Cabinet Installation & Refacing in Tampa, FL

Cabinet Installation & Refacing in Tampa, FL

Kitchen remodeling in Tampa, including cabinet installation and refacing, typically costs between $4,800 and $16,500 depending on kitchen size, cabinet count, and whether you’re replacing boxes or refacing existing frames. Most full-kitchen refacing jobs run 3 to 5 days, while new cabinet installation spans 5 to 10 working days. Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa puts a written price in your hand before any work starts, and every job carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Call (941) 655-9297 for a free estimate, and someone will answer, not a voicemail.

We do cabinet work as part of our broader Kitchen Remodeling in Tampa service. Homeowners call us for two reasons: either the cabinet boxes are sound and the doors and drawer fronts have given up, or the layout itself doesn’t work and nothing short of new boxes will fix it. Both paths start the same way, with a written scope and a straight price.

This page explains what cabinet installation and refacing actually involves in Tampa homes, what it costs, what the process looks like from measurement to cleanup, and what The Garrison Standard means when we put it in writing. Curtis Lane owns Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa. He holds our crews to a standard that’s spelled out, not implied.

Key Takeaways

• Cabinet refacing in Tampa runs roughly $4,800 to $9,500 for a standard 10×10 kitchen; full new installation runs $8,000 to $16,500 depending on cabinet line, layout changes, and finish level.
• Refacing keeps your existing cabinet boxes and replaces doors, drawer fronts, and veneers; installation means new boxes, new layout, new everything.
• Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa provides a written price before any work starts, no numbers that move at the door, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every cabinet project.
• A live person answers our phones 24/7. Not an answering service. Not a callback queue. A person.
• We work with documented cabinet lines like KraftMaid and Wellborn, with surfaces from Cambria, Caesarstone, and Silestone, installed by background-checked, uniformed technicians.

When You Need Cabinet Installation & Refacing

You know it when you see it. Hinges that sag, doors that won’t stay closed, drawer slides that bind, laminate peeling at the edges. But the decision to reface versus replace is more specific than “the cabinets are old.” Here are the scenarios Tampa homeowners bring to us most often:

• The boxes are solid but the faces are done. If your cabinet frames are square, dry, and tight to the wall, swelled doors and worn hinges are a refacing problem, not a replacement problem. In Tampa’s humidity, we see a lot of doors that have absorbed moisture and won’t close flush, even while the boxes underneath are perfectly sound.
• You bought a home in Seminole Heights or Westchase where the layout fights you. Old Florida homes built in the 60s and 70s often have cabinets that stop short of the ceiling or leave dead corners. You can’t reface a layout you never liked. New installation is the answer.
• Water damage around the sink base. A slow leak under the sink rots the substrate and the cabinet floor over time. Refacing won’t fix a compromised box. We inspect the base and sides before recommending anything.
• Drawer slides are failing in a kitchen you otherwise like. If the doors are fine but the drawers grind, stick, or drop, we can reface and rebuild drawer boxes with soft-close undermount slides without touching the cabinet frames.
• You’re planning to sell and the kitchen reads “tired.” Realtors in Tampa will tell you kitchen condition moves offers. Refacing with new doors and hardware is the highest-visibility update per dollar spent in a resale situation.
• The finish is dated but the structure is true. Oak from the 1990s, orange-tinted lacquer, builder-grade flat-panel doors. If the boxes are square and dry, new doors and finishes transform the kitchen without the cost or mess of full demolition.

If you’re not sure which camp you fall in, call (941) 655-9297. We’ll walk through what you’re seeing and tell you straight whether refacing is worth doing or whether you’re spending money on lipstick for a box that needs to come out. That phone call costs you nothing and we don’t push anyone into a bigger job than the house needs.

Our Cabinet Installation & Refacing Process

There’s a way Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa runs every cabinet job, and it follows The Garrison Standard. That standard is the reason we can hand you a written price before work starts and a written guarantee when it’s done. Here’s the sequence:

1. Measure and assess. We come to your home, measure the existing footprint, check the plumb and level of every cabinet run, and inspect for water damage, loose boxes, or settling. In Tampa, we check for humidity-related swelling and termite evidence in the toe kick and behind the sink base. If you need new layout, we also measure rough-ins, which is the trade term for the positions of plumbing and electrical lines behind the cabinets.
2. Written scope and price. You get a written line-item price before any work starts. No verbal “it’ll probably be around” numbers. The scope names the cabinet line, door style, finish, hardware, and any layout changes. If the price is $11,240, that’s the price. It doesn’t move when we show up.
3. Product selection and order. We order from documented cabinet lines, KraftMaid and Wellborn among them. You pick door profile, wood or finish, and hardware. For counters we use Cambria, Caesarstone, or Silestone. Every product is named in the scope so the spec is traceable from quote to install.
4. Preparation and containment. Before demo starts, we mask off the work area with plastic sheeting and cover the floors in the traffic path. Cabinets are emptied and staged. Removal is done box by box, not with a sledgehammer through the wall. We protect the drywall behind the cabinets so the new install seats cleanly.
5. Installation or refacing. For refacing, we apply veneer to the face frames, hang new doors and drawer fronts, install new drawer slides, and mount hardware. For full installation, we set the boxes, shim them level, fasten them to studs, hang doors, and adjust every reveal so doors and drawers sit square. Every drawer gets soft-close hardware unless you specify otherwise.
6. Closeout and written guarantee. This is what “squared away” looks like. The site is swept. The old cabinets are hauled off, not stacked by the curb. We walk the job with you, door by door, drawer by drawer. You sign off only when everything opens, closes, and sits level. Then we hand you the written 365-Day Done Right Promise. If anything fails inside that full year, in writing, we come back and fix it at no charge.

