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No veneer on the face frames, no finish crew in your kitchen. ![New shaker doors going onto existing kitchen cabinet boxes](/_astro/cabinet-door-replacement-1.tqu6cdLm_2tij1s.webp) ## When New Cabinet Doors Alone Are the Right Call New cabinet doors make sense when the boxes are square, the layout works, and the frames look acceptable beside a fresh door. If your frames are oak and the new doors are white, the difference will bother you, and that kitchen wants [refacing](/services/cabinet-maker/cabinet-refacing/). Your situation Right service Doors dated or damaged, frames fine Door replacement Doors and frames both dated [Refacing](/services/cabinet-maker/cabinet-refacing/) Everything sound, wrong color [Refinishing](/services/cabinet-maker/cabinet-refinishing/) One or two doors failed [Repair](/services/cabinet-maker/cabinet-repair/) Layout is wrong [New cabinets](/services/cabinet-maker/custom-kitchen-cabinets/) The strongest case for doors only is a painted kitchen. If the frames already wear a color you like, matching new doors is seamless at roughly half the cost of refacing. ## Measuring Replacement Cabinet Doors and the Overlay Question This is where ordering replacement cabinet doors online goes wrong. You do not measure the old door, you measure the opening and add overlay. Overlay is how far the door laps past the opening on each side. A 1/2 in overlay door on a 12 by 24 in opening finishes at 13 by 25. Full overlay leaves a narrow reveal and is standard on newer kitchens. Inset doors sit flush in the frame, a different build covered on our [inset cabinetry](/services/cabinet-maker/inset-cabinetry/) page. Overlay Door vs opening Reveal Common in Standard 1/2 in Opening plus 1 in 1 in or more 1980s and 1990s Full 1-1/4 in Opening plus 2-1/2 in 1/8 to 1/4 in Newer builds Inset Opening minus 1/8 in 1/16 to 1/8 in Custom and historic Two openings that look the same rarely are. Older Ortega and Murray Hill kitchens have frames that racked as the house settled, so we measure each opening and build to it rather than ordering 22 identical doors. ![Cabinet door held against a box to check the overlay](/_astro/cabinet-door-replacement-2.aP0w6OGs_2csdHV.webp) ## Cabinet Door Styles Cabinet door styles date a kitchen faster than color does. Four cover almost everything we build. Style Build Reads as Notes Slab One flat panel Modern Cheapest, shows warp Shaker Five piece, flat center Transitional Safest resale choice Raised panel Five piece, profiled center Traditional Suits older homes [Beadboard](/services/cabinet-maker/beadboard-cabinetry/) Five piece, grooved center Coastal Popular at the Beaches A five-piece door is two stiles, two rails and a floating center panel. That floating panel is why five-piece doors survive Florida better than a glued-up slab: the panel moves inside the frame instead of splitting. On paint grade we run MDF panels, which never show a shrink line at the rail. Most Jacksonville homeowners land on [shaker](/services/cabinet-maker/shaker-style-cabinets/). ![Kitchen with all new doors and the original cabinet layout](/_astro/cabinet-door-replacement-3.CGtiSlrU_ZxsWvu.webp) ## Hinges and Hardware Carryover Pull one door off and look at the back edge. Euro cup hinges sit in a 35 mm round bore. If you have those, new doors get bored to match and the hinge plates stay on the frame, which makes the swap fast and the door positions consistent. Face-frame hinges screw to the door edge and the frame face, leaving visible knuckles. They do not transfer cleanly, since old screw holes rarely line up, so we usually convert those kitchens to concealed hinges, which also opens the door to [soft close](/services/cabinet-maker/soft-close-cabinet-installation/). New doors arrive undrilled, so this is the cheap moment for [pulls and knobs](/services/cabinet-maker/cabinet-hardware-installation/). ![Replacement doors stacked and labelled in a shop](/_astro/cabinet-door-replacement-4.ObJc8nRQ_ZJzWNq.webp) ## Matching or Changing the Finish Painting everything is the cleanest path. New doors come finished from our shop and the frames get sprayed on site, so the kitchen reads as one piece. Matching an existing stain is the hard path. Thirty years of light have ambered the old finish, and new wood sprayed to a factory color will not match under a window, so we build sample doors for you to judge in your kitchen. Leaving frames alone works only when the doors are close in tone. Dark doors against light frames fails, dark doors with a contrasting [island](/services/cabinet-maker/kitchen-island-cabinetry/) works. ## Custom Cabinet Doors: Paint Grade and Stain Grade Custom cabinet doors are built to your openings from material chosen for what comes after. Paint grade means poplar or soft maple frames with an MDF panel. Stain grade means the species shows: white oak, maple, cherry, or hickory in a [farmhouse kitchen](/services/cabinet-maker/farmhouse-cabinetry/). Species matters in this climate. White oak and maple are stable here, and red oak is fine painted if the grain gets filled. We avoid solid wood center panels on doors facing a dishwasher vent or an exterior garage wall, the two places doors cup first. ## Cabinet Door and Drawer Front Replacement, Step by Step 1. We measure every opening, record overlay, and note hinge type. 2. You pick style, species and finish from a sample door we build first. 3. Doors and fronts are built and finished in our shop. 4. Old doors come off, hinge plates are checked or replaced. 