. Also see KraftMaid in North Tustin. Use the map below to see the area we cover. If you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – KraftMaid Construction in Irvine
No. Key Step Construction is an independent general contractor that installs, refaces, and repairs KraftMaid cabinetry throughout Irvine. We are not manufacturer-affiliated, which means our advice isn’t filtered through a brand rep. If a different cabinet line fits your budget and layout better, we’ll tell you that too.
In most cases, yes. Irvine tract kitchens from that era were built to fairly standard box depths and wall-cabinet heights, and KraftMaid’s current lines can match those dimensions closely. The critical measurements are the soffit overhang and the distance from countertop to the over-range microwave, and we check those before ordering anything. We’ll tell you on the first visit whether your layout can stay put.
Both, depending on the situation. When the cabinet box is sound, we match OEM KraftMaid hinges, glides, and touch-up finishes to keep the original look and function. When the original parts have been discontinued – which happens with older Vantage-series components – or you want an upgrade like soft-close everything, we install quality aftermarket hardware that fits the existing mounting points.
A straight cabinet swap in an existing footprint typically takes 2 – 4 working days, including removal, any drywall or blocking correction, and installation. A full kitchen remodel with counters, backsplash, and plumbing rework runs longer, and we’ll give you a written timeline before work starts. Call (855) 382-0824 for a schedule based on your specific project.
Cabinet installation runs $4,000 – $13,000, countertop installation $2,000 – $6,500, and a small kitchen remodel with KraftMaid boxes, counters, and backsplash typically lands between $9,000 and $20,000. The exact number depends on the size of the run and whether we’re refacing or replacing the boxes. Call (855) 382-0824 for an exact quote – estimates are free.
Service Areas Near Irvine
Our KraftMaid work takes us throughout central Orange County. We serve Villa Park, Tustin, North Tustin, Santa Ana, Fountain Valley, and Huntington Beach, along with KraftMaid service in Newport Beach and KraftMaid service in Los Serranos. If you’re in one of Irvine’s neighboring communities and want the same straight talk on your cabinets, check our Irvine service area page for coverage details.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in Irvine Today
Plan it right the first time and the walls take care of the rest. Noel Garrity and our crew are ready to walk your Irvine kitchen, check the boxes, and give you a written plan with real numbers. Call (855) 382-0824 for your free estimate.
Written by Noel Garrity, Owner at Key Step Construction, serving Irvine and surrounding Orange County communities since he hung his first cabinet in a Villa Park remodel.