Each step has a person accountable for it. Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. You’ll know who’s walking through your door before they arrive, and the same person who measured your kitchen is the one whose name is on the paperwork.

Cabinet Installation & Refacing Pricing in Tampa

Here are real numbers for the Tampa market, based on the jobs we quote in this area.

• Cabinet refacing, standard 10×10 kitchen: $4,800 to $9,500. This includes veneering face frames, new doors and drawer fronts, new hinges, new drawer slides, and hardware. It does not include moving plumbing, changing layout, or replacing boxes.
• New cabinet installation, mid-range: $8,000 to $13,000 for a 10×10 kitchen using KraftMaid or Wellborn stock and semi-custom lines, flat-panel or shaker doors, soft-close hardware, and standard crown molding.
• New cabinet installation, semi-custom with layout changes: $13,000 to $16,500. This includes moving a sink or appliance rough-in, adding an island, building cabinets to the ceiling, or incorporating roll-out trays, drawer dividers, and specialized storage.
• Countertop replacement alongside cabinet work: $3,000 to $7,500 depending on the material. Cambria and Caesarstone quartz run higher per square foot than basic granite, but every surface we install carries its manufacturer warranty on top of our own written guarantee.

What Affects Cabinet Pricing in Tampa

The city itself plays a role. Humidity is the obvious one. Cabinet materials that do fine in dry climates fail faster here if they’re not properly sealed against Tampa’s moisture, which runs higher than inland Florida and stays that way through summer. We specify plywood boxes over particleboard when you want cabinets that will hold up in a Florida kitchen. The salt air matters less in Tampa than directly on the coast, but homes in South Tampa and Davis Islands get more airborne moisture than homes in Carrollwood or New Tampa. We factor that into material recommendations.

Ceiling height is another driver specific to the market. Older homes in Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights, and Riverside Heights often have 10-foot ceilings and no soffit, sometimes called a furr-down. If you want cabinets that reach to the ceiling instead of stopping 18 inches short, that’s more material and more labor. If the soffit needs to come out, there may be plumbing or ductwork inside that has to be relocated.

Body count on the crew matters too. A reface is a cabinet-only job, two technicians, three to five days. A full kitchen remodeling installation with layout change pulls electricians and plumbers into the sequence. That coordination is part of the price.

Every estimate is free, and every estimate is written. No numbers given over the phone that disappear later. Call (941) 655-9297 and we’ll get someone to your kitchen, measure it, and hand you a price you can hold us to.

Materials We Install

We don’t install mystery cabinetry. Every cabinet line and surface we specify is a name brand with manufacturer documentation and a warranty that stands behind it. The boxes, the doors, the finish, the hardware, it’s all traceable. KraftMaid and Wellborn are the cabinet lines we order most often, chosen because their specs are consistent and their warranty departments actually answer the phone. For cabinets and countertops, we install Cambria, Caesarstone, and Silestone. Faucets and sinks come from Kohler and Moen.

What we won’t do is install an off-brand cabinet from a big-box clearance aisle and tell you it’ll hold together in a kitchen that sees 90 percent humidity in August. The Garrison Standard applies to materials as much as workmanship. If we can’t put a name and a warranty behind a product, it doesn’t go in your kitchen.

Frequently Asked Questions: Cabinet Installation & Refacing in Tampa

Is it cheaper to reface cabinets or replace them in Tampa?

Cabinet refacing in Tampa costs roughly $4,800 to $9,500 for a standard 10×10 kitchen, while full replacement typically runs $8,000 to $16,500, so refacing is substantially cheaper when the boxes are structurally sound. If the cabinet boxes have water damage, rot, or are pulling away from the wall, refacing money is wasted and replacement is the honest recommendation. Call (941) 655-9297 for a written price on your specific kitchen, either path, and we’ll tell you which one makes sense before you spend a dollar.

How long does cabinet refacing take in Tampa?

Most cabinet refacing jobs in Tampa take 3 to 5 working days from start to final walkthrough. Full cabinet installation runs 5 to 10 working days, longer if plumbing or electrical rough-ins have to move. We put the timeline in writing with the price, so you know the schedule before we touch the first door. Work is done by background-checked, uniformed Bradford technicians, not subcontractor crews we’ve never met.

Can you match my existing cabinet color or finish?

