Re: Kraftmaid Kitchen Cabinets, where to buy

"Cringe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> "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.

It was lower than 28%.  He didn't run out to HD; he runs a kitchen and bath
design shop and retails with a fairly large customer base, and supplies
several contractors in the area.  I know they were bought through KM because
I unloaded the Kraft-Maid tractor-trailer when they showed up at his
warehouse, and put them right on my truck.

As for the cabinets, they are hickory face frames and doors with particle
board boxes.  He offered me the plywood upgrade at his cost and I declined.
I have one cabinet with the plywood only because I needed to hang a pot rack
on the side of it. All of the cabinets do indeed have 4 sided dovetailed
drawers with 3/4" solid wood sides and 3/16" plywood bottom.  The drawers
came apart - no glue apparent at all.  No point in bothering him with
warranty stuff when I can fix it in my own shop.  My point was that even
with a warranty and furniture grade components, it's just a wooden box with
drawers or doors.  Unless you abuse them, why should they break or fall
apart?

Jon E