Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Cabinet Refacing

:confused: I have looked into cabinet refacing and it looks easy enough is it really?

Looks can be deceiving.

Though I have never refaced cabinets, my parents have.

They hired the job out to a cabinet company and it took them 3-4 days to complete.

Alot of sanding, cleaning, glueing, etc. It can be costly as well. I think they (parents) paid well over $15k just for refacing.

I was thinking of doing the work myself I am fairly handy. Looking for materials such as doors, drawer parts and other supplies needed for this type of project.:wall:

You might try a custom cabinet shop unless you intend to make the doors and drawers yourself - then just go to a lumber yard.

Compare cost to that of a new kitchen. As pointed out, refacing is expensive.

DIY refacing is fairly simple and relatively inexpensive. You shoulsn't have to replace drawers, just the drawer face.
Doors can be simple or complex depending on style. Face frames may be the easiest part of the job.

Much will depend on what tools you have. You'll need a table saw as a minimum.

The cost of new drawer faces and cabinet faces are NOT cheap.

Mark - a new drawer face, lets say maple, would probably cost about $4. The last time I bought 4/4 sugar maple I paid around $5 bf.

SGregory - get some inexpensive pieces of pine at your local big box. Make a face frame, cabinet face and a door. This will give you an idea of the steps involved and the tools and techniques needed. For instance a drawer front would be cut to size on the tanle saw, edge routed and sanded smooth. The whole operation takes about a half hour. Raised panel doors are a little trickier, but the panels can be cut on a table saw.

Other good tools to have are an orbital sander, a router table and a pocket screw jig. Pocket screws are great for assembling the face frames.

Thanks for all of the advise but I apparently haven’t made myself clear. I’m looking for a place to purchase doors and drawer fronts that are pre-made to fit my existing cabinets along with the refacing materials for the cabinets.:wall:

Ah!

You can special order these items from Lowes or Home Depot or a kitchen design center.

s.gregory- I just finished my own reface project I found it was very simple to do. I didn’t need any special tools just a screw gun ,a chop saw and a paper cutter. I was able to purchase all of my materials pre-cut from Taylor Cabinet Door Company website www.taylorcabinetdoor.com. The nicest aspect that I found from this company was all the materials came in a kit form.

m.louis- I checked out that taylor cabinet door site that you mentioned. Their customer service people were great -walked me through what I needed to do, answered all of my no so smart questions. My order should be here any day. I'll keep you posted on my progress. Thanks