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We provide independent KraftMaid cabinet installation, refacing, and Kraftmaid repair in Austin and across San Antonio, and the thing that separates our work here is geology. A KraftMaid job on the north side often starts with cutting limestone before a single cabinet is hung, while a southside job may begin with slab leveling on expansive clay. If you own KraftMaid cabinetry in San Antonio, call (470) 298-9650 for a written, flat-price estimate before any work begins.
Rowan Construction Group has dismantled, rebuilt, and retrofitted KraftMaid cabinetry across hundreds of San Antonio kitchens and baths, from 1990s slab-era production homes around Stone Oak to limestone-block westside remodels. That gives us install-level knowledge of every hinge plate, drawer glide, and corner block in the Vantage, Durham, and Alcott lines, without claiming any factory relationship. We’re an independent KraftMaid service provider, not manufacturer-affiliated or authorized. For deeper background on the brand, see our KraftMaid sales & service page. We serve the full San Antonio service area with crews who know this city’s split geology and what it does to cabinetry over time.
Why San Antonio Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
KraftMaid cabinets are built well, but San Antonio tests them. Our climate cycles between drought and flash flood, and that movement travels through the slab, into the cabinet run, and out through the doors and drawers. Most cabinet installers hang boxes level and call it done. We check what’s underneath first.
Grant Rowan, owner of Rowan Construction Group, trained in construction technology at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, where coursework covered framing, concrete, and project estimating before he ever ran a paying job. He has spent nearly two decades on residential and light commercial projects, and the work he’s most often called back for is structural remodels where load paths get recalculated and the finished product looks like it was always supposed to be there. That background matters when your KraftMaid island needs a new drain stubbed through Edwards limestone, or your cabinet run needs shimming after the post-tension slab settled a quarter inch. Measure twice, say it once, show your work.
We stock OEM-spec KraftMaid hinge plates, drawer glides, and mounting rails when they’re still current from KraftMaid’s parts desk. For discontinued Vantage and 2000s Durham hardware, we use Blum or Salice aftermarket equivalents with identical cup drilling and screw patterns. Every crew member is background-checked and uniformed, a live person answers calls 24/7, and every visit includes a documented photo record as a standard deliverable, not an add-on.
Common KraftMaid Construction Problems We Solve in San Antonio
- Drawer glides pulling out of particleboard boxes. On 1990s Vantage cabinets, bottom-hung drawer glide screws pull out of 3/4-inch particleboard drawer boxes after repeated San Antonio drought cycles shrink the subfloor and rack the cabinet run. We re-anchor with insert hardware and reset the glide alignment so drawers close without dragging.
- Thermofoil delamination above ranges and dishwashers. Vantage and Durham door skins delaminate when high summer attic heat and low humidity bake the adhesive behind the laminate. We replace the door front rather than attempting adhesive repair; the substrate is rarely worth saving in this climate.
- Concealed hinge plates out of adjustment on Alcott doors. When the slab under a northside kitchen shifts a quarter inch, Alcott doors start rubbing frame stiles. We reset hinge geometry and shim the cabinet run to compensate for the movement instead of forcing the doors back into alignment.
- Wall cabinet pull-away from drywall. Older Vantage wall cabinets in Helotes and northwest IH-10 production builds were often hung with only two stud anchors on 24-inch centers. Expansive clay movement slowly works them loose. We add proper rail anchors into the studs and re-set the boxes flush.
- KraftMaid island plumbing stubbed through limestone. On the north side, original builders sometimes chipped a narrow channel through Edwards limestone instead of cutting a proper chase. When we rework the island or move a sink line, we saw-cut a real trench and epoxy new anchors before reinstalling cabinets, so the island sits dead level and drawers run without rubbing.
BeforeAfterKraftMaid Service in San Antonio: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
San Antonio is the only major Texas city where a KraftMaid kitchen remodel in one neighborhood may need post-tension slab leveling and trenching through solid Edwards limestone in the same week. Over a third of our KraftMaid cabinet retrofits on the north side require rock-cutting for island plumbing or electrical before a single cabinet is hung. That is not a line item on any national KraftMaid page, but it is the reality of building here.
South and east of downtown, the story inverts. The Vertisol clay under Terrell Hills, Alamo Heights, and the near southside shrinks and swells enough to shift post-tension slabs, and a cabinet run that was level in May can be off by a visible margin after a dry August. We address that movement before hanging new cabinetry, because leveling the slab first means the doors close properly for years instead of months. This split geology, limestone to the north, aggressive clay to the south and east, shapes what a KraftMaid installation actually costs and how long it takes in San Antonio. It is the reason our written estimates include a site condition review before we quote a number.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in San Antonio
We work on the full KraftMaid cabinet range, including the Vantage, Durham, and Alcott full-height cabinet lines and the Kinsley vanity line. For kitchens built in the 1990s and 2000s, Vantage and Durham remain the most common installs across San Antonio, from Stone Oak production homes to westside limestone blocks. Alcott shows up heavily in 2010s remodels, including the northwest IH-10 corridor and Helotes.
