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KraftMaid Construction in Lompico, CA | San Bruno Construction
We provide independent Lompico General Contractor services for KraftMaid cabinet installation, refacing, and full kitchen remodeling across Lompico and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains. The short version: we measure before we order and plan the haul-in as part of the job, because a loaded cabinet truck often can’t make it up a Lompico driveway. As an independent provider, we are not authorized, sponsored, or endorsed by KraftMaid. Call (866) 472-1908 for a free estimate on your Lompico kitchen.
Why Lompico Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
KraftMaid cabinetry is built differently than most stock lines. The Vantage series uses an all-plywood box with full-overlay doors, which matters when a Lompico cabin swings from wet winter humidity to dry fire-season air. We know how those boxes hold up here because we’ve installed and reworked them in mountain homes for years. Noel Carvalho, our owner, trained in construction technology at Skyline College and has spent more than two decades running residential projects across San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties. He understands what slope settlement does to a cabinet line, and he’ll tell you straight when a repair makes sense and when it doesn’t. As a full-scope general contractor, we coordinate every trade on a Lompico kitchen job, from cabinet install to countertop templating to plumbing rough-in, so you’re not juggling three vendors on a road that barely fits one truck. We’re not the manufacturer’s service arm. We’re the crew that actually installs and reworks KraftMaid sales & service in real mountain conditions.
Styles & brands we work with
Common KraftMaid Construction Problems We Solve in Lompico
- Door and drawer face swelling with finish cracking. Painted and foil-wrapped KraftMaid fronts, especially on Brookhill and Timberlake door styles, absorb moisture during Lompico’s atmospheric-river winters, then dry out hard during summer fire season. The result is delamination and hairline cracks at the door edges. We replace the affected fronts with genuine KraftMaid doors where the line is current, or reface the whole run if the finish has failed across multiple doors.
- Boxes and toe kicks racking out of square. Older Lompico cabins on sloped lots settle over decades. The slab or subfloor moves, and the KraftMaid cabinet boxes twist with it. Drawers bind, doors drift, and the cabinet itself is still structurally sound. We re-level and refasten the framing, reset the boxes plumb, and re-hang doors so the drawers run clean.
- Water damage and mold at the sink base and dishwasher bay. Redwood-era homes in Lompico often have plumbing that lets go during heavy winter rain. By the time you see the stain, the KraftMaid box floor has usually swelled. We remove the damaged box, check the framing behind it, and install a new section with proper sealing at the cutouts.
- Hinge and slide wear with stripped particleboard screw holes. Older KraftMaid installs in owner-built Lompico additions were often hung on out-of-plumb walls. Years of opening and closing against misaligned doors wears out hinges and pulls screws loose. We repair or swap the hardware and use quality aftermarket slides where OEM parts no longer justify the cost.
- Cabinets that were never measured for the actual room. Some Lompico kitchens were built piecemeal over decades, with additions that don’t line up. We template every wall before ordering, so a KraftMaid run goes in square the first time, not after three return trips up a narrow road.
KraftMaid Service in Lompico: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Lompico is a rural, unincorporated mountain community above the San Lorenzo Valley, and construction here is shaped by steep, heavily wooded lots, narrow private roads, and a history of wildfire and winter storm damage. For KraftMaid owners, that means two things that flatland Santa Cruz County contractors never deal with. First, access: many Lompico driveways and private roads are too narrow or too soft for a loaded cabinet truck. A standard delivery will not reach the site. Because many Lompico driveways can’t take a full 26-foot box truck, KraftMaid in Mount Hermon and other nearby areas often sees deliveries staged at the bottom of the hill and shuttled up in smaller loads. We measure and template before ordering, and we plan the haul-in as part of the job, not an afterthought. Second, the cabins themselves: much of Lompico’s housing is older redwood-era homes and owner-built cabins on sloped lots, often with additions, decks, and outbuildings added over decades. That means remodels and repairs frequently involve correcting non-permitted or aging framing before a new KraftMaid cabinet run can go in plumb. A flatland carpenter installing on a level slab never confronts this. In Lompico, it’s the baseline. Good construction doesn’t announce itself, it just works, year after year.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Lompico
We install and rework KraftMaid Vantage series, Waypoint 650 and 410 series, Brookhill and Timberlake painted and stained door styles, and the Provenance and Sonata all-plywood lines. For parts, we take a repair-versus-replace stance that respects the mountain budget. We use genuine KraftMaid replacement doors, drawer fronts, hinges, and touch-up finish where the line is still supported. Where OEM parts no longer justify the cost, such as older Waypoint slides, we source quality aftermarket hardware that fits the existing box. If a box is solid and square, we reface or re-hang it. If the box floor is swelled or the cabinet is racked beyond shimming, we tell you straight that replacement is the honest call. We don’t stock a full KraftMaid warehouse in Lompico. What we do is order precisely what the job needs after templating, so we aren’t hauling extras up and down a mountain road that fights every trip.
