Cabinet Refacing in Magrath Heights, Edmonton
Cabinet refacing in Magrath Heights takes an established 1996 to 2010 kitchen with sturdy plywood boxes but dated raised-panel oak or maple doors, and swaps the entire face for a 2026 shaker, slab, or recessed shaker profile. The plywood carcasses built by the original Magrath builders stay where they sit. Your granite or quartz countertop never moves. A typical Magrath Heights reface takes 7 to 10 working days and runs $12,000 to $24,000, against $55,000 to $110,000 for a full gut-and-replace of a 1996-era kitchen.
iPaint Painting refaces kitchens across Magrath, MacTaggart, the pocket east of Rabbit Hill Road, and the surrounding T6R postal-code area. Owner-led by Mourad. Call 780-938-9555 for a free in-home measure where we bring physical door samples to hold against your existing granite.
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Magrath Heights Kitchens Have Good Bones and Bad Faces
The original 1996 to 2008 builders specified solid plywood boxes. The doors on top of those boxes are 25 to 30 years out of date. Refacing fixes the visible problem without disturbing what already works.
Refacing in Magrath Heights
Replace the silhouette. Keep the carcass.
- +Doors and drawer fronts are fully replaced with new components
- +Cabinet boxes get a new matching wood veneer skin
- +You change the actual silhouette (raised panel to shaker, arched to slab)
- +Material upgrade from honey oak to maple, MDF, or rift-cut oak veneer
- +Project window: 7-10 days, kitchen unusable 2-3 days
- +Magrath Heights range: $12,000-$24,000
Refinishing in Magrath Heights
Same silhouette. New colour.
- oExisting doors are stripped, sanded, and spray-painted
- oThe 1998 raised-panel oak silhouette stays in a new colour
- oMaterial stays oak or maple, just painted over
- oWorn edges, dings, and grain telegraph through paint over time
- oProject window: 5-7 days, similar disruption
- oMagrath Heights range: $6,500-$13,000 (about half)
Quick test: stand at your sink and look at the over-fridge cabinet. If it has an arched top with a 3-inch raised centre panel on a honey or medium-stain oak, your kitchen is screaming the 1998 to 2006 build year. Refinishing would paint that arch white. Refacing replaces it with a square-topped slab door that actually reads 2026.
The Eight Pieces of a Magrath Heights Kitchen We Replace
A typical Magrath Heights reface scope: 25 to 40 doors, 8 to 14 drawer fronts, 4 to 6 end panels, one island, and every visible hinge and pull. Here is the inventory.
25-40 New Doors
Built to your specified profile (flat shaker, recessed shaker, slab) and material, sized to your existing openings within 1/32 inch.
8-14 Drawer Fronts
Matching drawer fronts cut to height. Your original drawer boxes are kept unless they show wear, in which case we swap to dovetail.
0.75 mm Veneer Skin
Every visible face frame and box edge gets a new wood veneer skin that matches the new door material exactly. No honey-oak peeking out.
4-6 End Panels
Decorative end panels on exposed cabinet sides, dishwasher panel, fridge cabinet panel, all replaced to match your new doors.
Island Refacing
Magrath Heights islands run 8 to 12 feet with seating on the back side. We reface all four visible sides plus the kick panel.
BLUM Soft-Close Hinges
Every door is rehung on new BLUM Compact 38N or Clip Top hinges with adjustable soft-close dampening. No more cabinet door slams.
Hardware Upgrade
Original brass round knobs come off. New brushed nickel bar pulls, matte black knobs, or integrated channel pulls go on every door and drawer.
Pantry Coordination
Walk-in pantry door and (if present) butler pantry doors get refaced to match the main kitchen. Visual continuity matters from the dining room.
Worried about cabinet box condition? Most Magrath Heights boxes are plywood and excellent reface candidates, but the in-home visit always includes a carcass inspection: water swelling under the sink, racking at the corners, delamination at the toe kicks. If we find anything that disqualifies refacing, we will recommend cabinet refinishing or full replacement and explain why.
The 7-10 Day Magrath Heights Reface Sequence
No demo trucks parked along Magrath Boulevard. No granite removal. No re-plumbing. Old doors off, boxes re-skinned, new doors on.
