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How to Save Cost to Replace Kitchen Cabinets

Monday, May 5th 2014. | Kitchen Cabinet

When the kitchen cabinets getting older and looks shabby, we should think how to replace or remodel it. Beside think the new design we also should prepare the cost to replace kitchen cabinets. If your kitchen cabinets are still pretty good, you just need to repaint or make it more beautiful with some accessories. But if your kitchen cabinets have been damaged, there are many things that should be changed, and of course it requires much cost. Maybe you need to replace the hinges, knobs, pulls, and molding or even you also have to replace the doors and drawers.

How much cost to replace kitchen cabinets?

Cost to replace kitchen cabinets need $ 20,000 or $ 30,000, of course it’s not a cheap thing. If you want to replace your old kitchen cabinets with the new cabinets, you should cost up to $8,000-$10,000. Then if you want to replace the old kitchen cabinets with semi-custom cabinets you must cost $16,000-$20,000. Although you must cost much, but it also has some advantages than refacing kitchen cabinets. Your kitchen cabinets will be more solid than the old and of course will appear more beautiful as you wish. This method is suitable for bad kitchen cabinets, because bad kitchen cabinets can not fix with refacing.

If you do not have enough cost to replace kitchen cabinets, you can fix it by refacing. There are several advantages that you can get from this method. It will save more money and time. This job is easier than replacing your kitchen cabinets and you will be able to do activity in the kitchen during the renovation. But this refacing method can not improve bad kitchen cabinets. You have to spend around $ 1000 – $ 3000 for laminate kitchen cabinets with size 10-12 feet. Then to replace the pulls, knobs, hinges you need cost about $ 2 – $ 4 per piece, and for other hardware you need cost up to $ 20 – $ 50.