Cabinet Refacing, Door Replacement And Cabinet Painting In Guelph, Ontario

One Ruined Door Turns Into A Cabinet Painting Job, Not A New Kitchen

A door under the sink that swelled from a slow leak, a drawer front that split at the joint, or a thermofoil door that peeled beside the dishwasher can each be replaced on its own. A new door is ordered or made to match the profile and size of the old one, hung on the existing box, and sprayed along with everything else in the kitchen cabinet painting so it vanishes into the set. The cost is a fraction of what a whole new door set would be.

This is the answer we give most often when a kitchen has one or two bad doors and twenty good ones. The page on plastic-skinned doors explains why peeling thermofoil in particular is a replace-the-door problem and not a cabinet painting problem.

Refacing Replaces Every Door And Keeps Every Box

When every door is past saving but the boxes remain square, dry and solid, refacing swaps every door and front for new, usually shaker or slab in MDF or wood, and dresses the visible box ends and frames in matching veneer or paint. The layout stays the same, the counters stay, and the plumbing stays.

New unfinished doors go through the booth like any painted door, with a primer and two or three coats of enamel, so a refaced kitchen ends up with the same cabinet painting finish. The boxes get sprayed in the kitchen to match. The kitchen cabinet painting page describes that process.

Refacing Costs More Than Cabinet Painting And Much Less Than Replacement

Refacing in Ontario runs about $3,000 to $10,000 for an average kitchen, depending on the door style and the count. Cabinet painting of the same kitchen runs $2,500 to $5,500 in most cases, and full replacement runs $15,000 to $40,000 and up once counters, plumbing and demolition are counted. Market ranges only; the figure that applies here is the written quote.

The decision usually comes down to the doors. If they are solid wood or sound MDF, painting is the better value. If they are peeling, swollen or a shape nobody wants, refacing is. If the boxes themselves are swollen or racked, neither option works, and we tell you at the visit instead of taking the job.

Boxes That Cannot Be Saved Are Named On The Visit

Particleboard boxes that have soaked up water from a dishwasher leak, shelves that sag, and face frames that have pulled away from the sides are not candidates for refacing or cabinet painting. We check the sink base, the dishwasher cabinet and the box under the fridge water line first, because that is where the damage hides. If two boxes are gone and the rest are fine, those two are rebuilt or replaced and the kitchen goes ahead.