In-Home Sample Visit
Mourad brings physical door samples (shaker, slab, painted maple, rift-cut oak) to your Magrath Heights home so you can hold them against your existing Uba Tuba or Santa Cecilia granite in your own kitchen light.
Carcass & Field Measure
Every door opening is measured to 1/32 inch with a digital caliper. Box condition checked for water swelling and delamination. Drawer openings recorded separately. End-panel sizes captured.
Custom Door Fabrication
Doors and drawer fronts are built in our shop or sourced from a Canadian door specialist. Lead time on a Magrath Heights kitchen is typically 3 to 4 weeks before install begins.
Day 1: Old Doors Off
The original 1998-era oak doors and drawer fronts come down. Brass knobs go in a labelled bin. Hinge cups filled. Box faces scuff-sanded and cleaned for the new veneer.
Days 2-4: Veneer + Hang
Box faces get the new 0.75 mm veneer skin applied with contact adhesive and rolled flat. New doors are hung on BLUM soft-close hinges. End panels installed. Drawer fronts attached.
Days 5-10: Hardware + Walk
New pulls, knobs, and channel pulls go on. Every door aligned within 1 mm of its neighbour. Final walkthrough against a printed punch list. 5-year written warranty activates the day we leave.
Why Magrath Heights Picks iPaint for Refacing
Refacing is fabrication plus finish carpentry plus design coordination. We do all three under one roof, no subcontracted door installers and no third-party templating.
Conservative Looks That Resell
Magrath Heights families plan for the long hold. Painted maple shaker in Benjamin Moore Cloud White or White Dove with brushed nickel bar pulls reads timeless in 2026 and will still read timeless in 2036. We steer Magrath Heights clients away from trendy two-tone schemes that date quickly off Magrath Boulevard and toward the calmer palette that fits the established-family aesthetic.
Mourad Personally Measures
The owner runs every Magrath Heights reface from the sample visit through the final walk. With 15+ years on cabinet work, Painter and Decorator Certification, and MPI training, Mourad is the single accountable person when something needs adjustment. No project manager between you and the craftsman.
Your Granite Never Leaves
Full replacement of a 1996 Magrath Heights kitchen means lifting out the Uba Tuba, Santa Cecilia, or Black Pearl slab, fabricating new templates, and refitting. That alone runs $7,000 to $13,000. With refacing, the existing granite or quartz stays bolted to the boxes. We mask, we work around it, we leave it as we found it.
One-Quarter the Cost of Replacement
Full demolition and rebuild of a typical 1998 Magrath Heights kitchen runs $55,000 to $110,000 once you factor in new cabinets, stone refabrication, plumbing, electrical, lighting, and drywall patch. Refacing delivers a brand-new face for $12,000 to $24,000. The math is hard to argue with when the boxes are still sound.
5-Year Written Warranty
Every new door, every veneer seam, every BLUM hinge, every hardware fitting. If anything we installed fails inside 5 years, we come back. The warranty is written, signed, and mailed to you the day we leave the kitchen.
Quiet Work, Established Block
Magrath Heights streets are quieter than the newer Windermere builds. Older neighbours, grown kids, more retirees. Our crew vehicles park on the driveway without blocking neighbours, off-loading happens before 8 AM, no compressors running past 5 PM. The block barely notices we are there.
Magrath Heights Refacing Cost Ranges
Real numbers from actual recent Magrath Heights and MacTaggart projects. The final quote is fixed-price after the in-home measure, no allowances, no change-order surprises.
Pricing scales with door count, material, and hardware. Rift-cut white oak veneer adds roughly 15 to 22% over painted maple. Brushed nickel or matte black hardware adds $8 to $24 per door over the included brushed satin. Every quote is itemized, written, and fixed-price. Book your in-home measure or call 780-938-9555.
Why Magrath Heights Is Refacing Country in 2026
The 1996 to 2010 Build Window
Magrath Heights in southwest Edmonton (postal code T6R) opened up in the mid-1990s as the city pushed development west of Terwillegar Drive and south of 23 Avenue SW. Most of the housing stock came online between 1996 and 2010. Streets running off Magrath Boulevard and Rabbit Hill Road share a consistent builder spec from that era: raised-panel honey or medium-stain oak doors, arched-top over-fridge cabinets, polished brass round knobs, granite countertops in Uba Tuba or Santa Cecilia, and an 8 to 12 foot island. That spec was the executive standard in 1998 to 2005. In 2026 it reads firmly two decades old, even on homes that have been meticulously maintained.
