New Cabinet Doors On Old Cabinets

The following size calculations and prices apply to our most popular replacement cabinet door the shaker cabinet door.

New cabinet doors on old cabinets.

That said a good bit more work is required to really complete the job. Once the cabinet door arrives you ll want to paint stain treat the cabinet door. Step 2 prepare the door. Then choose your overlay style.

There are two overlay styles. An overlay is how the cabinet doors lay on the cabinet face. Select new cabinet doors made from solid wood rigid thermofoil or bamboo. And you ll have less diy labor to worry about since you ll just be removing the existing doors and replacing them with new ones.

First thing first order the new cabinet door. So if you need a cabinet door that s 12 7 16 wide by 27 15 16 high that s no problem. Replacing the doors involves taking off the existing doors face frames and hardware while keeping the cabinet boxes where they are and putting on new doors and face frames with the same hardware or new hardware. This means that new cabinet doors will result in a visual impact very similar to a whole new cabinet.

The simple fact is that the visual component of cabinets is heavily focused on the doors. Replacement cabinet doors come in 1 16 inch steps to fit any size opening you have. How to add a new door to an old cabinet box step 1 order the new cabinet door. But it is all something you can totally do yourself.

If you re planning to install new kitchen cabinet doors as opposed to an entirely new cabinet set the main structure of your cabinets will stay in place so you ll still save on costs for demolition and construction.