KraftMaid Construction in Highland, CA

KraftMaid Construction in Highland, CA | Stallion Contractors

We provide independent KraftMaid cabinet installation, refacing, and full-kitchen remodeling across Highland. What makes our KraftMaid work here different comes down to one thing: Highland’s foothill-edge lots sit in a high fire hazard zone, which means a cabinet project that touches an exterior wall can trigger San Bernardino County WUI review that a flatland contractor in Redlands never deals with. We handle the cabinet work and the permit path. If you’re planning KraftMaid cabinetry in Highland, call (855) 600-3192 for a free estimate.

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Why Highland Residents Choose Us for KraftMaid Service

We’ve installed and retrofitted KraftMaid sales & service cabinetry across dozens of Highland-area kitchens, from 1970s tract homes off Baseline to semi-rural foothill lots up toward the national forest edge. That repetition matters. We know how KraftMaid’s box construction, drawer hardware, and door profiles actually wear under inland heat, dry air, and Santa Ana wind-driven dust, and we know which repairs hold up in this climate and which ones don’t.

Ruben Montoya, our owner, grew up in Colton and learned construction at San Bernardino Valley College, where the hands-on programs put him on job sites before he ever had a business card. He’s spent twenty-plus years working Inland Empire homes, and his father was a finish carpenter. That’s partly why we still pay more attention to the final ten percent of a cabinet job than most contractors pay to the first ninety. Good work doesn’t need a sales pitch, it needs the right materials and someone who knows what they’re doing.

We are an independent contractor. We don’t claim KraftMaid authorization or warranty endorsement, but if you need KraftMaid service in Loma Linda or nearby, we handle the field work directly. We handle the field work, pull genuine KraftMaid parts where the box is sound, and let their factory components do their job.

Common KraftMaid Construction Problems We Solve in Highland

• Thermofoil delamination and peeling. Highland’s intense UV and dry inland heat hit south- and west-facing cabinet runs hard. KraftMaid Serenade thermofoil doors, especially on 1990s builds, peel at panel edges when the adhesive film breaks down under that sun load. We see it most on uppers near slider doors and kitchen windows. The fix is refacing with new factory-spec doors, not gluing the old film back down.
• Drawer glide and hinge wear in Vantage and Momentum boxes. Seasonal humidity swings between Highland’s wet winters and bone-dry summers, combined with wind-blown dust intrusion, accelerate wear on factory glides and hinges. When drawers start dragging or doors sag, we replace the hardware with aftermarket full-extension glides and adjustable hinges when factory parts are slow or discontinued. Daily-use durability matters more than a logo on the slide.
• Cabinet box and shelf failures from old water leaks. Pre-1990s Highland kitchens frequently hide slow sink and dishwasher leaks that warp the cabinet box and shelving before anyone notices. Swelling around dishwashers is common where toe-kick ventilation is poor, trapping moisture against particleboard or MDF sides. We assess whether the carcass is salvageable or whether replacement is the only honest call.
• Door and frame finish crazing or gapping. Santa Ana wind events push fine dust and grit against cabinets near slider doors, and the dry air pulls moisture out of wood doors, causing finish crazing and hairline gaps at frame joints. KraftMaid maple and oak raised-panel doors from 1980s and 1990s Highland builds are especially prone. We reface or rehang where the box is straight and dry.
• Unpermitted addition and patio-enclosure tie-ins. Highland’s older stock carries a lot of permitted-versus-unpermitted work. When a kitchen remodel connects to a former patio enclosure or unpermitted addition, the cabinet layout and opening changes have to be untangled at permit time. We handle that conversation with the county so the cabinet plan doesn’t stall at plan check.

KraftMaid Service in Highland: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment

Here’s the thing most cabinet pages won’t tell you. In Highland’s foothill-edge neighborhoods, a kitchen remodel that touches exterior walls can trigger San Bernardino County fire-hazard review and wildland-urban-interface requirements. That means cabinet and opening changes that are over-the-counter in flatland KraftMaid in Redlands need county defensible-space and ignition-resistant detailing here. So if you’re pulling a sink base off an exterior wall, moving a window, or reframing a rough opening for new KraftMaid cabinetry, the county may require non-combustible or ignition-resistant detailing at that junction. That’s not a catalog problem. It’s a Highland problem. We plan cabinet layouts with that review in mind from the first site visit, which keeps permit timelines from blowing out mid-project. On a recent job off Highland Avenue, our crew pulled a KraftMaid Vantage run where the thermofoil uppers had peeled along the south wall and the dishwasher box had swollen from a slow leak. We salvaged the sound plywood boxes, rehung them with new factory-spec doors and aftermarket full-extension glides, and set a quartz top over the repaired base. The homeowner got a sealed, sun-hardened kitchen without a full tear-out, and the permit went through without a re-submit because we’d already accounted for the WUI review on the exterior wall.

KraftMaid Models & Products We Service in Highland

We work with KraftMaid’s core lines, including Vantage, their all-plywood box entry-to-mid line; Momentum, available in framed and frameless full-access configurations; and Serenade, the thermofoil door styles common in 1990s Highland tract homes. The maple and oak raised-panel doors you see across 1980s and 1990s Highland builds are familiar territory for us, just as KraftMaid repair in Muscoy is for homeowners there. For parts, our stance is practical: we pull genuine KraftMaid doors, drawer fronts, and hardware specs where the box is sound, and we use quality aftermarket full-extension glides and hinges for daily-use durability when factory parts are slow or discontinued. We reface or rehang KraftMaid when carcasses are straight and dry, and we recommend replacement only when water damage or UV failure has genuinely compromised the box. That’s the honest split, and we don’t blur it to sell a bigger job.

KraftMaid Service Pricing in Highland

KraftMaid work in Highland generally falls inside these ranges, depending on scope, layout, and whether the project stays inside existing openings or moves walls:

Service	Typical Range
Kitchen Remodel	$14,000 – $45,000
Small Kitchen Remodel	$9,000 – $20,000
Cabinet Installation	$4,000 – $13,000
Countertop Installation	$2,000 – $6,500
Backsplash Installation	$800 – $2,500
Kitchen Island Installation	$3,000 – $10,000

What moves the number is mostly whether you’re refacing in place or doing a full tear-out, what the wall framing reveals once the old cabinets come down, and whether a foothill lot triggers the WUI review we described above. Our free estimate is a written line-item quote, so you see exactly what’s in the job. Call (855) 600-3192 and we’ll walk your kitchen, check the boxes and the wall conditions, and give you a real number, not a phone guess.

FAQs – KraftMaid Construction in Highland

Service Areas Near Highland

We serve all of Highland, ZIP 92346, and the surrounding foothill and valley communities. That includes our Highland service area, along with Colton, Bloomington, Mentone, San Antonio Heights, Loma Linda, and Redlands. If you’re just over the line, KraftMaid service in San Bernardino and KraftMaid service in Rialto are available through the same team.

Book Your KraftMaid Service in Highland Today

If your KraftMaid cabinets are peeling, sagging, or just tired, call (855) 600-3192 to schedule a free estimate. We’ll walk your Highland kitchen, check the boxes and the wall conditions, and tell you exactly what refacing or replacement will cost, down to the line item.

Written by Ruben Montoya, Owner at Stallion Contractors, serving Highland and the Inland Empire since day one.