Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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KraftMaid Construction in Upland, CA
We install and service KraftMaid cabinetry across Upland as an independent contractor, not a dealer showroom, and we also offer KraftMaid service in Claremont. The one thing that makes our KraftMaid work here different is that we fit these cabinets into Upland’s older, out-of-square kitchens where stock sizing rarely holds, and we know which repairs beat a full tear-out. Call (855) 382-0824 for a free estimate on any KraftMaid project in Upland.
Why Upland Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
We’ve spent years fitting KraftMaid boxes, drawer glides, and door styles into the kind of kitchens Upland actually has: early-1900s homes around the downtown core, 1960s and 80s tract houses with settled floors, foothill properties where the sun beats through west-facing windows. KraftMaid cabinetry is square. The room it gets installed into often isn’t. That’s the gap we close. As an independent crew, we’re not tied to KraftMaid’s sales targets, so we’ll tell you straight when a hinge, glide, or box repair makes more sense than ripping everything out. We’re authorized to work with 50+ material brands, but KraftMaid is the line we know deeply because we’ve repaired and installed it in KraftMaid sales & service applications all over the Inland Empire. Noel Garrity, our owner, studied construction technology at Santiago Canyon College and built his reputation on remodels that hold up quietly for decades. Plan it right the first time and the walls take care of the rest.
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 Upland
- Soft-close drawer glides wearing out and drooping on Vantage and Waypoint boxes. This shows up constantly in Upland kitchens that see heavy daily use, especially in 91786 homes where the cabinetry was installed decades ago and never re-squared. The glide stops retracting, the drawer face sags, and the soft-close mechanism quits. We replace with OEM KraftMaid glides where the drilling pattern matches, or quality aftermarket soft-close units when OEM is discontinued.
- Cabinet boxes racking and doors rubbing in older Upland homes. In the historic downtown core and mid-century neighborhoods, floors and walls have settled well past level. A KraftMaid box installed square forty years ago is now fighting the room. Doors rub at the corners, frames twist, and drawers stick. We shim, re-square, and refit rather than tearing out sound cabinets.
- Painted finish checking and peeling on west-facing foothill exposures. Upland’s dry heat and Santa Ana winds are hard on cabinet finishes, especially in 91784 where afternoon sun hits kitchen windows directly for hours. KraftMaid painted doors can check, peel, or fade unevenly. We match touch-up finishes and refinish where the door substrate is sound.
- Water damage and swelling at toe kicks and sink-base floors. Upland’s aging cast-iron and galvanized plumbing surfaces during remodels more often than anyone expects. A slow drain leak behind a KraftMaid sink base goes unnoticed for months, and by the time you see it, the box floor has swollen and started to delaminate. We replace the affected box, not the whole run.
- Out-of-square installation from previous contractors. A surprising number of KraftMaid kitchens in Upland were installed by crews that didn’t account for the room’s actual dimensions. Doors that never closed right, drawer fronts with uneven reveals, boxes twisted to match a wall that was never straight. We correct the installation so the cabinets finally work the way KraftMaid built them to.
KraftMaid Service in Upland: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Project
Here’s something specific to Upland that most cabinet contractors don’t talk about until the permit office brings it up. In the 91784 foothill zone, a kitchen remodel or addition that touches the cabinet layout can pull in high fire-severity construction review and defensible-space requirements. An identical KraftMaid job a mile downhill in 91786 never sees that. What it means in practice: cabinets placed against exterior walls may need to shift a few inches, window adjacency gets scrutinized, and the placement of a new kitchen island can be affected by the fire-resistant exterior detailing the city requires. We plan for this from the first site visit because we’ve navigated Upland’s permitting culture on enough foothill projects to know where the friction points are. Out-of-town contractors routinely miss this and get a stop-work order mid-project. We don’t.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Upland
We work on KraftMaid Vantage, the framed semi-custom line common in mid-century and 1980s Upland tract-home updates. We also service Waypoint, the entry-level framed line frequently found in budget remodels across the Inland Empire, and Portrait, the full-overlay framed door style that appears in many reworked Upland kitchens. We pair KraftMaid cabinetry with Viatera quartz countertops when the project calls for it, and we handle KraftMaid repair in Montclair too. When OEM parts are backordered or discontinued, we use quality aftermarket hardware for concealed hinges and soft-close glides, and we always tell you which route we’re taking before we start.
