Kitchen Cabinet Repair: When to Call a Professional

By Leslie A.M.
RefacingCabinet.com Columnist

Do your cabinets need more than a minor screwdriver twist to tighten the handle? Perhaps your kitchen cabinet repair requires a familiarity of all the materials used and an understanding of building principles. Here are three examples of when it would be a great time to get to know a new contractor.

1. Replacement Kitchen Cabinet Doors

Perhaps you are giving your kitchen a facelift by installing replacement kitchen cabinet doors. You measured them twice, you ordered them once and now that they are in the kitchen they require different hinges than what you had before. New holes need to be drilled and you are getting frustrated keeping the doors coordinated with their respective cabinet boxes. This is when kitchen cabinet repair has gone beyond your abilities.

2. Remodeling Kitchen Cabinets

Sure you have a great idea about your dream kitchen, but have you checked the clearance of your double wide cabinet door? Can it only stay open if you move the barstool situated at the island? These are the kinds of details that a professional in the cabinet business will not overlook.

3. Resurfacing Kitchen Cabinets

If you are the kind of do-it-yourselfer that takes twice as long as the guy at the home center told you it would take, then do your family a favor. Before you sand the cabinets without closing off the kitchen from the rest of the house, call cabinet refacers who know how to prep the job and get it done for a fraction of what your mistakes would cost you in time and money.

No need to feel kitchen-challenged. Do the smart thing and call a cabinet installer to help you.

 

About The Author

Leslie A.M. Smith lives in a 1929 house in Long Beach, California. When she isn't fixing things and redecorating, she is a freelance writer and public relations consultant.