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KraftMaid Bathroom Remodeling: The Miami Owner’s Guide
KraftMaid bathroom remodeling in Miami typically runs $10,620 – $33,040 installed, and the work usually takes two to four weeks depending on scope. We stock KraftMaid cabinet doors, drawer fronts, hinges, and hardware replacement components, and we can match most KraftMaid finishes from the past 15 years. Most owners find out something failed after years of silent wear: a hinge that finally let go, a drawer face that split at the screw holes, or a vanity cabinet that swelled and delaminated after too many humid Miami summers. The good news is that a failed KraftMaid part does not usually mean a full gut job. It means someone needs to confirm what you have, match it, and install it without destroying the surrounding tile and countertop in the process.
We’re an independent contractor, not a KraftMaid dealer. That means we can be honest about which parts are worth replacing with OEM versus which cases call for a quality aftermarket equivalent, and we won’t try to upsell you an entire cabinet run when two doors and a drawer front would fix the problem.
Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To
This page covers bathroom vanity cabinets, linen cabinets, and wall cabinets built by KraftMaid between roughly 2004 and today. That includes the popular KraftMaid Vantage (builder-grade, found in a lot of new Miami condos), KraftMaid Passport (predecessor to Vantage), and the higher-end KraftMaid Momentum line, which uses full-extension soft-close drawer glides and a different hinge cup pattern than the builder lines. The compatibility gotcha that trips up a lot of Miami condo owners: Vantage and Passport cabinet doors are not interchangeable with Momentum doors, even when the door dimensions match. The hinge spacing and the backside boring pattern differ by 3mm. If you feel like you know the size but the door still does not sit right, that’s usually why.
To identify what you have, check the inside of the cabinet box for a small white or silver label that includes the construction date, the door style code, and the finish code. On KraftMaid, the finish is usually a two-part code like “SH” (Shaker) plus a color code like “CD” (Cognac). If the label is gone – very common in humid bathrooms where paper labels eventually peel – bring us a drawer front or a small door. We can often match the finish from physical samples we have in the shop or from photos with a known reference color. If the finish is discontinued, we can order doors unfinished from a mill and custom-match the stain or paint tint close enough that you won’t see the difference on a vanity across the room, but we will tell you outright if an exact match is not possible before you spend a dime.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your KraftMaid Bathroom Remodeling Is Failing
- Drawer faces wobble or pull loose at the screw holes. KraftMaid’s older Passport and Vantage lines used particleboard drawer fronts with shallow #6 screws. After years of humidity cycling in a Miami bathroom, the screw holes strip and the face starts to sag. You can tighten them once; the second time, the substrate is usually shot and needs a new drawer front.
- Cabinet doors won’t stay aligned no matter how many times you adjust the hinge. On boxes made before ~2010, the hinge plates were mounted with short screws into 5/8″ side panels. Once the hinge screw holes wallow out, the whole door drifts down and the reveal line at the top goes crooked. Filling and redrilling is temporary; the permanent fix is replacing the side panel or installing a 6mm hinge plate retro kit.
- The bottom of the vanity cabinet swells and the finish blisters along the toe kick. This is the classic Miami bathroom failure: water from drip-offs, splash-out, and general floor moisture wicks up through the toe kick. KraftMaid bathroom vanities are not sealed against standing water at the base, and once the particleboard core swells, the side panels begin to delaminate. Cosmetic repairs look fine for a season and then fail again.
- Soft-close slides stop closing softly, then stop closing at all. KraftMaid’s Momentum line uses Blum-style undermount slides with plastic dampening cartridges. Hair, soap scum, and bathroom dust load the cartridge over 5 to 8 years, and the nylon catches wear flat. If one slide fails, the drawer usually still works but feels like it’s grinding. If both fail, the drawer racks and jams. Replacement slides are a same-week fix for us; we stock both the KraftMaid and the equivalent non-branded slide in the common lengths.
