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KraftMaid Kitchen Remodeling: The San Jose Owner’s Guide
KraftMaid kitchen remodeling in San Jose typically runs $16,520 to $53,100 installed, depending on cabinet count, layout changes, and finish level. We stock KraftMaid-compatible hardware, hinges, drawer slides, and replacement door and drawer fronts, and we can usually have a failed part matched and installed within a week of your call. Most San Jose homeowners discover a KraftMaid part has failed when a drawer starts binding, a hinge shears, or an adjustable shelf clip cracks and drops one corner of the shelf. What begins as a small annoyance turns into a daily reminder every time you reach for a pan.
Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To
We work across the KraftMaid catalog, including the standard overlay, full overlay, and inset door styles that make up most kitchens built in San Jose over the last twenty years. The compatibility gotcha with KraftMaid is the door hinge spec: KraftMaid uses both 1/2-inch and 1-1/4-inch overlay hinges depending on whether the cabinet is standard or full overlay, and the face-frame drilling pattern differs too. Order the wrong hinge and the door sits proud or gapped, and no amount of adjustment fixes it. The fastest way to identify your part is to check the inside of a drawer box or the back of a door: KraftMaid stamps a manufacturing date and cabinet series code there, and that code tells us exactly which hinge, slide, or clip to pull. For replacement hardware, we install OEM KraftMaid parts when they’re available, and when an old series is discontinued, we spec a quality aftermarket unit that matches the hole pattern so the door or drawer doesn’t need redrilling.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your KraftMaid Kitchen Remodeling Is Failing
- Drawer slides that stick or drop on one side. The nylon rollers in KraftMaid’s standard epoxy-coated slides wear flat after years of daily use, especially in San Jose’s dry climate where the plastic gets brittle. A drawer that cocks to one side is the slide failing, not the drawer box.
- Hinges that snap at the pivot or let a door sag. KraftMaid hinges are made from stamped steel, and when the self-closing spring loses tension, the door hangs open a half-inch. Left alone, the hinge pin shears and the door drops.
- Adjustable shelf clips that crack and release. The plastic clips hold twenty pounds of plates and glassware, and after years of thermal cycling in a California kitchen, they split. One cracked clip usually means the rest are close behind.
- Laminate or thermofoil delaminating on door edges. San Jose’s dry air pulls moisture out of the substrate, and older KraftMaid thermofoil doors begin to peel at the bottom edge where heat from the dishwasher vents. Once it starts, it spreads.
- Soft-close mechanisms that slam or hang open. The dampener inside KraftMaid’s soft-close hinges and slides is a small hydraulic cylinder, and when the seal fails, the mechanism becomes a standard hinge again. We see this most often on the base cabinets next to the oven, where heat accelerates wear.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
A full KraftMaid kitchen remodel in San Jose runs $16,520 to $53,100. That includes cabinet refacing or replacement, countertop installation if needed, hardware, and labor. A smaller cabinet-focused project, where we swap doors, drawer fronts, hinges, and slides across a 10×10 kitchen, lands around $10,620 to $23,600. For individual parts, replacement hinges run $12 to $35 each installed, drawer slides $18 to $50 per pair installed, and shelf clips $3 to $8 each installed, with labor built into every number. The range depends on whether we’re matching an existing KraftMaid series or retrofitting a discontinued one, and whether the cabinet boxes themselves are sound. Every quote from Bradford Remodeling Co San Jose includes the parts, the labor, the trip charge, and the written price before any work starts. If the part we install fails within a year, the 365-Day Done Right Promise means we return and correct it at no charge, in writing.
| Service | Installed Price Range (San Jose) |
|---|---|
| KraftMaid Kitchen Remodel (full) | $16,520 – $53,100 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $10,620 – $23,600 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,720 – $15,340 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,360 – $7,670 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,540 – $11,800 |
| Individual Hinge Replacement | $12 – $35 each installed |
| Drawer Slide Replacement | $18 – $50 per pair installed |
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely check a few things before calling. Remove a failing drawer and look at the slide: if the ball bearings are falling out or the nylon wheel is flat, it’s done. Check the hinge stamp on the back of the door to confirm your KraftMaid series before you buy anything. What you shouldn’t do is redrill a face frame, force a wrong-spec hinge into a different overlay, or try to heat and re-adhere a peeling thermofoil door. None of these parts are dangerous in the way a garage door spring is, but the wrong part or a botched install leaves you with a cabinet that looks worse than it did before. If you want a straight answer on what you have and what it’ll cost to make it right, call (669) 272-2637 and ask for a price on the phone.
FAQs
KraftMaid cabinets typically last 20 to 30 years in San Jose, but the hardware like hinges, slides, and shelf clips usually needs replacement at the 10 to 15 year mark. The cabinet boxes hold up; the moving parts go first. If your doors are solid but the hardware is failing, a hardware swap is far cheaper than a full remodel. Call (669) 272-2637 and we’ll tell you what you’re looking at.
A KraftMaid hinge or drawer slide that’s worn, snapped, or lost its spring tension should be replaced, not repaired. These are stamped steel and injection-molded parts that aren’t designed to be rebuilt, and a repair usually fails within weeks. Replacement is the honest fix, and it’s typically under $50 per part installed.
Most single-part replacements like a hinge, drawer slide, or shelf clip take under an hour once we have the part matched. If we’re replacing every door and drawer front across a full kitchen, that’s a three-to-five-day job. We confirm the timeline in writing before the crew shows up. Call (669) 272-2637 for an exact schedule.
Our trucks carry the most common KraftMaid hinges, slides, shelf clips, and bumpers for standard and full overlay series, so a basic hardware swap often happens on the first visit. Discontinued series or less common finishes may need a special order, and we’ll give you the lead time and the price before we place it. We also work with Cambria, Silestone, and Kohler for countertop and fixture replacements in the same remodel.
Curtis Lane puts it like this: “Straight number, written scope, done when we said done.” That’s how we run a KraftMaid remodel in San Jose, whether it’s one broken hinge or a full kitchen gut.
Call (669) 272-2637 for a free estimate on your KraftMaid kitchen remodel. A live person answers, day or night, and you’ll get a written price before any work starts.
Written by Curtis Lane, Owner, Bradford Remodeling Co at Bradford Remodeling Co San Jose, serving San Jose and nearby areas.
