If your new kitchen or bathroom footprint changes in anyway, meaning cabinets, appliances, tub or toilet change positions then you may need new plumbing, electrical, backsplash, flooring, lighting, and paint, which could dramatically increase your budget. We just want our customers to be prepared! The designers at Clearwater Kitchen & Bath can help you with finding quality subcontractors and vendors to complete your project.
Do-it-yourself cabinet installation can be a money-saving solution. However, if you don’t feel comfortable installing your own cabinets, we also offer professional installation services by contractors who are licensed and insured. With the investment you’re putting into your cabinets and your home, consider hiring a professional kitchen contractor to install your cabinets unless you have both experience and the right tools.
At Clearwater Kitchen & Bath, we can work within your budget and provide you with the best options for what you want to spend. Our designers take the complexity out of the process by providing you with experienced advice and a 3D rendering of what your kitchen will look like when the renovation is complete. They will also walk through the project’s time-frame, from design to ordering to delivery, installation, and countertops. Our designers know what products are available and will best meet your needs. They are there to answer your questions every step of the way. A kitchen renovation project can take 3-8 weeks from the delivery of the cabinets. Your kitchen contractor can also help you understand the project time-frame.
We all know that cabinets are made of wood, right? Well, yes but there are various kinds of wood and wood products that go into today’s cabinets. Don’t cringe when you see the words ’’wood products’’ because honestly they’re not all bad. Cabinets are not made like you would build a house. In general, custom cabinets will be built with the best. Semi-custom and stock, less expensive woods. (More about this later). Our cabinets are all built with plywood! But for this discussion… particle board is included.
Solid wood
Solid wood is wood all the way through. The only variation might be if wood is joined together in some way. It is industry standard to consider plywood as “solid wood.”
Medium density fiberboard -(MDF)
This is an engineered wood, meaning man made. It is made of wood fibers. These fibers are combined with an adhesive and are compressed and made into boards and panels. It performs very well depending on the use. MDF has a fine texture and is quite dense and heavy. It’s used for cabinet boxes, shelves and parts of cabinet doors.
Particle board
Particle board is engineered from wood chips and particles combined with adhesive and fused together into boards and panels. article board is often used in cabinetry.
Plywood
Plywood is familiar to most of us. It’s made of thin wood layers that are glued together with the grain arranged in varying angles to make it rigid and stable. Plywood is used often used for shelving and cabinet boxes.
