Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
FenceFree written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
KraftMaid Construction in Chino, CA | Moreno Valley Builders
Moreno Valley Builders provides independent KraftMaid cabinet installation, refacing, and our Home Remodeling in Chino across the 91708 and 91710 ZIP codes. We are not a KraftMaid-authorized dealer, but we have installed and corrected KraftMaid cabinetry in hundreds of Inland Empire kitchens, and we know the brand’s box construction, drawer glide platforms, and finish families firsthand. If your KraftMaid kitchen in Chino has warped doors, binding drawers, or failed thermofoil, call (877) 752-3154 for a free estimate, and we will tell you whether it is a part problem or a floor problem.
Why Chino Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service
Chino sits at the seam between its historic agricultural core and the massive new master-planned growth pushing east toward the 91708 Chino Preserve area. That means contractors like us work two very different jobs here. In the older 91710 ranch stock near downtown, we are shimming and scribing KraftMaid cabinets onto slabs that have settled and cracked since the Eisenhower administration. In the newer 91708 tract communities, we are correcting factory cabinet installs that were set fast on slabs that had not finished settling. Noel Trevino, our owner and Chino General Contractor, grew up in the Sunnymead Ranch area of Moreno Valley and has spent the better part of three decades building and renovating homes across the Inland Empire, so he has seen exactly how Chino’s soil and heat treat cabinetry. That local experience is why homeowners here call us when a KraftMaid kitchen needs to be right, not just presentable.
We are also a full-scope general contractor, which matters when your KraftMaid project uncovers what is behind the cabinets. We manage the trades so you don’t have to, whether that means a drywall patch, a stucco repair, or a floor leveling before the boxes go in. See our KraftMaid sales & service page for more on how we work with this brand across the region.
Styles & brands we work with
Common KraftMaid Construction Problems We Solve in Chino
- Miter and cope joint separation on painted doors. Chino’s inland summer heat and low indoor humidity swing door panels and rails. We regularly see painted KraftMaid doors with opened miter joints and finish checking along the stiles, especially in 91710 ranch homes where single-pane aluminum windows let direct sun load hit the cabinet faces for hours every afternoon.
- Racked boxes and binding drawer glides on out-of-level slabs. Many 1950s-1970s Chino ranch homes sit on expansive clay soil that has heaved and settled unevenly. When KraftMaid boxes are set without proper shim and scribe correction, the carcasses twist and the drawer glides bind. We level, shim, and re-square the runs before any door or drawer adjustment.
- Sagging or detaching thermofoil end panels. In slab-foundation Chino homes, moisture wicks up from the floor and through cabinet backs set against stucco walls. We have pulled original KraftMaid installs where the particleboard and thermofoil end panels were swollen and separating at the bottom edge, a failure that has nothing to do with the cabinet and everything to do with where the cabinet was set.
- Warped shelves and cracked thermofoil drawer fronts. Santa Ana wind-driven dust infiltration and prolonged sun loading through older windows take a toll on MDF and plywood shelves. We replace warped components and match discontinued thermofoil fronts where the box is still worth saving.
- Hardware and glide failures from discontinued OEM parts. KraftMaid has changed hinge and glide platforms over the years. When an OEM part is no longer available, we source quality aftermarket replacements that fit the existing boring patterns, so you are not forced into a full-door replacement for a bad hinge.
KraftMaid Service in Chino: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Cabinetry
Here is what makes Chino different from any neighboring city we work in. The 91708 Chino Preserve growth corridor means much of our KraftMaid work here is finish-out and punch-list correction in tract homes built in the last two decades, where factory cabinets were set fast on a slab that had not yet finished settling. That is a fundamentally different job from the retrofit work we do in 91710, where the slab settled forty or fifty years ago and the problem is accumulated drift, not initial settlement. In a newer Preserve-area home, a homeowner notices a drawer that bound six months after move-in and assumes the cabinet is defective. Often the cabinet is fine. The floor under it moved. We inspect, level, and shim, then adjust the glides. In an older downtown Chino ranch, the same binding drawer usually means the slab cracked and heaved decades ago, and the original install has been fighting that movement ever since. Knowing which Chino house you are in tells us which problem you likely have before we even open the first drawer. If the details aren’t right on paper, they won’t be right in the wall. Our full service area for this type of work is on the Chino service area page.
