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Reconfiguring kitchen cabinets cost?

Started by dollar
almost 13 years ago
Posts: 52
Member since: Apr 2012
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Pretty much shortening 2 wood cabinets as in cutting off the bottom section. Anyone had this done?
Response by flarf
almost 13 years ago
Posts: 515
Member since: Jan 2011

Sawing off the bottom of a cabinet is cheap, getting it to look right isn't.

What are you trying to accomplish? Is this in a kitchen? Do you want to preserve the toekick? Is there a counter? A backsplash? Are there adjacent cabinets? Doors or drawers?

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Response by dollar
almost 13 years ago
Posts: 52
Member since: Apr 2012

It's hanging on the wall. Shortening it to make room for something else. Doors only.

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Response by Guywithcat
almost 13 years ago
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Member since: Apr 2011

only a good carpenter can answer this. It can be done and done well, and it can be botched.

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Response by greensdale
almost 13 years ago
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Thanks for the useful post Catguy.

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Response by flarf
almost 13 years ago
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To do it right, the cabinet has to be pulled off the wall and taken to a shop. The cabinet box itself and the drawers all have to be shortened. The time required will vary based on the complexity of the box and the doors (frameless box and flat doors the cheapest, and moving up from there). Hard to imagine anybody in Manhattan doing it properly for less than $500.

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Response by dollar
almost 13 years ago
Posts: 52
Member since: Apr 2012

flarf, of course it will be pulled down. But there's drawers, only the box and 2 flat doors. The time was given as more or less a week. The quote was around $200. I was trying to compare the quotes with people who had a similar thing done.

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Response by dollar
almost 13 years ago
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Member since: Apr 2012

BIG CORRECTION: There's NO drawers.

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