Cabinet Installation & Refacing in Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Cabinet Installation & Refacing in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Cabinets & Countertops work in Fort Lauderdale typically runs between $1,800 and $14,500 depending on whether you’re replacing full box-and-door sets or keeping your existing boxes and updating the faces, doors, and hardware. Most Fort Lauderdale kitchens fall in the $3,500-$8,000 range for a mid-size project with semi-custom cabinets. Rowan Construction Group delivers a flat written price before any work starts – no range that doubles after demo, no “we’ll know more once we’re in there.”

Cabinets do more structural and visual work than almost anything else in a kitchen. They set the sight lines, determine how much storage a household actually gets, and take daily abuse from Fort Lauderdale’s humidity in ways that wood and particleboard handle very differently. Grant Rowan and the Rowan Construction Group team have been through this on 4,000-plus projects since 2007, and the pattern is consistent: Fort Lauderdale homeowners often don’t need a full gut replacement. What they need is an honest assessment of what the existing boxes can carry – and a Kitchen Remodeling price that reflects the actual answer, not the upsell.

Cabinet work sits inside the larger scope of Kitchen Remodeling in Fort Lauderdale, and we coordinate cabinet scheduling with countertop templating, plumbing rough-in adjustments, and electrical so the sequence doesn’t create delays. Call (754) 254-7676 if you want to know where your project fits before committing to anything.

When You Need Cabinet Installation & Refacing

• Doors that won’t close flush or drawers that bind in humid months. Fort Lauderdale’s summer humidity – regularly above 80% from June through September – causes wood-framed cabinet boxes to rack slightly and laminate-wrapped doors to delaminate at the edges. If closing one door pops another open, the box alignment has shifted, and new hinges alone won’t fix it.
• Visible water damage along the toe kick or under the sink bay. In neighborhoods like Tarpon River and Edgewood where older homes have galvanized supply lines, pinhole leaks often go unnoticed until the cabinet floor is soft. We photograph and document what we find before any demolition starts, so you know exactly what you’re dealing with.
• A kitchen that photographs dark or dated when you’re planning to sell or refinance. Fort Lauderdale’s real estate market has sustained premium price-per-square-foot in central neighborhoods, and buyers walk past golden-oak cabinets from 2002 faster than sellers expect. Refacing with a painted finish and updated hardware can change that read at a fraction of full replacement cost.
• Layout that worked for the previous owner but not for how you cook. A full cabinet installation lets you reconfigure the run – move a pantry cabinet, add a peninsula base, build in a dedicated trash and recycling pull-out. If you’re replacing the boxes anyway, this is when to fix the layout, not after.
• Box structure that’s still sound but doors and drawer fronts that are visually worn. Refacing is the correct call when the plywood or hardwood box itself is square, level, and solid. Replacing good boxes to get new doors is waste; refacing the faces, doors, and hardware on sound boxes typically costs 40-60% less than full installation.
• A kitchen addition or ADU buildout that needs cabinetry matched or coordinated with existing work. If you’re adding square footage and need the new cabinet run to read as part of the same kitchen, we can source from KraftMaid and Wellborn to match door profiles and finish options that are still in current production.

Our Cabinet Installation & Refacing Process

1. Written scope and flat price – before any work starts. Under Clause 1 of the Haven Standard, you receive a written price with a documented scope before anyone touches a cabinet. That scope describes what’s being installed or refaced, which brand and product line, the door style, the hardware spec, and what happens if we open the wall or floor and find something unexpected. A signed change order is required before any deviation from that scope proceeds – that’s the administrative discipline that has kept Rowan’s projects within a few percent of the agreed number across thousands of jobs in Fort Lauderdale and surrounding areas.
2. Site measurement and condition assessment. A Rowan crew member visits the kitchen, measures every run to the eighth of an inch, photographs the existing cabinet condition, checks the plumb and level of the walls and floor (Fort Lauderdale slab foundations shift, and an out-of-level floor adds shim work that should be in the price, not a surprise), and documents the substrate behind existing cabinets if demolition is planned. You receive the photo record from that visit as a standard deliverable.
3. Material sourcing and lead-time coordination. Semi-custom cabinets from KraftMaid typically ship in three to five weeks from order to Fort Lauderdale delivery. Wellborn runs a similar timeline on their framed lines. Stock cabinets are faster but come in fixed increments that almost never fill a run cleanly without filler pieces that look like filler pieces. We specify which option fits your layout and your timeline, and we don’t order until you’ve signed off on the product sheet.
4. Demolition and substrate prep. Existing cabinets come down in a documented sequence. We photograph what’s behind them – the wall condition, any evidence of past plumbing or electrical work behind the cabinet run, the condition of the soffit framing if applicable. In Fort Lauderdale kitchens built before the mid-1990s, we occasionally find that the drywall behind upper cabinets was never finished because it was never meant to be seen; if that substrate needs patching before new cabinets go up, it’s documented and priced via change order before we patch it.
5. Installation to level, plumb, and manufacturer spec. Cabinet boxes are secured to wall studs, not just drywall anchors. Upper boxes go in before base boxes so the base isn’t carrying a stepladder all day. Shims are cut flush, not left proud. Face frames are checked for alignment across the full run before any doors or drawer fronts are hung. We photograph each stage.
6. Hardware, punch-list, and final documentation. Doors are hung, adjusted for gap consistency, and left closing softly on all soft-close hinges. Drawer slides are tested under load. Pull hardware is aligned across the run with a template, not by eye. You receive a final photo record of the completed installation, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise is in writing from that date: if it’s not done right, Rowan makes it right.

