Cabinet Door Replacement
Handis cabinet door replacement is the middle-ground kitchen-cabinetry trade — just the doors and drawer fronts, no veneer on the boxes, no full refacing — from $2,500 for a partial kitchen to $7,000 for a full kitchen of 30 to 50 doors and drawers. The work for a kitchen where the boxes are in good shape and the finish on the boxes is the look you want to keep — painted white shaker boxes where you want to change just the door style, stained oak boxes where you want different doors but want to keep the wood grain on the sides. We measure every opening to the sixteenth, order replacement doors and drawer fronts in your style and finish, swap to new European concealed soft-close hinges, hang the new doors with three-way adjustment for reveal alignment, attach the new drawer fronts. Faster and cheaper than full refacing because the box-side veneer work is skipped. The look-change is dramatic because the doors and drawer fronts are 95 percent of what you see in a kitchen.
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What Does Cabinet Door Replacement Include?
Cabinet door replacement is the middle-ground kitchen-cabinetry trade — replacement doors and drawer fronts on existing cabinet boxes, no new veneer on the boxes, no full refacing — from $2,500 for a partial kitchen to $7,000 for a full kitchen of 30 to 50 doors and drawers. The work for a kitchen where the boxes are in good shape and the box finish is the look you want to keep. The work breaks into precise measurement, replacement-door order, removal of the old doors, install of new soft-close hinges, hang of the new doors, attachment of new drawer fronts, and walkthrough. Faster and cheaper than full refacing because the box-side veneer step is skipped; the look-change is still dramatic because the doors and drawer fronts are 95 percent of what you see in a kitchen.
When to Replace Doors Only (Not Reface)
Door-replacement-only is the right call in three scenarios. First — painted-white shaker boxes (1990s and 2000s standard) where the homeowner wants to change just the door profile to slab or to a more current shaker style. Second — stained-wood boxes (oak, maple, cherry) where the homeowner likes the wood grain on the visible sides and wants different doors. Third — any kitchen where the box-side finish is intact and matches what the homeowner wants to keep, but the doors are dated, damaged, or just out of style. If the box-side finish is dated and you want a full look-change, full refacing (with new veneer skins on the boxes) is the right call instead.
Measure Every Door and Drawer Opening — to the Sixteenth
Every door and drawer opening measured to the sixteenth of an inch — width, height, and the existing-door reveal. The reveal sets the overlay on the replacement door (the amount the door extends past the cabinet opening on each side). The measurements ship to the door supplier as a measured shop drawing — Cabinet Door Shop, Conestoga, TaylorCraft, or a local custom shop in the Seattle area depending on style and finish. Lead time on a full kitchen door order is typically 3 to 6 weeks from order to delivery.
Order Replacement Doors and Drawer Fronts in Your Style and Finish
Replacement doors come in any style your supplier offers — shaker (the current standard), slab (modern minimal), raised-panel (traditional), beadboard (cottage). Finish options — paint-grade poplar or MDF for any paint color, stain-grade oak or maple for any stain color, white or cherry thermofoil for a uniform colored finish, veneer over MDF for a hardwood look at a lower price. Drawer fronts ship in the same style and finish in the same order. We help you pick on the booking call.
Remove Old Doors and Drawer Fronts, Install New Soft-Close Hinges
Existing doors and drawer fronts removed and labeled for disposal or donation. Old hinges unscrewed from the cabinet box hinge cups. New European concealed soft-close hinges (Blum BLUMOTION, Salice SilentSystem, or Grass Tiomos) mounted to the new doors and to the existing box hinge cups. Drawer fronts attach to existing drawer boxes with the manufacturer's drawer-front clips (the clips that ship with the new drawer fronts). Old drawer-front screws may need to be removed and the holes filled if the new drawer-front position differs.
Hang New Doors with Three-Way Adjustment for Reveal Alignment
Every replacement door hung on the cabinet box, hinge engaged, three-way adjustment applied (height, depth, side-to-side) to align the reveal — the door reveal on the top and bottom of every door is the same across the entire kitchen. Reveals on adjacent doors line up at the gap. Drawer fronts adjusted to center on the drawer box and to line up with the doors above. Final adjustment after a few weeks of use because new hinges settle slightly under the weight of the door — we offer a free 30-day follow-up adjustment.
How Cabinet Door Replacement Works
Five sequential steps from the measurement visit through the final reveal adjustment — the actual sequence we follow on every door and drawer-face replacement.
Measure Every Door and Drawer Opening
Width, height, and existing-door reveal measured on every opening in the kitchen. Reveal sets the overlay on the replacement door. Measurements compiled as a shop drawing for the door supplier.
Order Replacement Doors and Drawer Fronts
Order placed with the door supplier (Cabinet Door Shop, Conestoga, TaylorCraft, or local custom shop) in your chosen style and finish. New soft-close hinges (Blum, Salice, Grass) ordered in the same window. Lead time typically 3 to 6 weeks.
Remove Old Doors, Drawer Fronts, and Hinges
Existing doors and drawer fronts removed and labeled for disposal or donation. Old hinges unscrewed from the cabinet box. Existing hinge cups in the box left in place if compatible with the new hinges, otherwise covered with a small filler if needed.
Mount New Hinges to New Doors, Hang on Boxes
New European concealed soft-close hinges mounted to the new doors at the manufacturer-spec position. Doors hung on the cabinet box, hinge engaged. Drawer fronts attached to existing drawer boxes with manufacturer-supplied clips.
