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KraftMaid Bathroom Remodeling: The Orlando Owner’s Guide
A KraftMaid bathroom remodel in Orlando typically runs $9,000 to $28,000 installed, depending on whether you’re replacing a vanity or gutting the whole room down to studs. We carry KraftMaid-compatible hardware, hinges, drawer glides, and door fronts on our trucks, and we can match most current production models same-week. Most Orlando homeowners don’t discover they need us until a drawer front sags, a soft-close hinge snaps, or a cabinet box starts separating at the corner after years of Florida humidity working on the particleboard core.
If you’re standing in your bathroom right now looking at a drawer that won’t close, a door that hangs crooked, or a vanity that’s swelling at the base, you’re in the right place. Tell me what the problem is. We’ll figure out the rest from there.
Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To
KraftMaid builds bathroom vanities and linen cabinets across several lines, and the hardware and construction specs vary more than most homeowners expect. The Vantage and Venicia lines use different drawer glide mounts than the KraftMaid Core line, so a replacement glide that fits one will not fit the other without an adapter bracket. We regularly see Orlando homeowners order a glide online only to find the mounting holes are offset by half an inch.
The fastest way to identify your model is the manufacturing label inside the cabinet box or on the back of a drawer face. KraftMaid stamps a production code there, and that code tells us which series you have and which hardware generation it uses. If the label is gone (common in bathrooms, where moisture breaks down adhesives), we measure the drawer box depth, the glide extension length, and the hinge cup diameter to match it. For hinges, most current KraftMaid bathroom lines use a 35mm cup with either a full-overlay or half-overlay mounting plate. Older lines from before 2010 sometimes used a 26mm cup, and that is a mismatch you only discover after you’ve drilled new holes in a door you can’t return.
On the OEM versus aftermarket question for KraftMaid specifically: we recommend OEM hardware for hinges and drawer glides. The reason is not brand loyalty. It’s that KraftMaid’s current glides carry a lifetime warranty that aftermarket equivalents do not, and the soft-close mechanism on OEM hinges is tuned to the door weight of KraftMaid door fronts. Aftermarket hinges work fine for lighter doors but tend to slam or not fully close on heavier shaker fronts. Where aftermarket makes sense is cabinet pulls, knobs, and hinges for older out-of-production lines where OEM is no longer available.
Mason Remodeling Co Orlando is an independent service provider, not affiliated with KraftMaid. We work with KraftMaid products because our specification-grade material partnerships across cabinetry include KraftMaid and Wellborn, and because Orlando homeowners keep asking us to fix them.
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Signs Your KraftMaid Bathroom Remodeling Is Failing
- Drawer front sags or scrapes the cabinet box. The glide’s front mounting bracket has pulled loose from the cabinet side, usually because the particleboard screw holes have stripped from repeated weight stress. In humid Orlando bathrooms, the particleboard softens first, then the screws let go.
- Soft-close door slams shut. The damper inside the hinge cup has worn out or leaked its fluid. KraftMaid soft-close hinges are not rebuildable; the whole hinge gets swapped. When one door starts slamming, the adjacent doors are usually a few months behind.
- Cabinet base swells or feels soft near the floor. Water has wicked up from the floor or splashed repeatedly against the toe kick and been absorbed into the exposed particleboard edge. Once the swelling starts, the cabinet box loses structural connection to the floor, and the whole vanity can shift.
- Hinge screws spin without tightening. The screw holes in the door stile have stripped out. Drilling and filling with a dowel works temporarily, but on bathroom doors that get opened 20 or more times a day, the repair fails within months. Replacing the door front with a fresh stile is the permanent fix.
- Drawer glide extends but won’t retract fully. The captive ball bearings have worn flat or the nylon rollers have cracked, usually on the bottom drawer that holds the heaviest items. A glide that fights you on the return is not going to get better.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
A full KraftMaid bathroom remodel in Orlando runs $9,000 to $28,000. The spread is wide because a straightforward vanity replacement with new hardware is a very different job than a full gut with a walk-in shower, new floor tile, and relocated plumbing. Here is how that breaks down in the Orlando market:
- Vanity and top replacement only: $3,000 to $8,500
- Full bathroom remodel with walk-in shower: $9,000 to $28,000
- Small bathroom remodel: $5,000 to $12,000
- Walk-in shower installation as a standalone: $4,500 to $12,000
Every price we give in Orlando is a written line-item quote before work starts. You’ll see the part numbers, the labor, and the warranty terms on paper before we unpack a single tool. No verbal estimates that grow on the final bill. When we quote a KraftMaid cabinet replacement, the quote includes the new cabinet or component, delivery, removal of the old unit, installation, and disposal. Our workmanship warranty runs 365 days from the completion date, and if something fails inside that year, we come back and make it right at no charge.
DIY or Call Us?
Replacing a cabinet pull or a soft-close hinge is within reach for a careful homeowner with a Phillips screwdriver and patience. Replacing drawer glides is the point where DIY goes sideways. KraftMaid glides attach with screws set into particleboard, and if you over-tighten or cross-thread even one screw, you’ve enlarged the hole and the next glide will sag. Drilling in a bathroom vanity also means working in tight spaces with limited leverage, and the margin for error on half-overlay doors is about an eighth of an inch before the door rubs permanently.
The bigger risk is hidden water damage. If your cabinet base is swelling, that water came from somewhere, and the somewhere is usually a supply line, a drain seal, or shower splash that has been working on the floor and subfloor. Swapping the cabinet without finding the water source means you’ll be swapping it again in a year. Call us at (850) 920-7745. We’ll find the water, fix what it damaged, and give you a written price before we start.
FAQs
In Orlando’s humidity, a KraftMaid bathroom vanity installed correctly and kept dry at the base will last 15 to 25 years. The hardware (hinges and glides) wears out sooner, typically at 7 to 12 years, because the damp air corrodes the internal bearings and dampers even when the cabinet box itself is still sound. We see vanities from the early 2000s in College Park bungalows with original boxes and second-generation hardware. Call (850) 920-7745 if you want us to look at yours and tell you honestly whether it’s a hardware swap or a full replacement.
Yes, in most cases. Sagging drawers get new glides, slamming doors get new hinges, and a swollen toe kick can often be cut back and rebuilt with a sealed, waterproof base. The exception is structural swelling in the cabinet sides or floor panels; once the particleboard has expanded, it never returns to shape, and the cabinet will keep shifting. Call (850) 920-7745 for a free assessment, and we’ll tell you which path makes sense before you spend a dollar.
A vanity and hardware replacement is usually done in one day. A full bathroom remodel with shower, tile, and plumbing fixtures runs one to two weeks depending on the scope, and we’ll put the timeline in your written quote so there is no mystery about how long you’ll be without the bathroom.
We stock the most common KraftMaid hinge and glide part numbers on our service vehicles in Orlando, along with shaker and slab door fronts in the standard bathroom finishes. Odd sizes and out-of-production parts take three to five business days to order in through our supply chain, which also covers Cambria, Silestone, and Kohler products. Call (850) 920-7745 with your model code and we’ll tell you if we can pull it off the truck today.
If you’re tired of looking at a bathroom that works against you every morning, call us at (850) 920-7745. We’ll give you a written price, a clear timeline, and a crew you’ll recognize by name and photo before they ever knock on your door. In Orlando, that’s how the job should go.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co Orlando at Mason Remodeling Co Orlando, serving Orlando and nearby areas.
