Cabinet Door and Hinge Repair in Phoenix

Adjusting doors

Most kitchen cabinets built in the last few decades use concealed European-style hinges. A round cup sits in a hole drilled into the back of the door, and an arm clips onto a plate screwed inside the cabinet. Each hinge has small screws that move the door up and down, side to side, and in and out. When a door hangs crooked, rubs its neighbor, or won't close flat, the fix is often a few turns of those screws on every hinge along the run, so all the gaps line up again.

Stripped hinge screws

When adjusting doesn't hold, the screws have stripped out. Most cabinet boxes are particleboard, which holds a screw well the first time and poorly after that. A longer screw just strips the next layer. We rebuild the hole with glue and hardwood, or cover it with a repair plate that spreads the load over solid material. Then the hinge goes back on and holds. Worn or broken hinges get replaced with matching ones, and a photo of the hinge arm usually shows the maker's name.

Shelves

Long particleboard shelves loaded with dishes bend a little more every year. A sagging shelf can be flipped, given a center support, or replaced with a stiffer one cut to the same size. Shelf pins that have pulled out of their holes get the holes rebuilt or the shelf moved to fresh holes.

Doors and drawer fronts beyond saving

A door that's cracked, warped, or has a hinge cup torn out of it gets replaced. Matching a replacement door to a kitchen that's a decade old is the hard part. Many cabinet lines are still made, and a photo of the door and any label inside the cabinet helps find it. When the exact door isn't available, a close match on the least visible cabinet, with the original door moved to where it shows, works well.

Toe kicks, fillers and trim

The toe kick along the floor gets kicked and wet, and it's a flat panel that's easy to replace. Filler strips between cabinets and walls come loose. Crown and light rail on top of the cabinets pull away. All of it refastens or replaces to match.

Problems we fix on this page

• Cabinet door sagging
• Cabinet door won't close
• Cabinet door rubs the one next to it
• Gaps between cabinet doors uneven
• Hinge pulled out of the cabinet
• Screw holes stripped
• Hinge broken
• Door slams shut
• Cabinet door warped
• Cabinet door cracked
• Need a matching replacement door
• Door falls off when opened
• Shelf sagging
• Shelf pins missing
• Shelf cracked
• Cabinet pulling away from the wall
• Upper cabinet sagging
• Toe kick damaged or missing
• Filler strip missing or loose
• Cabinet side panel water damaged
• End panel scratched or dented
• Corner lazy susan stuck or broken
• Want pull-out shelves added
• Want a trash pull-out added
• Want crown molding on top of the cabinets
• Oak cabinets look dated
• Painted cabinets chipping
• Particleboard cabinets swelling
• Builder-grade cabinets falling apart
• Face-frame cabinet door hinges loose
• Frameless cabinet door alignment off
• Linen closet shelves sagging
• Laundry room cabinet door falling
• Bathroom cabinet swollen from steam
• Garage cabinet door broken
• Should I repair or replace cabinet doors
• Should I refinish or replace my cabinets (a remodel project)

How it starts

Send a photo of the door with the problem and a close-up of the hinge. Fixed price up front, no surprises on the bill. We can install hinges or doors you've already bought. Levi is on the job.