Custom cabinetry in Oakville
Valmont designs, builds and installs custom cabinetry in Oakville: kitchens, butler's pantries, dressing rooms, wine storage and whole house millwork. Old Oakville and the streets south of Lakeshore hold large houses where the cabinetry is expected to carry the room, which usually means sequence-matched veneer, appliance panels on everything and a finish schedule that runs to several pages. North of the highway the houses are newer and the rooms are open, so the island does most of the work.
Oakville, on the ground.
Bronte and the older lakeside pockets bring their own detail: renovations inside houses that have already been renovated twice, where the last trade's out of level floor is now yours to solve. We set our runs off a single datum line rather than off the floor, scribe the plinth down to the floor and keep the counter dead level. It costs time at install, and it is the difference between a good kitchen and a nearly good one.
Every component is cut, edged and finished in our shop, then dry-fitted so reveals and grain runs are checked before delivery. Kam designs and builds. The crew measures, delivers and installs. Step two of the project is elevations plus a photorealistic 3D rendering, and the quote is itemized line by line, which matters most on a large scope where the pantry and the dressing room are separate decisions.
Houses in Oakville that have been renovated before often have floors out of level, so runs are set off a datum line and the plinth is scribed.
Oakville runs from large houses south of Lakeshore and older pockets in Bronte to newer open plan subdivisions north of the highway, plus downtown condos.
House deliveries use the driveway, while condo work needs a booked service elevator and the building's own loading rules.
Kitchens, butler's pantries, dressing rooms, wine storage and whole house millwork are the Oakville norm.
Kitchens, millwork and the rest of the house.
Also in Oakville: Kitchen islands · Pantries · Fireplace surrounds · Walk-in closets · Banquettes · Home offices · Laundry rooms · Wet bars · Wardrobes
Asked before the first call.
We want the veneer to run continuously across the doors. Can you do that?
Yes. Sequence-matched veneer is ordered as a set and laid out so the grain carries across a run, then cut and finished in that order. It has to be planned at the drawing stage, because the door sizes fix the layout. We mark the sequence on the elevations and dry-fit the whole run in the shop.
Our unit is in a condo downtown. How does delivery work?
Through the loading dock and the service elevator, with the elevator booked ahead and the cab padded. Buildings differ, so we ask for the property manager contact early and work to their rules on hours and insurance. [Typical condo building delivery rules and booking notice.] Old cabinets leave by the same route.
Can you do the dressing room and the wine storage at the same time as the kitchen?
Yes, and there is an argument for it: one design process, one set of finishes and one install mobilization. They stay separate lines on the quote so you can sequence them. Wine storage needs its appliance and its temperature settled early, because the millwork is built around that unit.
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