Three-Way Reveal Adjustment, Walkthrough
Every hinge adjusted three ways (height, depth, side-to-side) so the door reveal on the top and bottom of every door is the same across the kitchen. Reveals on adjacent doors line up at the gap. Free 30-day follow-up adjustment after the hinges settle under door weight.
Cabinet Door Replacement Pricing
Final pricing depends on door count, style, finish, and whether new soft-close hinges or just door swap is in scope. Premium door styles (custom shaker in a paint-grade hardwood, raised-panel cherry, beadboard in a stain finish) add a premium on the material cost. Stain-grade hardwood doors price higher than paint-grade poplar or MDF. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Send a photo of the kitchen and the door count — we will measure on a site visit and quote the replacement.
Why Handis for Cabinet Door Replacement
Most door-replacement-only projects we are asked to redo were ordered without a precision measurement. The doors arrived at the wrong overlay (the amount the door extends past the cabinet opening), or with the hinge boring at the wrong position, or with the wrong drawer-front clip pattern. The fix is a re-order at the homeowner's cost and a 3 to 6 week delay. The right answer is to measure every opening to the sixteenth before any order ships, ship measured shop drawings to the supplier, and accept the order only after a spot-check of the first three doors against the shop drawing. After enough door orders, every common measurement-error mode has a verification step in the process. We do not skip the measurement.
Measured to the sixteenth before the order ships
Every door and drawer opening in the kitchen measured to the sixteenth of an inch before any order leaves. Width, height, and the existing-door reveal. The reveal sets the overlay on the replacement door — the amount the door extends past the cabinet opening on each side. The measurements ship as a shop drawing to the door supplier; the supplier cuts every door and drawer face to spec; the kit arrives at our shop and every piece matches an opening. No re-measurement after delivery, no field-trim of replacement doors, no waiting for a re-order on a misfit door.
European concealed soft-close hinges, three-way adjustable
New hinges on every door — Blum BLUMOTION, Salice SilentSystem, or Grass Tiomos. Three-way adjustability for reveal alignment after install (height, depth, side-to-side) so the reveal on the top and bottom of every door is the same across the kitchen. Built-in soft-close damping. Quiet operation, no slam, doors stay in alignment for a decade.
Reveal adjustment until every door lines up
Every door reveal adjusted after install so the gap on the top of every door matches the gap on the bottom, and so the gap between adjacent doors lines up consistently across the run. The kitchen reads as a single coordinated set, not as a collection of misfit doors. We do the reveal adjustment as a final step, not as an option.
Drawer fronts attached with manufacturer clips, not improvised screws
New drawer fronts attach to the existing drawer boxes with the manufacturer-supplied drawer-front clip system — adjustable mechanical clips that allow precise centering and easy removal for future adjustment. Improvised screws from the back of the drawer box pull the drawer front off-center, do not allow micro-adjustment, and crack the drawer-front face from the inside under stress. We use the clip system on every drawer.
Free 30-day follow-up adjustment after hinges settle
New European hinges settle slightly under door weight in the first few weeks of use. The reveal that was perfect on install-day shifts by a hair after the hinge has carried the door's weight for a month. We offer a free 30-day follow-up adjustment visit where we re-tune every hinge so the reveal is perfect after the settle. Bundled in the quote.
Insured, background-checked, one-year project warranty
Handis carries general liability and workers' compensation; every technician has cleared a background screening before the first job. The one-year project warranty covers our scope — door hang, hinge adjustment, drawer-front attachment, reveal alignment. If a door reveal shifts out of square, a hinge soft-close fails, a drawer-front works loose, or any of our hang or adjustment work fails inside a year, we come back and fix it at no extra charge.
Estimate
Tell us the door and drawer-front count, the existing box style and finish (painted white shaker, stained oak, stained maple, stained cherry, painted color), the new door style and finish you have in mind (shaker, slab, raised-panel, beadboard; paint-grade or stain-grade; specific color or stain), and the pull pitch if you are doing pulls at the same time. We send a clear estimate with the measurement visit, the door order, and the hinge install named line by line.
Customer Reviews
Cabinet door replacement reviews from real Handis customers.
Painted-white shaker boxes from 2008, we wanted slab doors in the same color. Handis measured every opening, ordered replacement slab doors in a tinted-match to our existing box paint, swapped to new Blum BLUMOTION hinges. Six working days from delivery to walkthrough. Doors hang square, reveals line up.
Stained-oak 1998 boxes with original raised-panel doors. We wanted shaker doors in a matching stain. Handis measured to the sixteenth, ordered the replacement shaker doors in a stain-grade oak with a matched stain finish. Doors arrived perfect-fit, hinge boring at the right position. Five days to install on a 22-door kitchen.
Full kitchen — 42 doors and drawer fronts replaced in a single push. Honey-maple raised-panel from 1992 to white-painted shaker. The old hinges were the slam-shut bare-metal style, the new Blum BLUMOTION hinges are silent. Reveal across the whole kitchen is consistent. Total ten days from order delivery to walkthrough.
Just the drawer fronts — 14 drawer fronts in a slightly different style to match a new pull pitch. Handis measured each drawer face, ordered the new fronts with the correct clip pattern, attached them with the manufacturer-supplied mechanical clips so I can adjust them later if needed. Two days. Looks like a custom kitchen.
The follow-up adjustment visit at 30 days was the difference. After a month of use a couple of doors had shifted by a hair on the hinge settle. The tech came back, re-adjusted every door across the kitchen, no charge. That kind of follow-through is why we will book Handis on the next project.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Handis cabinet door and drawer-front replacement.