Cabinet Refacing in Clovis, CA

What cabinet refacing in Clovis covers

Cabinet refacing in Clovis replaces every surface you see while keeping the cabinet boxes that are already screwed to your walls. New doors and drawer fronts are built to your existing openings. The exposed face frames get covered in matching wood veneer or rigid laminate. Exposed end panels get skinned to match. Hardware, hinges, and glides are all replaced. When it is finished, the only original parts left are the carcasses nobody sees.

A standard reface from us includes:

• New doors and drawer fronts in your chosen style, species, and finish
• Face frame and exposed end panel veneering in matching material
• New soft close concealed hinges throughout
• New full extension undermount drawer glides
• New knobs or pulls
• Toe kick, light rail, and crown molding as the design requires
• Interior cleaning and shelf replacement where shelves have sagged

Refacing does not move a wall, relocate a sink, or change your layout. If the floor plan is what frustrates you, refacing will not fix it and we will tell you that at the consultation instead of selling you the cheaper job.

When refacing is the right call, and when it is not

Refacing works when the bones are good. Reface if:

• The boxes are plywood, or particleboard that is still flat, dry, and square
• Cabinets are still firmly anchored and the face frames are tight to the carcass
• You are happy with where things are, and only unhappy with how they look
• You want the kitchen usable again quickly

Replace instead if:

• Box bottoms are swollen, soft, or delaminating, which is common under sinks
• Face frames are separating or cabinets have racked out of square
• You want a different layout, a taller upper run, or a soffit removed
• The existing cabinets are a non standard depth that will fight modern appliances

We assess this at the free in-home visit by opening doors, checking box bottoms under every wet location, and testing whether the frames still hold a fastener. It takes about twenty minutes and it decides the whole project.

Our refacing process

1. Structural assessment

   We confirm the boxes are worth keeping before quoting a reface. Under sink bottoms, frame integrity, and squareness get checked first.

2. Style and finish selection

   Door samples and finish samples in your kitchen, under your lighting. Finishes read very differently under Central Valley afternoon light than they do in a showroom.

3. Precise opening measure

   Every door and drawer opening is measured individually. Older kitchens are rarely consistent, so we do not assume two openings that look alike are.

4. Build

   Doors, fronts, and veneer are produced to your spec while your kitchen stays fully usable. This is the main advantage of refacing over replacement.

5. Installation

   Old doors off, frames prepped and veneered, new doors and hardware hung and adjusted. Most kitchens take three to five days on site.

6. Final adjustment

   Every door aligned and every drawer set with you present.

Refacing versus refinishing versus replacing

Independent cost guides generally place refacing at roughly 30 to 50 percent less than replacing comparable custom or semi custom cabinetry, with refacing commonly quoted in the range of $100 to $250 per linear foot depending on materials. Your number depends on linear footage, door style, species, and how many exposed end panels need skinning.

What drives refacing cost

• Linear feet of cabinetry, and the door and drawer count within it
• Door style and material. A painted five piece door costs more than a flat slab or a laminate front
• Veneer versus rigid laminate on the face frames. Real wood veneer costs more and matches a stained door better
• Number of exposed end panels, especially on islands and peninsulas
• Interior upgrades added at the same time, such as roll out shelves or a waste pullout
• Glass inserts, open shelving, or new crown molding

Refacing in a Clovis climate

A reface leaves your original boxes in place, which means the new doors have to live with whatever the old frames do seasonally. In the Central Valley that is a real consideration. Summer here runs near 98 to 100 degrees with very low humidity, and winter brings weeks of tule fog and damp valley mornings. Older face frames in homes around Old Town Clovis have usually finished most of their movement decades ago, which actually makes them stable candidates for refacing. What we watch for instead is finish adhesion: decades of cooking film, hand oils, and in some houses tobacco residue have to be fully removed before veneer will bond. We degrease and abrade every frame surface before anything is applied, because a reface that fails does so at the glue line.