Re: Kraftmaid Kitchen Cabinets, where to buy

"Jon Endres, PE" wrote
> I have Krap-maid cabinets in my house.  I only got them because the guy I
> used to work with is a dealer and let me have them at his cost.  His cost
> was 22-28% of what he would sell them to the general public for.  In other
> words - I paid $220 for a $1000 cabinet.  I call them Krap-maid because
they
> are pretty much solid termite puke (I guess you could call it particle
> board) connected with staples and hot-melt glue.  I have had two drawers
in
> a three drawer base cabinet fall apart completely due to a lack of proper
> glue and fasteners, and poor design.  They are less than three years old.
>
> I wouldn't bother, but your mileage may vary.  In my new house, I'm
building
> them myself.
>
> Jon E


I would be having a few words with your buddy.  Sounds like he ran out to HD
and sold you their line at a higher cost.  Kraftmaid bought through a
distributor other than HD _all_ have 4 sided dovetailed drawers with a
_lifetime_ warranty being 3/4" solid wood sides and 3/16" plywood bottom.

A contractors price through distributor pays a multiplier of .30 of retail,
I get them at .28 retail just because I do a few kitchens a year.  Doesn't
sound as if your buddy does much business as a distributor, I definitely
would be calling him on failure of the units.

As already mentioned, you can upgrade to all plywood construction even with
a furniture finish all sides.  Too bad your buddy failed to show you this.