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3 Responses to “Where to buy Kitchen Cabinets and related stuff online?”

1. robnrobn2000 on January 4th, 2010 at 3:04 am

   http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?pn=Expo_Design_Center&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&cm_sp=THD_Marketing-_-expo_store_closings_and_clearance-_-vanity09

   http://www.lowes.ca/

2. cabinet genius on January 4th, 2010 at 3:04 am

   I’m a contractor and I get most of my cabinets from http://www.cabinetgiant.com
   They have good quality products, at great prices. The best part about them is they keep everything in stock so they can ship out an order the day after you place it. It takes about a week to get an entire kitchen’s worth of cabinets.

   I just finished up a job using the Maple Glaze,
   http://www.cabinetgiant.com/cabinets/maple-glaze.html
   and it turned out great! I’ve used all of their finishes over the years, and the only one I don’t care for is the Chestnut Maple Glaze.

   I like that they have good detailed info:
   http://www.cabinetgiant.com/cabinets.html

   Hope this helps!

3. Jimmy Cabinet on January 4th, 2010 at 3:04 am

   Do not buy your cabinets from Home Depot or Lowes. They charge full list price. You would not pay list price/MSRP/retail/sticker price for your new car would you? Why pay list for cabinets. There are many wholesale cabinet showrooms in every city. Today if any company is not discounting from 35 to 50% off list then they cant stay in business too long.

   That cabinet giant crap someone is pushing, which is his own company probably is just Chinese made trash. People are dying at worst and getting cancer or asthma at best from Chinese made products. Go ahead and google it.

   Chinese cabinet brands are laden with formaldehyde, sulfur and other glue resins which are illegal for American manufacturers to use because they are banned by the EPA and violates the CARE initiative. Chinese have no environmental restrictions or health organizations like we have here.

   These very inferior Chinese cabinets will likely delaminate in less then 2 years. Children exposed to fomaldehyde are at great risk of cancer. Other glues and resins used in the manufacter of Chinese brand cabinets are banned in the USA but permitted to be imported. This includes other products like Chinese made sheetrock/drywall which also have thousands of documented cases of families getting sick. .

   China steals the trees due to a bureaucratic disaster created in a treaty from back in the 1940s. China owns a large forest inside of Russia called Suifenhe which they owned since the 1940s. All the outgoing trains leave Suifenhe with just one valuable commodity…. wood, and lots of it. No machinery is used. 6 Chinese men each carry a log to the train to ship to China mill. In the factories they have huge CNC machines that cut out all the componants that make up the various sized cabinet boxes. When one buys a cabinet they come in pieces that the consumer has to assemble at home. This is not a strong box. Cam locks hold the box together. This and the labor paid to make these parts is laughable and allows them to sell cabinets so cheap.

   Here is why Chinese cabinets are very bad:
   Number 1 is the 5 ply panel stock is weak and delaminates in under 3 years. Formaldehyde weakens any glue and they use plenty of this dangerous toxin.
   2.The finish almost looks like the cabinets were used. The finish appears dull and thin.
   3. They do not use hardening agents in their clear coat. Hardening agents also allow the finish to dry instantly preventing dust to settle on the finish. You could scratch their doors with your finger nail.
   4. The drawer guides are stamped a light guage white metal, not steel and are of such low quality that it is common to see the drawer collapse under just 15 pounds. Any American cabinet company uses Blum or Grass guides and their drawers are rated at 75 to 125 pounds.

   THIS GOES FOR ANY CABINET PURCHASE !!!!!! If inside the door you do not see a sticker that says KCMA then DO NOT BUY THAT CABINET!!!

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