Our parts approach is straightforward: we match OEM-spec KraftMaid hinge plates, drawer glides, and mounting rails when they’re still current from KraftMaid’s parts desk. When a line is discontinued, we default to Blum or Salice aftermarket equivalents with identical cup drilling and screw patterns, which means no redrilled doors and no visible hardware swaps. For delaminated thermofoil doors and drawer fronts, we replace the front rather than attempting adhesive repair; the substrate is rarely worth saving in San Antonio’s heat and drought cycles. We keep the most common Vantage and Durham hardware on hand for faster turnaround across the city.
KraftMaid Service Pricing in San Antonio
Every project is quoted as a flat, written price before any work starts, under Clause 1 of the Haven Standard. Here are the ranges we quote most often for KraftMaid kitchen work in San Antonio:
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000-$45,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000-$13,000 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000-$10,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000-$6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800-$2,500 |
What moves the number is what we find before the cabinets go in: slab movement on clay-side addresses, limestone cutting for northside island plumbing, and our Driveway & Pavers in San Antonio experience helps us assess site conditions that change rail anchoring requirements. Your free estimate includes a site visit, a line-item written quote, and a documented photo record of what we found. Call (470) 298-9650 to schedule yours, or bring a competitor’s written estimate and we’ll review it line by line at no charge.
Serving San Antonio, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Antonio area and know this community well, and we also offer Fence Installation in San Antonio. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - KraftMaid Construction in San Antonio
Doors that pop open on their own usually mean the cabinet run has shifted out of level, and on the expansive clay under Terrell Hills, the slab is usually the culprit. When the slab moves, the hinge geometry on Alcott concealed hinges drifts just enough that the spring tension no longer holds. We reset the cabinet run, not just the hinges. Call (470) 298-9650 and we’ll check the slab elevation as part of the estimate.
Replace the doors and drawer fronts. Thermofoil delamination above a range in San Antonio’s summer heat means the adhesive has failed and the MDF substrate is usually compromised; adhesive repair does not last. Replacing just the affected fronts costs less than a full reface and leaves the cabinet boxes intact. We can quote both paths so you can compare.
We install a continuous mounting rail into every stud we can hit, then anchor the cabinets to the rail, not just the drywall. On 24-inch centers that means more anchors and a stiffer rail; on older Vantage boxes where the original installer used two stud anchors, we add intermediate fasteners into blocking before re-hanging. The cabinets end up tighter to the wall than they were on day one.
Usually not. The drawer box is particleboard, and it does not warp; what happens is the glide screws pull loose from the box bottom as the cabinet run racks with the shrinking subfloor. We re-anchor the glides with insert hardware and reset the alignment, and the drawer runs true again. This is one of the most common fixes we do on 1990s Vantage cabinets in San Antonio, and it does not require replacing the drawer.
Yes, in most cases. Alcott is a current KraftMaid line, so we can order the door through KraftMaid’s parts desk with the original finish code, or match it with a refinished replacement if the finish has been discontinued. The key is getting the hinge cup drilling and edge profile to match, which we verify before ordering. Call (470) 298-9650 and we’ll confirm the match and quote the replacement.
Service Areas Near San Antonio
We serve the full San Antonio metro, including Stone Oak, Helotes, Terrell Hills, Alamo Heights, and the northwest IH-10 corridor. For KraftMaid work outside the immediate area, see our pages on KraftMaid service in San Diego and KraftMaid service in Dallas, or reach our San Antonio office at (470) 298-9650.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in San Antonio Today
Our field crew pulled a 1994 Vantage island in a Stone Oak kitchen where the homeowner wanted a larger Alcott island with a prep sink and pop-up outlet. After exposing the slab, we found the existing island drain had been stubbed through a limestone ledge only 18 inches below the surface, the original builder had chipped a narrow channel instead of cutting a proper chase. We saw-cut a 10-inch-wide trench to move the drain six inches, epoxied new anchors into the rock, and set a steel plate under the new island base before installing the Alcott cabinets. The island sits dead level and the drawers run without rubbing. That is the standard we bring to every KraftMaid job in San Antonio. Call (470) 298-9650 to schedule your free estimate, and we’ll put the price in writing before anyone picks up a tool.
Written by Grant Rowan, Owner at Rowan Construction Group, serving San Antonio since 2007.