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What a KraftMaid job costs in Lompico depends on three things: the cabinet line, the condition of the framing behind the cabinets, and how many trips up the hill the job demands. Here are the ranges we quote from for Lompico kitchens.
| Service | Typical Lompico Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
A free estimate from us includes a site visit, wall and floor measurements, and an honest read on whether your existing boxes can be saved. We price the haul-in as a line item, so you see exactly what the mountain access adds. Call (866) 472-1908 to schedule yours.
Serving Lompico, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lompico area and know this community well, and we also handle KraftMaid in Brookdale. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – KraftMaid Construction in Lompico
Often it can’t. Many Lompico driveways and private roads are too narrow or too soft for a loaded 26-foot cabinet truck, so we stage the delivery at the bottom and shuttle boxes up in smaller loads. We’ll tell you what your access will require during the estimate. Call (866) 472-1908 and we’ll come look at the driveway before you order anything.
If the door faces are delaminating from Lompico’s wet-winter, dry-summer swings, we replace the affected fronts with genuine KraftMaid doors where the line is still current. If the finish has failed across the whole run, refacing is usually the better spend. If the box itself is swelled, replacement is the honest call. We’ll show you the condition inside the box and let you decide.
Yes, and it’s the most common issue we see in Lompico. Older cabins settle, slabs move, and the cabinet boxes rack out of square. Drawers bind and doors drift. We re-level the framing, refasten the boxes, and reset everything plumb. On a steep owner-built cabin off a narrow private road in Lompico, we once staged a Vantage delivery at the bottom of the driveway, shuttled boxes up by pickup, and found the existing cabinets racked from years of slope settlement, similar to what we handle with KraftMaid repair in Felton. We re-leveled, reset the new boxes plumb, and re-hung the doors so drawers ran clean, no callbacks after the first wet winter.
We work with the Vantage series, Waypoint 650 and 410, Brookhill and Timberlake door styles, and the Provenance and Sonata all-plywood lines. We’ll match your existing line for refacing, or help you choose a new one if you’re doing a full remodel. Since we have access to 50+ brands across every category, you’re choosing from real options, not whatever a single-vendor contractor prefers to install.
Yes, and in Lompico it’s often the right call. If your boxes are square and the floors haven’t swelled, refacing with new KraftMaid doors and drawer fronts costs considerably less than a full remodel and avoids tearing out framing that’s already settled into the slope. We’ll assess the boxes and tell you straight which route makes sense. Call (866) 472-1908 for a free estimate.
Service Areas Near Lompico
We serve Lompico and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains communities. If you’re up the hill toward Ben Lomond, see KraftMaid service in Ben Lomond. If you’re over toward Bonny Doon, see KraftMaid service in Bonny Doon. We also cover the San Lorenzo Valley and the broader Lompico service area.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in Lompico Today
If you’re planning a KraftMaid kitchen in Lompico, start with a free estimate. We’ll measure, check your access, assess your existing framing, and give you a written line-item quote. Call (866) 472-1908 to schedule the site visit.
Written by Noel Carvalho, Owner at San Bruno Construction, serving Lompico and the Santa Cruz Mountains.