- Finished end panels and applied moldings pull away at the seams. Heat/humidity cycles in Miami bathrooms cause the glue joints on applied door moldings and end panels to open, especially in rooms without a functioning exhaust fan. The materials expand and contract at different rates, and the adhesive KraftMaid used at the factory was not designed for a bathroom that sees 85% humidity in July.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Full KraftMaid bathroom remodeling in Miami runs $10,620 – $33,040. That’s the installed range for a complete vanity replacement, new cabinet boxes plus doors, hardware, sink/counter prep, and trim. A small bathroom remodel with one vanity, new cabinet doors, and hardware runs $5,900 – $14,160. A vanity-only installation runs $945 – $3,540. A walk-in shower rebuild, which often accompanies a KraftMaid vanity replacement, runs $5,310 – $14,160. These are real Miami numbers, not national averages: they include demo of the old cabinet, haul-away, solid surface prep, shelf and drawer adjustments, and the finish work.
What drives the range upward: whether the existing cabinet box is salvageable, whether plumbing rough-in locations need to move, whether the old vanity was a custom size that requires modifying the new KraftMaid cabinet, and whether we’re dealing with a third-floor condo where every sheet of plywood goes up the elevator on a dolly. Every job starts with a written line-item price before we do any work. If something changes after we open the wall, we tell you and get a written change order. No verbal surprises. The work itself carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not right within a year, we come back and fix it at no cost. And every project is covered by a written guarantee with the terms stated plainly before we start.
DIY or Call Us?
What you can safely check yourself: whether the hinges are tight, whether the drawer slide screws are seating, and whether the cabinet base is absorbing water. If a hinge is loose, snug it up. If the screws just spin, stop – the substrate is gone and you’re not going to fix that with a bigger screw. What goes wrong quickly: attempting to swap KraftMaid doors without the correct 35mm hinge bore spacing, trying to re-face a swollen particleboard box, and caulking over a water problem that’s going to keep eating the cabinet. That last one is the Florida special, and we see it every month: someone smears silicone over a delaminating toe kick, the water keeps wicking, and six months later the entire vanity has to come out anyway.
There’s no high-tension or electrical danger on a vanity cabinet, so this is one of the safer home repairs to watch someone do if you want to learn. But matching a discontinued KraftMaid finish and getting the reveal lines straight takes a practiced eye and the right fasteners. If you’re not sure whether your problem is hinge wear or a failed box, call (850) 780-8123 and describe what you’re seeing. We’ll tell you honestly whether it’s a $30 hinge swap or a full vanity replacement, and we won’t sell you the bigger job if the smaller one solves your problem.
FAQs
In a Miami bathroom, KraftMaid cabinet boxes and doors typically last 12 to 18 years before humidity and water exposure cause measurable failure. That’s shorter than the 20-25 year lifespan you’d see in a dry-climate kitchen, because Miami’s average indoor humidity runs 60-75% for months at a time and bathroom-specific moisture cycles push that to 90% daily. If the job is cabinet installation or a full remodel, call (850) 780-8123 and we’ll give you an honest age and condition assessment before you decide anything.
Yes, if the damage is limited to hinge plates, drawer slides, door alignment, or a stripped screw hole that has not split the surrounding material. We repair KraftMaid cabinet hardware and salvage the existing boxes regularly. If the particleboard core has swelled, the finish is delaminating, or the box itself is racked out of square, repair is a losing bet and replacement is the honest recommendation. We’ll show you exactly what we’re seeing before you spend on either.
A single-vanity KraftMaid replacement takes one to two days in Miami, assuming the rough plumbing stays in place and the new cabinet is a standard width. A full bathroom remodel with KraftMaid cabinetry, a new shower, and flooring runs two to four weeks. The variable is never the cabinet work itself; it’s what we find behind the old vanity and under the floor once demo starts.
We stock KraftMaid-compatible hinges, drawer slides, pulls, and standard door and drawer front sizes on the service truck, along with matching materials for Cambria, Silestone, and Kohler fixtures that usually accompany a KraftMaid bathroom job. Discontinued KraftMaid finishes and custom door sizes are special-order, and we’ll give you a written lead time and price before any order goes in. Call (850) 780-8123 and we’ll check what we have on the truck for your exact project.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co Miami at Mason Remodeling Co Miami, serving Miami and nearby areas.