Yes, we can match most painted finishes and a range of wood stains, and if you’re refacing and keeping some exposed sections, we’ll sample finishes on your existing cabinetry before we commit. The cleanest results come from refinishing all visible surfaces at once, so if you’re keeping the boxes, we’ll veneer the face frames to match the new doors exactly. For a precise match on an unusual finish, call (941) 655-9297 and we’ll take a look before you decide anything.

Does Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa guarantee cabinet work in writing?

Yes. Every cabinet installation and refacing project comes with the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the work fails inside one full year, we come back and correct it at no charge. That covers the installation workmanship, not normal wear from use, and it’s in your hand before we leave the site. It’s the same written guarantee we put on every job, and it comes from The Garrison Standard.

Will you give me a firm price before the work starts?

Yes, a written line-item price is standard on every Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa job, no exceptions. The price you sign is the price you pay. Nothing moves at the door. If we find a condition behind the walls that changes the scope, we stop and tell you before we spend another hour. You’ll approve the change in writing or we don’t do the work. Call (941) 655-9297 for an exact quote on your kitchen. Estimates are free.

What cabinet brands do you install?

We order KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry most often, with countertops from Cambria, Caesarstone, and Silestone. These are documented brands with manufacturer specifications, and each product’s warranty backs up our own written guarantee. We won’t substitute an un-named product to protect margin. What’s quoted is what’s installed.

Do your technicians work on the same house from start to finish?

Yes. The crew that starts your cabinet job is the crew that finishes it. They’re Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa employees, background-checked at the Garrison Partners level and uniformed. You’ll get their names before they arrive, and they’re accountable to the same written scope you signed. No rotating cast of subs walking through your kitchen.

Can you come out today for an estimate?

We can usually get a measure done within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and often same day depending on where you are in Tampa. A live person answers our phone 24/7, so if you call at night you’re talking to a person, not a recording. Call (941) 655-9297 now and we’ll get you on the schedule.

What Sets Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa Apart

There’s no secret sauce here. We run a disciplined operation, we write everything down, and we stand behind the work. That’s The Garrison Standard, named because it’s the framework Garrison Partners has held every location to since 2004. Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa is independently owned and operated, and Curtis Lane holds this office to that standard.

The 365-Day Done Right Promise is the clearest expression of what we do. It’s a written guarantee, not a verbal promise, and it covers every cabinet door, every drawer slide, every inch of veneer we touch. If something fails inside a year, we’re back at no charge. Most contractors won’t put that in writing. We do it on every single job, and we hand you the signed document at closeout.

We answer our phones. That’s not a slogan. Call (941) 655-9297 at 3 a.m. and a person picks up. During a cabinet tear-out, when you find water damage under the sink and need a decision fast, that matters.

And we’re clean. The job site gets swept, the old cabinets get hauled away, and the drywall behind the boxes is protected from the first cut to the last screw. That’s what “squared away” means on a Bradford job.

Cabinet Work in Tampa Is Different Than Anywhere Else

Tampa’s climate does specific things to cabinets. Wood moves. Doors swell in summer and shrink in winter. Particleboard absorbs moisture through the cut edges and turns to sawdust over time. That’s why we specify plywood boxes when you’re replacing cabinets and why we address moisture intrusion before we reface anything. If there’s a small leak at the dishwasher connection or a condensation issue at the sink base, we’ll tell you before we put new material over a problem.

Older homes in the city have their own quirks. Homes in Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights, Ybor City, and the historic districts often have plaster walls that make cabinet anchoring more involved than drywall. Newer construction in Westchase, New Tampa, and Riverview tends to have larger kitchens but more generic layouts, which is where kitchen design and layout changes with refacing and an updated door profile does heavy lifting for the money. We work in all of these neighborhoods year-round and know what to expect when the walls open up.

Whether you stay in Tampa proper or live out in Brandon, Carrollwood, or Lutz, the cabinet work we do starts with a measurement, runs to a written scope, and ends with a signed guarantee. That’s the whole job. Call (941) 655-9297 for a free estimate or use our home page to see everything we do.

If you’re considering a bigger project, including countertops, lighting, or layout, read through our Kitchen Remodeling in Tampa page for the full scope of what we handle. Cabinet work is often the first piece of a larger remodel, and we’ll coordinate the whole sequence so you’re not juggling three contractors.

Get a Written Estimate for Cabinet Installation & Refacing in Tampa

The first step is a phone call. You’ll reach a person, not an automated system. We’ll talk through what you’re seeing, what bothers you about the kitchen, and what you want the space to do for you. Then we’ll schedule a measure. Then you get a written price. Clear as that.

No pressure. No “sign today or the price goes up.” The price is the price, it’s in writing, and it doesn’t move. We’ve built this company for Tampa homeowners who are done with surprises. If that’s you, call (941) 655-9297 now. The estimate is free. The conversation is straight. And the guarantee is the longest one in writing from any remodeler we know of in this market.

Written by Curtis Lane, Owner at Bradford Remodeling Co Tampa, serving Tampa.