In the older 91710 ranch stock near downtown Chino, we pulled a 1990s KraftMaid kitchen out of a mid-century ranch whose slab had cracked and heaved, leaving the base boxes racked and the drawer glides binding. We leveled and shimmed the new Vantage run, scribed the end panels to the wavy stucco wall, and replaced the swollen thermofoil drawer fronts with matching KraftMaid doors so the layout closed clean against the original single-pane window wall. That job is the job we do over and over in Chino, because the housing stock here demands it.
KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Chino
We work across the KraftMaid catalog families that homeowners actually have in Chino kitchens: Vantage with its all-plywood door and drawer fronts, Momentum frameless full-overlay lines, the semi-custom Deluxe and Deluxe Platinum door families, and the framed Storybook series with decorative hardware and end panels. Our parts approach is simple. When the box is sound, we source genuine KraftMaid replacement doors, drawer fronts, and hardware. When an OEM part is discontinued, we use quality aftermarket glides or hinges that fit the existing boring patterns. When a box is water-swollen or racked beyond shimming, we tell you to replace that run rather than sink money into panels that will never sit true. We specify KraftMaid because of its box construction and finish range, not because a catalog says so, and we would rather lose a sale than install cabinets on a floor that is going to fight them.
See the difference
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterKraftMaid Service Pricing in Chino
KraftMaid construction pricing in Chino depends on what we find when we open the walls and put a level on the floor. A straight cabinet install on a sound, level slab costs less than a retrofit that requires slab correction, drywall repair, and end-panel scribing to a wavy stucco wall. Here are the ranges we quote most often:
| Service | Chino Price Range |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
Every estimate is a written line-item quote, and we pull permits and pass inspections on work that requires them. Call (877) 752-3154 to schedule a free estimate, and we will tell you what your specific Chino kitchen actually needs, not what a script says it needs.
Serving Chino, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Chino area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – KraftMaid Construction in Chino
Yes, in most cases we can. KraftMaid finishes are cataloged by family and color code, so we order the matching door or drawer front and then address the fading on the surrounding cabinets so the new piece does not stand out. Chino’s single-pane windows and afternoon sun mean sun fading is uneven, so we often refinish or adjust tone across the run. Call (877) 752-3154 for an exact quote, estimates are free.
Yes. The newer 91708 tract communities are a big part of our KraftMaid in Eastvale and Chino work. We do finish-out and punch-list correction on factory cabinet installs that were set before the slab finished settling, which means leveling, shimming, glide adjustment, and door re-alignment. We also handle full kitchen remodels in those homes when homeowners want to upgrade from builder-grade to KraftMaid Vantage or Momentum.
It affects everything. A cracked or heaved slab means the base cabinets cannot sit level unless we correct the floor first, usually with self-leveling underlayment or shimming and scribing where the movement is minor. We inspect the slab before we quote so the install number reflects what the floor actually needs. If the slab movement is active, we will tell you that too.
Refacing is sound when the boxes are square, dry, and sitting on a stable floor. In Chino, that is more common in the newer 91708 homes and less common in the older 91710 ranch stock, where decades of slab movement and moisture have often compromised the carcasses. We inspect the boxes first and give you an honest answer, because refacing over a racked box throws good money away.
Yes. When a glide or hinge fails and the door or drawer front is still good, we replace just the hardware, using genuine KraftMaid parts where available and quality aftermarket equivalents when the OEM part is discontinued. It is the least expensive fix we do, and we will not upsell a full replacement when a hardware swap solves the problem. KraftMaid service in Los Serranos and KraftMaid service in Montclair are also available from the same team.
Service Areas Near Chino
Beyond Chino, Moreno Valley Builders provides KraftMaid repair in Ontario and construction service across the Inland Empire, including Moreno Valley, Loma Linda, Grand Terrace, Highgrove, and the March Air Force Base area. If you are anywhere near Chino and need KraftMaid cabinetry installed, refaced, or corrected, we can get a crew to you.
Book Your KraftMaid Service in Chino Today
We provide independent KraftMaid service across Chino, from 91710 ranch stock near downtown to the 91708 Chino Preserve communities. One contractor. Every phase. Call (877) 752-3154 to schedule your free estimate, and we will tell you exactly what your kitchen needs.
Written by Noel Trevino, Owner at Moreno Valley Builders, serving Chino and the Inland Empire since day one.