Good Bones Underneath the Dated Faces
The trade-off that makes Magrath Heights such a strong refacing market: those original builders specified solid 5/8 inch plywood cabinet boxes, not the particle-board boxes that became common in newer Edmonton subdivisions. The carcasses in a 1998 Magrath Heights kitchen are typically square, sound, and ready to accept a new veneer skin. The hinges still hold their screw set, the drawer glides usually still run, and the face frames have not warped. What looks dated is the face, not the bones. That is exactly the situation refacing was invented for.
Coordinating With Existing Granite and Quartz
Most Magrath Heights kitchens were built with granite countertops in Uba Tuba, Santa Cecilia, Baltic Brown, or Black Pearl. A smaller share of late builds (2007 to 2010) went with early quartz from Caesarstone or Silestone in white or grey. Replacing the cabinets means lifting that stone, which means new templates, fabrication, and refitting at $7,000 to $13,000 on a Magrath Heights island alone. Refacing leaves your stone bolted in place. Mourad brings physical door samples (a Cloud White shaker, a White Dove slab, a rift-cut oak panel) into your kitchen so you can hold them right against the Uba Tuba and confirm the combination works before any fabrication starts.
Still trying to decide between refinishing, cabinet painting, or refacing? Call 780-938-9555. The in-home visit is free, no deposit. Mourad will tell you straight which one fits your kitchen and your hold horizon.
What a Magrath Heights Reface Project Actually Includes
Every Magrath Heights reface quote breaks out the line items. Here is the standard scope for a typical mid-size kitchen with one island.
- 25 to 32 new doors built to your specified profile and material
- 8 to 14 new drawer fronts sized to existing openings
- 4 to 6 new end panels for exposed cabinet sides, dishwasher panel, and fridge cabinet panel
- 0.75 mm wood veneer on every visible face frame and box edge
- Island refacing on all four visible sides plus the kick panel
- BLUM Compact 38N or Clip Top hinges on every door with adjustable soft-close
- Hardware fitting in your chosen finish (brushed nickel, matte black, integrated channel pull, brass)
- Removal of original brass knobs with the option to keep them, donate them, or have us dispose of them
- Old door disposal or donation to Habitat for Humanity ReStore on 75 Street
- Daily clean-up, ZipWall dust containment, drop sheets over flooring and Uba Tuba surfaces
- Final alignment within 1 mm door-to-door and 1/32 inch reveal
- 5-year written workmanship warranty, signed, dated, and mailed on the final walk day
As Mourad always says: "We treat your home like ours. The kitchen leaves cleaner than we found it, the same way we'd want our own kitchen handled."
If your Magrath Heights cabinet boxes are too damaged to reface (rare, but it happens), we will say so honestly and recommend full replacement. If you want walls and trim done in the same engagement, our interior painting team can run in parallel. If you have stained oak handrails or interior doors elsewhere in the house, stain and lacquer work folds in cleanly.
Refacing Across Magrath Heights & Southwest Edmonton
We work the full Magrath Heights pocket along Magrath Boulevard, Rabbit Hill Road, and 23 Avenue SW, plus the adjacent T6R neighbourhoods.
Primary Service Area
Magrath Heights Pockets & Adjacent Communities
Greater SW Edmonton
Serving the Magrath Heights Established Community
Centred near Magrath Heights Plaza and the Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre, with reface crews working across the streets bounded by Magrath Boulevard, Rabbit Hill Road, and 23 Avenue SW.
Before & After: Honey Oak to 2026 Shaker
Real Magrath Heights refacing projects. Same boxes, same granite, brand-new door silhouette.
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BeforeAfterIf Refacing Isn't the Right Fit
Sometimes the doors are fine and just need a colour change. Sometimes the walls and trim need a refresh too. Here is the full Magrath Heights list.
