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KraftMaid Home Additions & ADU: The Sherman Oaks Owner’s Guide

KraftMaid cabinet installations in Sherman Oaks home additions and ADUs typically run $45,000-$130,000 for the full project, with cabinet-specific components in stock and ready for measurement. We carry KraftMaid-compatible hardware, drawer systems, and door fronts for immediate replacement when a hinge cup strips or a soft-close damper fails mid-project. Most Sherman Oaks homeowners discover the problem during final walkthrough, when a drawer won’t stay on its track or a cabinet door hangs uneven after the crew has already packed up.

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Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To

KraftMaid organizes its cabinet lines by construction type and door style, and the hardware differs materially between them. The all-plywood Passport Series uses a 35mm cup hinge with a 110-degree opening angle and a specific 5/8-inch overlay, while the Vantage line carries a heavier door weight that demands the upgraded soft-close hinge with a steel rather than nylon bushing. The KraftMaid label inside the door frame lists a six-digit SKU and a two-letter plant code; the SKU’s first three digits identify the door family, and the last three specify the box construction. We cross-reference that code against KraftMaid’s current hardware matrix, which they update quarterly.

OEM KraftMaid hinges and drawer glides ship from their Middlefield, Ohio facility with a two-week lead time, which kills most project schedules. We source equivalent hardware from Blum and Salice that meets the same 100,000-cycle test standard and carries the same lifetime warranty; the difference is we have it on our Sherman Oaks truck tomorrow morning. The one compatibility gotcha: KraftMaid’s older Maple and Cherry raised-panel doors from before 2019 used a 1/2-inch overlay hinge that Blum no longer catalogs, so we keep a small stock of those specifically for Sherman Oaks homes built during that 2015-2019 renovation wave.

Signs Your KraftMaid Home Additions & ADU Is Failing

• Door hangs crooked or rubs the frame. The hinge cup has wallowed out in the particleboard stile, usually because the original installer set the screw torque too high and crushed the substrate. In Sherman Oaks, we see this most often on south-facing ADU kitchens where thermal cycling loosens the grip over two to three summers.
• Soft-close feature stops working; door slams shut. The hydraulic damper inside the hinge arm has leaked its silicone fluid, a wear item that typically fails after seven to ten years of daily use. The hinge itself is fine; replacing the whole unit is faster than sourcing the damper cartridge separately.
• Drawer tilts or binds when loaded. The undermount glide’s rear bracket has pulled away from the cabinet side, usually because the original #6 screw was too short for the 3/4-inch side panel. We upgrade to a #8 by 1-inch screw with a washer head, which we started doing after seeing the same failure pattern in three Ventura Boulevard corridor ADUs last year.
• Corner cabinet lazy susan grinds or catches. The polymer bearing ring has deformed under weight; KraftMaid’s standard susan is rated for 75 pounds, and homeowners routinely load it to 120. We replace with a steel-bearing Rev-A-Shelf unit that fits the same 36-inch blind corner without modifying the face frame.
• Finished end panel delaminates or bubbles. The thermofoil veneer separates from the MDF core, accelerated by the low-humidity Santa Ana wind events that pull moisture through poorly sealed edges. This is cosmetic but progressive; once the bubble starts, it grows every dry season.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

These are installed prices for Sherman Oaks, with our standard 365-Day Done Right Promise on the labor. The range reflects access difficulty: a base cabinet under a stone countertop costs more to service than a wall cabinet over a work surface. Under Clause 1 of the Haven Standard, you get the written price before we touch a tool. No change proceeds without a signed change order, which is how we’ve kept projects within a few percent of the agreed number across 4,000-plus jobs since 2007.

DIY or Call Us?

There’s no high-tension danger in cabinet hardware, but there is a precision problem. A homeowner with a decent drill and a cabinet hardware jig can swap a hinge in twenty minutes; we’ve seen it done well. Where DIY goes wrong is in the diagnosis: a crooked door is usually three hinges that need shimming, not one hinge that needs replacing, and without a self-centering bit the new screw holes wander and strip the stile. The drawer glide replacement looks simple until you realize the new glide sits 1/32 inch differently and the drawer front gap goes uneven.

We charge nothing to look, measure, and write the price. If you want to handle the swap yourself after that, you have our part number and our blessing. Call (213) 221-0788 and we’ll schedule a walkthrough, usually within 48 hours.

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