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Wellborn Kitchen Remodeling: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
A full Wellborn kitchen remodel in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $14,000 to $45,000 installed, depending on cabinet line, layout changes, and countertop material. We stock Wellborn-compatible hardware, hinges, drawer glides, and touch-up kits, and we can match most Wellborn door styles and finishes for partial replacements. Most owners reach out after a drawer starts grinding, a door won’t stay closed, or a hinge has stripped out of the frame, and the rest of the kitchen still looks great.
If you live in Fort Lauderdale and the cabinet boxes are solid but the moving parts are failing, you don’t need a tear-out. You need someone who can identify the exact Wellborn series, source the right part, and install it without making the surrounding cabinetry look patched. That’s what we do.
Which Wellborn Models This Applies To
Wellborn builds several cabinet lines, and they are not all interchangeable. The Cabinet Select and Estate series use different hinge mounting patterns than the Premier and Wellborn Closets lines. If you have the original order sheet, the series is printed in the upper right corner. If you don’t, flip a door over: most Wellborn doors from the last 15 years carry a small stamp or sticker on the inside face with a production code and sometimes the series name.
The compatibility gotcha we see often in Fort Lauderdale condos and older homes near Las Olas Boulevard: a previous owner or handyman swapped in a generic hinge from a hardware store, and now the door sits proud or sags. Wellborn uses specific overlay measurements (typically 1/2-inch or 1-1/4-inch), and a hinge that’s off by a few millimeters throws the whole door gap. We match OEM Wellborn parts first. When OEM isn’t available or the lead time is weeks, we use quality aftermarket equivalents from Blum or Salice that meet the same spec, and we tell you which one we’re installing before we do it.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Wellborn Kitchen Remodeling Is Failing
- Drawers grinding or catching. Wellborn drawer glides are usually undermount, and once the roller bearings start to flatten from years of salt air and humidity, the glide binds. Fort Lauderdale’s coastal moisture accelerates this, especially on lower cabinets near dishwashers.
- Doors that won’t stay closed. The self-close mechanism inside the hinge has a small spring that fatigues. When it goes, the door bounces back open or sits slightly ajar. This is the most common Wellborn-specific failure we fix.
- Hinge screws stripped and spinning. The screw holes in Wellborn cabinet frames are drilled tight from the factory. Once a screw cross-threads or strips, the door hangs loose. A proper fix means filling and re-drilling, not just pushing in a toothpick and glue.
- Finish peeling at the bottom rail. Florida humidity sits on cabinet doors near the floor. Wellborn’s catalyzed finishes hold up well, but once water gets through a chip, the veneer lifts. Early touch-up is cheap; waiting means replacing the door.
- Soft-close stops slamming. If your Wellborn cabinets came with soft-close dampers and you’re now hearing doors clap shut, the damper cylinder inside the hinge has lost its fluid. Swapping dampers is a 10-minute job per door, and we carry them on the truck.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
In Fort Lauderdale, you’re looking at these installed ranges:
- Full Wellborn kitchen remodel: $14,000 – $45,000
- Cabinet installation (new boxes, existing layout): $4,000 – $13,000
- Partial door and drawer front replacement: $1,500 – $6,000, depending on count and finish matching
- Hardware and hinge swap (entire kitchen): $400 – $1,800
- Single door or drawer front repair: $125 – $350
Every quote is a written line-item price before we touch a tool. That includes parts, labor, cleanup, and haul-away of old hardware. The workmanship is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise, so if a hinge fails or a drawer glide binds within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge. Luca Romano doesn’t hand off finished work without walking it with you first.
DIY or Call Us?
You can absolutely adjust a slightly misaligned Wellborn door yourself. The two screws on the hinge face control height and depth; a quarter-turn with a Phillips head usually squares the gap. You can also tighten loose hinge screws carefully, though if one spins without grabbing, stop there.
What goes wrong with DIY on Wellborn cabinets is finish damage. Drilling new holes freehand, using the wrong hinge cup size, or forcing a metric screw into an imperial hole leaves visible scars. If the finish gets chipped, that door is now a replacement, not a repair. For anything past a minor adjustment, call (754) 354-7423 and we’ll look at it. The estimate is free.
FAQs
Wellborn cabinet boxes typically last 25 to 40 years in Fort Lauderdale homes, while hinges and drawer glides wear out in 8 to 15 years under normal Florida humidity and daily use. The hardware fails long before the cabinet does, which is exactly why a part-level fix usually beats a remodel. Call (754) 354-7423 if you’re not sure which part is failing.
A stripped hinge screw hole can almost always be repaired by filling, re-drilling, and setting a proper pilot hole, so the door itself does not need to be replaced. The finish around the hole is the only risk. We handle this repair regularly in Fort Lauderdale kitchens. For an exact quote, call (754) 354-7423.
Swapping all hinges and drawer glides in an average 20-door Fort Lauderdale kitchen takes one technician about half a day, usually four to six hours. We bring everything on the truck and clean up before we leave. To schedule a no-pressure estimate, call (754) 354-7423.
We keep common Wellborn-compatible hinges, drawer glides, dampers, and touch-up kits on the truck, and we source OEM Wellborn parts from our supplier network for anything less common. KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone hardware are also in our regular stock rotation. Most parts are installable the same week. Call (754) 354-7423 and we’ll confirm availability for your specific series.
Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale is an independent service provider and not affiliated with Wellborn. Wellborn is a trademark of its respective owner.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner & Lead Contractor, Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale at Sawyer Remodel Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