Cabinet Refacing FAQs - Magrath Heights
The five questions Magrath Heights homeowners ask most before booking a reface.
Can my 1990s Magrath Heights cabinet boxes actually be refaced, or are they too old?
Most Magrath Heights homes were built between 1996 and 2010 by Cantiro, Look Master, Pacesetter, and other premier Edmonton builders who specified 5/8 inch plywood cabinet boxes rather than the particle-board boxes that became common a decade later. These boxes are excellent reface candidates because the plywood accepts new 0.75 mm wood veneer cleanly, the existing screw holes hold the new hinges without re-drilling, and the face frames are square enough to take new shaker or slab doors without trimming. We confirm box condition on the in-home visit by checking for delamination at the toe kicks, water swelling under the sink cabinet, and racking on the upper corners. In roughly 95 percent of Magrath Heights homes we look at, the boxes are sound and refacing is the correct call. The other 5 percent are usually full replacements due to water damage under a long-leaking dishwasher line.
How much does cabinet refacing cost in Magrath Heights?
A typical Magrath Heights kitchen reface runs $12,000 to $24,000 depending on door count, material, and hardware spec. A mid-size kitchen near George P. Nicholson School with 25 to 32 doors and one island lands at $12,000 to $17,000 in painted maple shaker. A larger kitchen off Magrath Boulevard with 33 to 40 doors, a butler pantry, and the island refaced runs $17,000 to $24,000, especially when the spec moves to rift-cut white oak veneer or a two-tone scheme with a Kendall Charcoal island. Compared to gutting and replacing a 1996 Magrath Heights kitchen at $55,000 to $110,000 once you factor in new cabinets, granite or quartz refabrication, plumbing, and drywall patching, refacing delivers a brand-new look at one-quarter to one-fifth the cost.
Should I reface or refinish my Magrath Heights kitchen?
If your Magrath Heights kitchen still has the original raised-panel oak or arched maple doors from the 1996 to 2008 build window, refacing is almost always the right call. Refinishing strips and spray-paints the existing doors, which means the dated raised centre panel, the arched top on the over-fridge cabinet, and the chunky brass knobs all stay. You just end up with the same 1998 silhouette in a different colour. Refacing replaces those doors with brand-new flat shaker, recessed shaker, or slab fronts in a 2026 profile, so the actual look of the kitchen changes. Magrath Heights buyers who pick refinishing are typically those whose homes were built later (post-2008) with already-shaker doors that just need a colour change from espresso to white. For everyone with the original honey oak or maple raised panel, refacing is the honest answer.
How long does cabinet refacing take in a Magrath Heights home?
Most Magrath Heights refacing projects run 7 to 10 working days from door removal to the final adjustment walk. Your kitchen is unusable for roughly 2 to 3 of those days while the boxes are re-veneered and the new doors are hung. Drawer fronts and end panels go on in parallel during days 3 and 4. We schedule the disruptive phase mid-week so families heading to Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre or shuttling teens to Lillian Osborne Catholic High School can plan around it. Compare that to gutting and rebuilding a 1996-era Magrath Heights kitchen, which typically takes 8 to 14 weeks once you account for cabinet lead times, stone refabrication, plumbing rough-in, and final inspection by the City of Edmonton.
Do you reface cabinets in all the streets and pockets around Magrath Heights, including MacTaggart and Terwillegar?
Yes. iPaint Painting refaces cabinets across the entire Magrath Heights area in southwest Edmonton including the original Magrath subdivision, MacTaggart, the pocket north of 23 Avenue SW, and the adjacent Terwillegar Towne and Bulyea Heights. We know the housing stock built between 1996 and 2010 in this corridor, the original cabinet specs from the Magrath builders, and the access challenges on the wider lots off Rabbit Hill Road and Magrath Boulevard. Crew vehicles park on the driveway without blocking the street and we coordinate any necessary loading near the Magrath Heights Plaza service road. Call 780-938-9555 to confirm scheduling for your exact street.
Ready to Modernize Your Magrath Heights Kitchen Without Gutting It?
Mourad brings physical door samples to your Magrath Heights home, measures every opening, checks the boxes, and gives you a fixed-price quote on the spot. No deposit to book the visit. No pressure.