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Dampers built into the hardware
We fit hinges and slides with the soft-close mechanism inside them, rather than clipping on add-ons that fail.
Cabinet refacing
Cabinet hardware and soft-close upgrades in Louisville change how the kitchen feels without changing how it looks.
Cabinet hardware and soft-close upgrades in Louisville cover replacing hinges, drawer slides and handles, then realigning every door once the new hardware is in. Nothing gets refinished and nothing is removed from the room.
The slides are the bigger job of the two. Older kitchens often have side-mount runners that only pull three quarters of the way out, and swapping those for full-extension soft-close changes how usable every base cabinet is.
We fit hinges and slides with the soft-close mechanism inside them, rather than clipping on add-ons that fail.
Doors are realigned once the new hinges are in, because new hardware on an old frame still needs adjusting.
Drawer slides are chosen for what the drawer carries, since a pan drawer on light runners fails inside a year.
Each stage is signed off before the next one starts.
We measure the room itself rather than working from the plan, because walls are rarely square and the plan is rarely what got built. Every opening gets checked.
You get a layout and a written estimate broken down by stage, so you can see what the doors cost against the boxes against the install. Free, nothing to sign.
Cabinetry is built to the measurements we took, in the wood, door style and finish you picked. Lead time depends on the scope and we tell you before you commit.
Scribed to the walls, levelled, and fixed properly. Hardware adjusted so every door and drawer sits straight before we leave.
New hinges change how a kitchen feels more than a new color does.
Kitchens that look fine and behave badly. If the doors bang, the drawers stick halfway, and a couple of fronts sit visibly lower than their neighbors, the hardware has worn out while the cabinetry has not.
It also makes sense as a first step. If you are undecided about refacing, new hardware buys years and the cost is small enough that it does not compromise the bigger decision later.
We check what is already fitted, since hinge type dictates what can replace it. Concealed European hinges swap over easily, and older face-frame hinges sometimes need the frame drilling for a cup.
Drawers come out and get measured for slide length and load. Then everything goes back in and every door is adjusted, which is the part that makes the run look right rather than merely work.
This is the lowest-cost work on the site. You are paying for parts and labor rather than for anything made, so it sits well below refinishing, which nationally runs $2,000 to $4,500.
Count is what drives it. Twenty doors and eight drawers is a bigger day than eight doors and three drawers, and handles range from a few dollars each to considerably more.
Drawer slides are the part worth spending on. Full-extension soft-close runners rated for a loaded pan drawer cost several times what a basic side-mount does, and they are the difference between a drawer you use and one you avoid.
If the fronts are damaged or dated, new hardware will not fix that. Cabinet door replacement changes the fronts and keeps the boxes.
Where the box sides look tired as well, cabinet refacing in Louisville covers both. If the wood is sound and only the finish has aged, cabinet refinishing in Louisville is the cheaper route, and we work across the metro including cabinets in Lyndon.
Get a free written estimate and we will look at your Louisville cabinet hardware before quoting.
Most can. Concealed European hinges swap straight over, and older face-frame hinges sometimes need the frame drilling for a cup.
They are cheap and they are the ones that stop working. Hinges and slides with the damper built in cost more and last, which is what we fit.
Yes, if they are moved to full-extension runners. Older side-mount slides stop at about three quarters, so the back few inches never leave the cabinet.
Not at all, unless you also change the handles. Everything happens behind the doors, which is why it is the cheapest way to make a kitchen feel new.
We stay inside about 20 miles of Louisville, close enough to measure, template and install without the schedule slipping. These are the areas we cover most often.
Tell us the room and what you want out of it. You get a written estimate broken down by stage, free, with nothing to sign.