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What you’ll pay depends on scope: a single cabinet replacement runs less than a full kitchen rework, and a repair is almost always cheaper than a tear-out. Here are the ranges we work within across Upland:
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
Your free estimate includes a site visit, measurements against the actual wall and floor plane, and a written line-item scope. No change orders because we missed something on the walkthrough. Call (855) 382-0824 to schedule. We serve all of Upland including 91784, 91785, and 91786, plus Rancho Cucamonga KraftMaid service.
Serving Upland, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We serve Upland and nearby communities. Also see San Antonio Heights KraftMaid service. Use the map below to see the area we cover. If you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – KraftMaid Construction in Upland
Yes, in most Upland homes we can match the existing KraftMaid door style and finish closely enough that the replacement reads as original. KraftMaid door styles like Vantage and Portrait have recognizable profiles, and we match finish tones against the aged existing cabinetry rather than a fresh color chip. Exact factory finish codes are harder when the cabinets are decades old and the finish has shifted, but we get within a tolerance most owners never notice. Call (855) 382-0824 and we’ll do a match assessment on site.
It’s usually a repair. Drooping drawers on Vantage and Waypoint cabinets typically mean the glide is worn out or the drawer box has racked. We replace the glide with OEM KraftMaid hardware when the drilling pattern matches, swap in aftermarket soft-close glides when it doesn’t, and re-square the drawer box. Replacement only pencils out when the box itself is swollen or cracked. Call (855) 382-0824 and we’ll tell you which one you’re looking at.
Slightly more, and the difference is in the permitting and exterior detailing, not the cabinets themselves. The 91784 foothill zone sits in a high fire severity area, so a remodel that touches kitchen layout can trigger fire-resistant construction review and defensible-space requirements. It adds permit time and occasionally shifts where cabinets can sit relative to windows and exterior walls. Budget an extra 5-10% for a foothill kitchen remodel in Upland. Call (855) 382-0824 for a quote that accounts for your specific zone.
Upland’s building department is stricter and slower than most surrounding Inland Empire cities, so we build permit lead time into every project schedule from day one. A straightforward cabinet swap that doesn’t touch plumbing or electrical may not need a permit at all. A kitchen remodel that moves walls, relocates sinks, or adds circuits will. We pull the permits, submit the plans, and handle the inspections. That’s part of being a full-scope general contractor.
Yes, both. We pair KraftMaid cabinetry with KraftMaid Viatera quartz when the project calls for a matched brand spec, and we also install Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone quartz or granite slabs from local Upland fabricators. The cabinet boxes get set and leveled first, then we template for countertops against the actual installed run. Call (855) 382-0824 for exact pricing on the combination you’re considering.
Service Areas Near Upland
We serve Upland and the surrounding communities across the Inland Empire and Orange County. If you’re in Villa Park, Fountain Valley, Santa Ana, Tustin, or North Tustin, we can help with KraftMaid installation and repair there too. We also offer Upland service area coverage, KraftMaid service in Laguna Beach, and KraftMaid service in Eastvale.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in Upland Today
Call (855) 382-0824 to schedule your free KraftMaid estimate in Upland. We’ll walk the kitchen, take measurements against the actual floor and wall plane, and give you a written scope with line-item pricing. Whether it’s a single sagging drawer, a water-damaged sink base, or a full kitchen remodel, one call gets it moving.
Written by Noel Garrity, Owner at Key Step Construction, serving Upland and the surrounding Inland Empire.