Refacing keeps the boxes you already have and replaces everything you see. New doors, new drawer fronts, and a matching veneer across the face frames and end panels. Your layout does not move and your kitchen stays usable most evenings.
Refacing replaces every door and drawer front, then covers the exposed face frames, end panels and toe kicks in a matching veneer. The boxes stay exactly where they are. If your layout already works and the frames are solid, square and dry, that is the whole job.
Drawer boxes are the exception. A drawer box cannot be refaced, so worn ones are replaced outright with new glides, and that is usually where soft-close hardware gets added. Shelves and cabinet interiors are not part of a standard reface unless you ask for them.
Hinges change too. Older surface or semi-concealed hinges give way to concealed cup hinges, which means new bores in the frame. That is not reversible, so we show you first. Where boxes are past saving we say so and quote custom cabinets or a part-reface plan instead.
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How it works
How We Reface Cabinets in Edmonton
We check the boxes first
Before anything is quoted we open the sink base and look for water damage, swelling and racked frames. If the boxes will not take a reface, you hear it on day one, not after a deposit.
Doors are measured and built
Every door and drawer front is made to your openings and your overlay. Allow three to five weeks between signing and the first day on site. Nobody stocks your sizes.
Veneer, doors, hardware
Face frames, end panels and toe kicks get their veneer, then doors and drawer fronts go on with new hinges and glides. Most kitchens take three to five days.
Walkthrough and adjustment
Every door is aligned and every drawer checked before we leave. Doors settle slightly in the first month, so a return visit to re-adjust is included.
Cost and timing
What Cabinet Refacing Costs by the Foot
Refacing is priced by the linear foot of cabinet run, not by the door. In Edmonton that runs roughly $125 to $300 a foot depending on material, so a twenty-four foot kitchen lands somewhere near $3,000 to $7,200 for the cabinetry alone. Example range, not a quote.
Material moves that number more than anything else. Rigid thermofoil sits at the bottom, laminate in the middle and hardwood veneer at the top. What else pushes a quote up is broken down on the refacing cost page.
Install takes three to five days for most kitchens, and the sink and appliances stay connected throughout. The part nobody quotes is the wait before it. Doors are built to your openings and your overlay, so three to five weeks between signing and the first morning on site is normal. Anyone promising doors next week is selling stock sizes that will not fit your kitchen.
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Other refacing routes
Other Ways to Change the Look
Refacing is one of several routes. These are the others, and what each one reaches.
What refacing covers, what it costs, how long it takes, and when it is the wrong call.
No. The boxes have to be structurally sound, meaning solid, square and free of water damage, rot or swelling. Particleboard boxes that are already sagging, metal cabinets, and boxes carrying a smell that will not wash out are all better replaced. We check before quoting.
Three to five days on site for most kitchens. Before that, allow three to five weeks for your doors to be built, because they are made to your openings rather than pulled from stock.
Roughly $125 to $300 per linear foot of cabinet run in Edmonton, which puts a typical twenty-four foot kitchen near $3,000 to $7,200 for cabinetry. Material choice moves it more than kitchen size. Example range, not a quote.
No. Painting keeps your existing doors and changes their colour. Refacing replaces the doors and drawer fronts outright and veneers the frames, so you can change the door style, not just the shade.
Mostly yes. The sink and appliances stay connected and we clean the work area at the end of each day. The exception is if you are changing countertops at the same time, which does put the sink out for a period.
Nothing, unless you ask. A standard reface covers what you see from outside. Shelves, interior sides and old liner paper stay as they are. Roll-outs and organisers can be added, and that is quoted separately.
Usually. Older surface and semi-concealed hinges are replaced with concealed cup hinges, which need new bores drilled in the face frame. It is a permanent change to the cabinet, so we point it out before the job is booked.
Yes, and it is often the right answer. If one run is water damaged under a window or beside a dishwasher, that run gets new boxes and the rest gets refaced. It costs less than replacing the whole kitchen.
Homeowner reviews
What Edmonton Homeowners Say About Their Refaced Cabinets
Tell us what your kitchen looks like now and what you want it to look like. We check the boxes, measure the runs, and send a written quote by linear foot.
