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PGT Kitchen Remodeling: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide
A full PGT kitchen remodel in West Palm Beach runs $14,000 to $45,000 installed, depending on cabinet count, countertop material, and whether we’re moving plumbing or electrical. Most owners call us after a cabinet face delaminates or a countertop seam opens from years of Florida humidity cycling, but about half our jobs start because the kitchen never worked for how the family actually cooks. We stock cabinet hardware, cabinet boxes, and countertop fastening systems that match PGT-built kitchens, and we can usually start a small kitchen renovation within 10 to 14 days of the written estimate.
Key Takeaways:
- Full PGT kitchen remodel in West Palm Beach: $14,000 – $45,000
- Small kitchen remodel: $9,000 – $20,000
- Cabinet installation on its own: $4,000 – $13,000
- Countertop installation: $2,000 – $6,500
- Every job gets a written price before work starts, no exceptions
- All completed work carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise
Which PGT Models This Applies To
PGT built kitchens in West Palm Beach for years, mostly as part of whole-home construction and condo packages. The two most common lines we see are the builder-grade PGT standard frame cabinets and the semi-custom PGT raised-panel series. The quickest way to identify what you have is to open a cabinet door and look for the manufacturer label on the inside of the hinge-side stile. If the label is gone, measure the cabinet box depth: PGT standard boxes run 12 inches deep for uppers and 24 inches for base cabinets, which means off-the-shelf replacements from big-box stores often don’t drop in without shimming.
Here’s the compatibility gotcha that costs people money: PGT used a 3-inch toe-kick height on most of their base cabinets, not the 4-inch standard most local kabinetry shops build today. If you’re replacing a single damaged cabinet or adding an island, that 1-inch difference has to be accounted for or the finished line will be visibly off. We stock replacement hardware, hinges, and drawer slides that match PGT mounting patterns. For cabinet boxes and doors, we use documented name brands like KraftMaid and Wellborn, which gives you manufacturer specs and warranties rather than a no-name shop build. Bradford Remodeling Co West Palm Beach is an independent contractor, not affiliated with PGT, so we’re honest about when OE parts matter and when a quality aftermarket equivalent is the smarter spend. For most kitchen parts, aftermarket is actually better value: you get modern soft-close hardware and real plywood boxes instead of the particleboard PGT originally used.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your PGT Kitchen Remodeling Is Failing
- Cabinet doors won’t stay closed or sit crooked. The hinge screws have stripped out of the particleboard stile. Once the substrate crumbles, adding a longer screw doesn’t fix it; the stile needs to be rebuilt or the door re-hung on a new frame. We see this constantly in homes along Northwood Village where original hardware was left to rust in salt air.
- Drawers stick or fall off the slides. PGT’s original roller slides were good for about 15 – 20 years in Florida humidity. Once the nylon rollers crack or the mounting brackets bend, the drawer binds. The fix is a full slide replacement, not lubrication.
- Countertop seams open or countertops sag. In West Palm Beach kitchens without adequate underlayment, particleboard counter bases soak up humidity and swell. A seam that used to be tight now shows a gap. That underlying substrate has to be addressed before new tops go on, or the new seam will fail the same way.
- Cabinet boxes separate from the wall. If you can see daylight between the back of a cabinet and the drywall, the original installation didn’t include enough fasteners or used the wrong anchors. Overloaded uppers eventually pull away. This is a safety hazard if left alone.
- Laminate peels or bubbles at the edges. That’s moisture getting into the core. Once a PGT laminate cabinet face shows blisters, the core is compromised. You can’t glue it back flat.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Let’s talk real numbers for West Palm Beach. A small kitchen remodel, meaning reface or replace cabinets with new hardware and any necessary countertop repair, lands between $9,000 and $20,000. A full kitchen remodel with new cabinets, countertops, backsplash, sink, faucet, and lighting runs $14,000 to $45,000. The range is driven by three things: cabinet count (a 10×10 kitchen with 12 cabinets is far different from a 20-cabinet cook’s kitchen), countertop material (Caesarstone and Cambria quartz run higher per square foot than sheet goods or tile), and whether plumbing or electrical moves.
Here’s the part most homeowners don’t hear from other contractors: our written price includes the line items. You see what the cabinets cost, what the countertops cost, what the substrate repair costs, what labor costs. If we pull a permit, it’s on the invoice as a line item. If something changes in the field, Curtis Lane calls you before we touch it. You don’t find out after the fact. Our workmanship is covered by the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the install fails inside a year, we come back and make it right at no charge. Straight number, full scope, no surprises after the invoice.
DIY or Call Us?
Some things you can safely check yourself: look at the hinges to see if screws are backing out, test cabinet doors for alignment, measure the gap on your countertop seam. That tells you what you’re dealing with. What you should not do is try to remove and re-hang an upper cabinet by yourself. A loaded upper cabinet can weigh over 150 pounds. When it lets go, it takes the countertop, the faucet, and sometimes a section of drywall with it. We’ve had to rebuild walls in West Palm Beach because a homeowner tried to save money and got hurt from a cabinet falling.
Cabinet refacing and hardware replacement are skills, not rocket science, but doing them inside a lived-in Florida kitchen while keeping the family fed is a different job. We handle the tear-out, the disposal, the substrate inspection, and the reinstall with a clean site at the end of every day. If you’re not sure whether your PGT kitchen needs a repair or a full remodel, call (728) 203-9809 and we’ll walk you through it.
FAQs
In West Palm Beach’s heat and humidity, expect 15 to 20 years from original PGT particleboard cabinets before hinge failures, delamination, or moisture damage become visible. Plywood cabinets, done right, can run 30 years or more. If your cabinets are past 20 and showing two or more of the failure signs above, replacement usually makes more sense than repair. Call (728) 203-9809 for an exact assessment, and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts.
Yes, if the box is still solid we can rebuild stiles, install new soft-close hinges, replace drawer slides, and re-hang doors. If the particleboard core is swollen from moisture, repair won’t hold. We’ll tell you straight which side of that line you’re on. Estimates are free, and the price we quote is the price you pay.
A full PGT kitchen remodel typically takes 3 to 6 weeks depending on permit inspections and material lead times. Cabinet refacing or hardware replacement runs 2 to 5 days. We’ll give you a schedule in writing with the estimate, including permit inspection windows that Palm Beach County actually runs on. Call (728) 203-9809 and ask for Curtis Lane for the real timeline on your job.
We stock PGT-matching hinges, drawer slides, and cabinet hardware on our trucks, and up to the wrong toe-kick height that PGT base cabinets use. For cabinet boxes and doors, we order from KraftMaid and Wellborn with manufacturer warranties. Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone countertops arrive cut to spec. If you need it matched, we can match it. Call (728) 203-9809 to schedule a free estimate.
Written by Curtis Lane, Owner, Bradford Remodeling Co – West Palm Beach at Bradford Remodeling Co West Palm Beach, serving West Palm Beach and nearby areas.
