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KraftMaid Construction in Millbrae, CA | Framework Contractors
We provide independent KraftMaid cabinet installation, repair in San Bruno, and refacing across Millbrae. The thing that separates our KraftMaid work here is that we treat every job as a framing project first, because Millbrae’s mid-century homes are rarely plumb or square. Call (844) 681-3590 to schedule a free estimate.
Framework Contractors is a licensed general contractor, not a KraftMaid dealer or authorized service center, and that independence means we will be straight with you about whether a 25-year-old particleboard box is worth saving. Our owner, Noel Carbajal, has spent almost three decades building and remodeling homes, and he learned early that cabinet work on the Peninsula is never just cabinet work. For Millbrae’s 1940s-to-1960s tract and hillside homes, the real job is taming the out-of-square walls behind the cabinets. KraftMaid sales & service across our full territory starts with that same site-first approach.
Why Millbrae Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
Most Millbrae kitchens we open up are framed like the rest of the house from that era: close-set, settled, and off-plumb. We shim, true, and frame before the first cabinet box goes in. That is the difference between a wall of cabinets that looks right and one that racks and binds within a year.
We install and repair the full range of KraftMaid lines you find in older Peninsula homes, from the Vantage all-plywood boxes to the Deluxe series and the 1990s-to-2000s raised-panel maple and oak doors still holding up in some Millbrae kitchens. We carry OEM KraftMaid parts where they are still in production, and we keep quality aftermarket glides, hinges, and drawer boxes on hand for the discontinued stuff. Noel Carbajal grew up patching stucco and reroofing porches with his uncle in Santa Ana, then went through the Construction Technology program at Santiago Canyon College. He has been reading out-of-square walls ever since.
For Millbrae service area calls, we bring the same habit: show up with a plan, check the walls, and leave the site cleaner than we found it.
Styles & brands we work with
Common KraftMaid Construction Problems We Solve in Millbrae
- Thermofoil doors peeling and delaminating at the edges. The damp, fog-driven humidity pattern near SFO forces moisture behind foil seams and lifts the adhesive, especially on south- and west-facing kitchen walls. By the time a Millbrae homeowner notices the peeling, the MDF core has usually started swelling too.
- Particleboard and MDF box panels swelling at sink bases and around dishwashers. Millbrae’s wind-driven winter rain finds failed caulk lines, and interior condensation does the rest. A swollen sink base in a 1950s tract home is often the first visible sign of a slow supply-line weep that has been going on for years.
- Sagging or separating face frames and out-of-square boxes. Millbrae’s flatlands homes sit on shallow foundations, and 70 years of settlement rack the cabinets the same way it racks the framing. Doors that closed fine when they were installed now hang crooked or rub at the corners.
- Drawer-glide and hinge failure on original OEM hardware. Decades of use, moisture cycles, and a little foundation movement wear out the original rollers. Glides stop tracking, hinges lose their hold, and drawers start dropping or sticking.
- Damage from close-set side setbacks and zero-lot-line conditions. Millbrae’s 1950s tracts were built tight, so kitchens are often small and cabinet runs get pinched against walls that are neither square nor straight. We re-work the run layout to fit what is actually there, not what the original plan assumed.
KraftMaid Service in Millbrae: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
A KraftMaid cabinet install in Millbrae on the flatlands near El Camino and Broadway is a different job than KraftMaid in Burlingame or a newer South Bay build. These 1950s tract homes were built close together with narrow side setbacks, and many of the original walls have settled far enough that an out-of-square corner is not an exception, it is the rule. When we pull an old cabinet wall, we routinely find corners that are out-of-square by an inch or more across an eight-foot run. That means the cabinet install is really a framing-and-shimming job before a single box goes in. If you skip that step, the face frames will never align, the drawers will fight their glides, and the countertop crew will have to float a slab over gaps with a caulk line thick enough to see from the hallway. Our crew trues the walls, shims the boxes, and sets the cabinets so they sit plumb and level on their own, not just against the drywall.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Millbrae
We work on KraftMaid Vantage, Deluxe, and the maple and oak raised-panel door styles that were everywhere in 1990s and 2000s Peninsula remodels. Our parts approach is simple: match original KraftMaid door styles and finishes with OEM parts when they are still available, and use proven aftermarket glides, hinges, and drawer boxes when OEM is discontinued or on backorder. We will reface and re-box a sound KraftMaid frame without hesitation. We will not sink money into foil doors and swollen boxes that will fail again within a season, because on a fog-damp Millbrae wall, that is exactly what they do. The honest call there is replacement. We are independent, not manufacturer-affiliated or authorized.
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What you pay depends on three things in Millbrae: how far out-of-square the wall is, whether you are keeping or replacing the boxes, and how much finish work the room needs around the cabinets. Here are the ranges we quote from:
| Service | Typical Range |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
A free estimate from us includes a site check of the walls behind the cabinets, because that is the part of a Millbrae KraftMaid job that drives the real cost. Call (844) 681-3590 for an exact line-item quote, no obligation.
Serving Millbrae, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Millbrae area and know this community well, and we also provide Hillsborough KraftMaid service. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – KraftMaid Construction in Millbrae
Peeling thermofoil on Millbrae cabinets cannot be reliably reglued once moisture has reached the MDF core, because the fog-damp air keeps working behind the foil. Replacement doors or full replacement is the honest fix. Call (844) 681-3590 and we will tell you where your kitchen falls.
If the frames are solid and the boxes are square and dry, yes, we will reface and re-box them. If the sink base is swollen or the boxes have racked with the house settling, replacement costs less over time. We will walk you through the condition in person.
We match original KraftMaid raised-panel maple and oak styles with OEM doors where they are still produced, and we use proven aftermarket doors when the original line is discontinued. The match on finish and profile is what we check first.
Flatlands tract homes in Millbrae were built close together, and the walls have often settled out-of-square by an inch or more, just like homes needing KraftMaid service in South San Francisco. We true and shim the wall before installing boxes, so the cabinets sit plumb and the doors and drawers run true. Skipping that step is how cabinets rack and bind.
OEM when it is available. Proper aftermarket glides, hinges, and drawer boxes when it is not. We do not put cheap import hardware into a kitchen that has to live through another decade of Peninsula fog. Call (844) 681-3590 for a free estimate.
Service Areas Near Millbrae
We serve Millbrae and the surrounding Peninsula communities. For coastal-side projects, see KraftMaid service in Moss Beach or KraftMaid service in Montara. We also take calls from Santa Ana, Tustin, Orange, North Tustin, Garden Grove, and Fountain Valley.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in Millbrae Today
Call (844) 681-3590 to schedule your free KraftMaid estimate in Millbrae. We will check the walls, look at the existing cabinets, and give you a written line-item quote before any work begins.
Written by Noel Carbajal, Owner at Framework Contractors, serving Millbrae since 1998.