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Cabinet Installation & Refacing Pricing in Fort Lauderdale

Cabinet pricing in Fort Lauderdale varies by scope, product line, and what the existing kitchen turns out to hold. The table below reflects what Rowan Construction Group actually quotes on jobs in this market – these are not national averages. They reflect Fort Lauderdale labor rates, material delivery costs to Broward County, and the site conditions we see repeatedly here.

What moves the number

• Cabinet count and linear footage. A Fort Lauderdale galley kitchen with 12 feet of upper and lower run costs less than an L-shaped kitchen with 22 feet. We price by the actual run, measured on-site.
• Condition of existing boxes (for refacing). If a box is out of square or has water damage, refacing it produces a result that looks wrong and fails early. We’ll tell you that before we price the refacing, not after we’ve ordered the doors.
• Wall and floor prep. Fort Lauderdale’s slab construction means floors can be out of level by a quarter-inch or more across a 10-foot run. That’s normal here and it’s a known cost; we account for it in the written quote.
• Interior fittings and organization inserts. Pull-out shelves, drawer organizers, trash and recycling pull-outs, and spice inserts are priced as line items. They add function; they’re not included in a base cabinet price unless the written scope says so.
• Permit requirements. Structural changes to a cabinet run – moving a load-bearing soffit, relocating plumbing or electrical to accommodate a new layout – require a Broward County permit. Rowan handles permit coordination; the permit fee is a documented line item, not absorbed and re-priced later.

Every Rowan quote is a flat price with a written scope. If you have a competitor’s written estimate, bring it – our Free Second Opinion offer means we’ll review it line by line at no charge and tell you exactly what it does and doesn’t include. Call (754) 254-7676 to schedule a site visit and receive a written price.

FAQs – Cabinet Installation & Refacing

How much does cabinet installation cost in Fort Lauderdale?

Cabinet installation in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $3,500 to $10,500 for semi-custom or stock cabinets in a mid-size kitchen, with full-custom work reaching $14,500 or more for complex layouts. The number depends on linear footage, product line, wall and floor prep required, and whether the existing plumbing or electrical needs to shift for the Kitchen Design & Layout. Rowan Construction Group puts the flat price in writing before work starts – call (754) 254-7676 for a site visit and a written quote.

Is refacing worth it, or should I just replace the cabinets?

Refacing is worth it when the existing cabinet boxes are structurally sound – plumb, square, solid at the joints, and free of water damage. In that case, refacing typically costs 40-60% less than full replacement and produces a result that reads as a new kitchen. It’s not worth it when the boxes are damaged, out of level, or when you need to change the layout, because refacing locks in the existing footprint. We assess the boxes on-site and give you a straight answer on which path makes sense for your kitchen before we price either option.

How long does cabinet installation take in Fort Lauderdale?

A Full Kitchen Remodeling cabinet installation on a standard Fort Lauderdale kitchen – demo, installation, hardware, and punch-list – typically runs three to five days of active work. Semi-custom cabinets from KraftMaid or Wellborn add three to five weeks of lead time from order to delivery before the crew arrives. Refacing an existing kitchen takes one to three days. The full timeline, including material lead time, is written into your project scope so you know the schedule before anyone commits.

Do I need a permit to replace cabinets in Fort Lauderdale?

A straight cabinet swap – same footprint, no plumbing or electrical changes – generally does not require a Broward County permit. If the project involves relocating a sink drain, moving a dishwasher connection, adding under-cabinet lighting on a new circuit, or altering a soffit that may be structural, a permit is required. Rowan identifies permit requirements during the scope phase and handles the application; the permit fee is a documented line item in the written price. We don’t skip permits to lower the quote number and deal with the consequences later.

Can Rowan match new cabinets to the ones already in my kitchen?

Matching existing cabinets is possible when the door profile and finish are still in current production – KraftMaid and Wellborn both maintain long-running door styles that allow this. When the existing cabinets are discontinued, we can get close on profile and finish, but we’ll tell you upfront if “close” is the realistic outcome rather than “exact match.” The photo documentation from the site visit includes comparison shots so you can see the difference before anything is ordered.

Rowan Construction Group is part of the broader home improvement network operating under the Haven Standard, which means the same written-price and documented-record process applies whether you’re updating a cabinet run in Tarpon River or managing a full kitchen addition near Victoria Park. Every project gets the same administrative discipline – signed change orders, flat pricing, photo records – regardless of size.

Work With Rowan Construction Group in Fort Lauderdale

Cabinet work in Fort Lauderdale is not a simple swap. The humidity, the slab foundations, the mix of 1960s construction and recent gut-renovated flips – each of those creates site conditions that a quote written without a site visit will get wrong. Grant Rowan and the Rowan Construction Group team visit the kitchen, document what’s there, and write a flat price that reflects the actual job before anyone picks up a pry bar.

If your cabinets are failing, dated, or just wrong for how you use your kitchen, call (754) 254-7676. We’ll schedule a site visit, photograph the existing condition, and deliver a written price with a written scope – no range, no “we’ll know more once we start.” The 365-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every cabinet project we do in Fort Lauderdale. That’s the standard, not the pitch.

Written by Grant Rowan, Owner at Rowan Construction Group Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale since 2007.