5. New doors and fronts hang, then get set to an even reveal. Cabinet door and drawer front replacement runs two to four weeks from measure to install, but only one or two days in your house, and the kitchen stays usable until install day. ## Cost Per Door in Jacksonville Item Typical installed range Paint grade shaker door, finished $110 to $190 each Stain grade shaker or raised panel $160 to $280 each Drawer front, paint grade $70 to $130 each Add: convert to concealed hinges $20 to $40 per door Typical 25 door kitchen, 8 fronts $3,200 to $7,000 Three things move the number: door style, paint grade versus stain grade, and whether hinges convert. These are typical Jacksonville ranges, and a firm quote takes measuring your openings, since door count on paper rarely matches the wall. ## Why Jacksonville Homeowners Choose Klein Carpentry 4.8 ★ ### Rated by 51 Google Reviewers Klein Carpentry holds a 4.8 star average across [51 Google reviews](https://maps.google.com/?cid=7803379908473648836&g_mp=CiVnb29nbGUubWFwcy5wbGFjZXMudjEuUGxhY2VzLkdldFBsYWNlEAIYBCAA). Homeowners keep mentioning the same things: fast replies, crews who show up when they say they will, and attention to detail. Every cabinet door replacement project gets a written quote, a clear schedule and a daylight walkthrough at the end. Humidity ### Built for Florida's Climate Wood gains and loses moisture with the air around it, and the USDA Forest Products Laboratory's [Wood Handbook](https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/62200) shows how much it swells and shrinks as a result. We plan every cabinet door replacement job for that movement: stable sheet goods, acclimated lumber, moisture-resistant material near slabs and wet rooms, and joints with room to move. 3 Heights ### Fit to Your Actual Walls Jacksonville homes range from plaster and concrete block to square new construction. We measure each opening at the floor, mid height and ceiling before building, then scribe the finished work to the wall. Depending on the piece, it is built in our shop and brought in finished or built on site in your home, so the fit stays tight either way. ## What Jacksonville Homeowners Say 4.8from [51 Google reviews](https://maps.google.com/?cid=7803379908473648836&g_mp=CiVnb29nbGUubWFwcy5wbGFjZXMudjEuUGxhY2VzLkdldFBsYWNlEAIYBCAA) - > I reached out to get an estimate on building a wet bar to put in the mudroom of our home. Ray sent me a work up and it looked great, so we moved forward. Their craftsmanship is flawless, and they truly went above and beyond to ensure we were happy with the work. Would highly recommend if you’re looking at home projects [Josh G](https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/104561311377366249758/reviews) · a year ago on Google - > Absolutely recommend! 5 Star experience all around. Pricing was extremely reasonable and fair and the results of the work was spectacular. I had a window frame and siding that needed to be replaced due to water damage. The end result was nothing short of excellent. I will be definitely be using them again going forward and will be letting others know to use them as well. [Gregory Brown](https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/117935910804887413935/reviews) · a year ago on Google - > If I could give Klein Carpentry 10 Stars I would. Ray and Nathan are First Class Carpenters and throughout the whole process their attention to detail was beyond our expectations. We had Shiplap installed in our Cafe/Dining Room and Board&Batten throughout the Foyer. Through the start of installation the communication, cleanliness and putting up a plastic wall to exhaust the dust outside was a Plus because going through renovations can be stressful but they made it perfect. We are so impressed that they are coming back to do built-ins on each side of the fireplace. ⭐️⭐️Update Second Review⭐️⭐️ Ray and Nathan has exceeded our expectations again. Just Wow!!! They designed our 10 ft Built Ins here in Marshes of Maderia by Master Craft Homes. We absolutely love the Reeded Door and Drawer Panel design with Lights looks so Sophisticated and Timeless . Now our New Home looks complete ❤️ [Stacy Johnson](https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/116242983541495512466/reviews) · a year ago on Google Reviews from Google ## Frequently Asked Questions Can I just order doors online and have you hang them? We will, but not on older homes. Openings in settled Jacksonville houses are rarely square, and stock sizes leave uneven reveals no hinge adjustment fixes. My doors cupped over the dishwasher. Will new ones do the same? Not if they are built for it. We use five-piece doors with MDF or engineered center panels in the dishwasher and range zones, because a solid glued panel is what cups when one face takes steam. Do you replace doors on bathroom vanities and laundry cabinets too? We do, and running them with a kitchen costs less than a separate trip. The same program covers [vanities](/services/cabinet-maker/bathroom-vanities/) and [laundry rooms](/services/cabinet-maker/laundry-room-cabinets/). Will new doors fit my existing hinges? If you have Euro cup hinges, yes, and we bore new doors to the same pattern. Old face-frame hinges rarely transfer, so we convert those kitchens to concealed hinges at install. Can you match doors for one section of a kitchen only? Yes for painted kitchens, cautiously for stained ones. A partial stain match on aged finish is never exact, so we steer those jobs toward a separate area such as a pantry wall or island. ## Related Cabinet and Carpentry Services - ### [Cabinet refacing](/services/cabinet-maker/cabinet-refacing/) If the face frames need to change too - ### [Cabinet refinishing](/services/cabinet-maker/cabinet-refinishing/) When only the color is wrong - ### [Soft-close cabinet installation](/services/cabinet-maker/soft-close-cabinet-installation/) While the hinges are already out - ### [Custom cabinetry](/services/carpentry/custom-cabinetry/) For built-ins that should match your new doors - ### [All cabinet maker services](/services/cabinet-maker/) From Klein Carpentry Get a Free Quote Tell us about your cabinet door replacement project. 4.8[51 Google reviews](https://maps.google.com/?cid=7803379908473648836&g_mp=CiVnb29nbGUubWFwcy5wbGFjZXMudjEuUGxhY2VzLkdldFBsYWNlEAIYBCAA) ## Get Your Openings Measured Call [(904) 759-4988](tel:9047594988) and we will measure every opening in your Jacksonville kitchen and tell you what your hinges will and will not do. You get a style recommendation and a written price per door. Get A Free Quote Today