Galley kitchens in apartment buildings are small, usually melamine, and bound by rules the building sets. Doors leave for the booth, so the spraying and the smell go too, and cabinet painting never reaches the corridor.
Downtown Markham around Enterprise Boulevard and Unionville GO is the fastest growing part of the city, and Milliken Mills West is already more than half high-rise. Condo cabinet painting is a large and growing share of our week.
Building Rules Come Before The Paint
Every building runs its own conditions, and cabinet painting in a condo starts with satisfying them. Service elevators are booked in advance and padded. Corridors and lobby floors are protected from the suite door to the loading area. Insurance paperwork goes to property management before the date is confirmed, and parking for the van is arranged rather than assumed.
Most buildings also restrict odour and airborne coating inside the units, which settles the method on its own. Drawer fronts and doors go off site for spraying, while boxes get coated behind sealed containment with the suite ventilated. We handle the management office directly so the owner is not chasing approvals.
Melamine Is The Standard Condo Cabinet And It Needs Bonding Primer
Almost every condo kitchen in the city is melamine over particleboard, occasionally thermofoil on the upper doors. That glossy factory face is why so much amateur cabinet painting in condo units peels at the edges inside a year. A waterborne bonding primer, applied over a degreased and scuff-sanded surface, is what makes the coating hold.
Edges that have chipped through to the board underneath are filled and sanded before priming. Anything swollen from a dishwasher leak is flagged rather than painted. The full detail on these surfaces sits on the thermofoil, melamine and laminate page.
The Unit Stays Usable From Start To Finish
A condo owner rarely has anywhere else to go, so the schedule protects the kitchen. On day one the doors come off, get tagged and leave the building, and boxes are then primed and sprayed across a day or two, with sink, range and fridge still connected. The open boxes work as shelving in the meantime.
Doors come back from the cabinet painting booth about a week to ten days later, get hung and adjusted, and hardware goes on the same afternoon. That is two or three short visits rather than two solid weeks of noise, which is what makes cabinet painting practical in a building full of neighbours.
Small Kitchens Are The Least Expensive Cabinet Painting We Do
A condo galley usually carries between ten and eighteen doors and drawer fronts. The Ontario market puts that at roughly $1,500 to $2,800, where a full house kitchen is $2,500 to $5,500. Bonding primer for melamine adds a modest amount, and a colour change into a deep navy or charcoal adds a coat.
Ranges of that sort come from the market, not from us. Whatever the free visit produces in writing is the figure that applies, and it names door count, primer, topcoat and coat number. Hardware upgrades, which make a real difference in a small kitchen, are covered on the cabinet hardware and soft-close hinges page.
Book A Condo Cabinet Painting Visit In Markham
Name the building and the floor, with a rough door count beside them. Send the form or call +1 (289) 201-7026, and elevator booking and management paperwork are handled from there. Every cabinet painting service we offer across Markham, Unionville and Milliken Mills is listed on the Markham Cabinet Painting home page.
Condo Kitchen Cabinet Painting Questions
Do you deal with the building's rules?
Yes. Service elevators are booked and padded, corridors and lobby floors are protected, and insurance paperwork goes to property management before the date is confirmed. We deal with the management office directly.
Will there be a smell in the hallway?
No spraying or odour happens in the suite. Doors and drawer fronts are sprayed off site, and boxes are coated behind sealed containment with the suite ventilated. Most buildings restrict odour and airborne coating, which settles the method.
Can I stay in the unit during the job?
Yes. The doors leave on day one, boxes are primed and sprayed over a day or two, and the sink, range and fridge stay connected. The doors return about a week to ten days later, and hanging and hardware take an afternoon.