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CGI Construction in Los Altos, CA | Milpitas Construction
We provide independent CGI service in Los Altos Hills and across Los Altos, from the Highlands to Old Los Altos to the Country Club area. The thing that makes our CGI work here different is simple: we build our own projects, so we know exactly how a planning-driven remodel changes a room’s geometry, and why that matters for cabinets. If you’re looking for a general contractor that understands CGI products and Los Altos’s design-review process, call (877) 752-4194.
Why Los Altos Residents Choose Us for CGI Service
We’ve installed and repaired CGI cabinetry in enough Los Altos kitchens to know the line’s strengths and its weak points. Ken Stafford, our owner, got his start in construction technology at Evergreen Valley College before spending two-plus decades building additions and remodels around the Bay Area, and that background shapes how we approach every cabinet job. We look at the framing, the floor, the wall condition, and the moisture exposure before we ever order a door. That’s why homeowners call us when a cabinet problem keeps coming back. We’re an independent firm, so we’re free to tell you when a reface makes more sense than a full swap, and we source OEM CGI components when they’re available and use better aftermarket hardware when they’re not. We also handle the full kitchen: CGI sales & service, countertops, layout, plumbing, and electrical. One contract, one accountable team.
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Common CGI Construction Problems We Solve in Los Altos
- Thermofoil peeling near dishwashers and sinks. Los Altos kitchens see constant steam cycles, and the thermofoil finish on some CGI door styles eventually blisters or separates. We strip back the damaged doors, match the replacement faces, and often recommend a finish upgrade in high-moisture zones.
- Stripped hinge screws in particleboard frames. The dry summers and wet winters here make cabinet material expand and contract. Older CGI boxes with particleboard frames lose their screw grip over time. We drill, fill, and re-set hinges with proper anchors, or swap to Blum hinges that hold better.
- Worn drawer glides in settled ranch kitchens. Many 1950s and 1960s Los Altos homes sit on expansive clay, and slab settlement puts cabinets slightly out of level. Drawer glides wear unevenly as a result. We realign boxes, shim where needed, and upgrade to Grass or Blum glides rated for heavier loads.
- Corner joint separation on out-of-level floors. In Eichler-adjacent homes with radiant-heated slabs, we often see CGI cabinet boxes separating at corner joints because nobody shimmed them during the original install. We re-square, reinforce, and re-secure the boxes before refacing or replacing faces.
- Water damage in base cabinets under older plumbing. Los Altos homes built before the 1980s often run copper supply lines that eventually leak behind base cabinets. We pull the damaged boxes, repair the plumbing, and reinstall or replace the CGI units so the fix holds.
CGI Service in Los Altos: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Here’s the part most cabinet installers miss in Mountain View and Los Altos: because this city’s discretionary design-review process shapes nearly every second-story addition, the room you’re putting cabinets into has often been replanned once or twice before you ever pick a finish. Additions get pushed back from neighboring windows. Walls shift. Floor elevations change. The result is a kitchen or bath with altered geometry, and cabinets ordered off a stock plan end up fighting the room. We account for that early. When we install CGI cabinetry after a second-story addition in neighborhoods like the Highlands, we field-verify the as-built conditions first, then order doors, boxes, and countertops against confirmed measurements, not the original drawings. That one habit prevents more callbacks than any product upgrade ever will. Build it right the first time – the Bay Area doesn’t give you a free pass on shortcuts.
CGI Models & Products We Service in Los Altos
We work on the full CGI range we see in Los Altos kitchens: the Woodbury Series, the Wakefield Series, and the Lancaster Series. Each has its own door profile, finish system, and failure pattern, and we stock the common replacement parts locally so we’re not waiting on a distributor when a hinge or drawer box fails. Where OEM CGI doors or drawer fronts are available, we use them to match finishes exactly. Where they’ve been discontinued, we source Blum or Grass hardware and match the door profile through our millwork partners. We’ll tell you which path is cheaper and which will hold up longer.
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CGI work in Los Altos is rarely just cabinet work. Most jobs tie into a larger kitchen remodel, which is why every estimate we give is line-item specific. Here’s where our pricing lands for the three services we do most around here:
| Service | Typical Range |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
What drives the cost: the cabinet count, whether we’re refacing or replacing, the countertop material, and any structural corrections needed from out-of-level conditions. We’ll walk your kitchen, state the scope, and price it in writing. Call (877) 752-4194 and we’ll set a time to come through.
Serving Los Altos, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based near Stanford and the Los Altos area, and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – CGI Construction in Los Altos
Can you match my existing CGI cabinet finish if I only need a few new doors? Yes, in most cases. We order OEM CGI doors in the same series and finish when current production still matches, and we do a side-by-side comparison before installing so you don’t end up with one cabinet looking sun-faded against the rest. If OEM is gone, we match through millwork and custom finishing. Call (877) 752-4194 and we’ll tell you which route works for your kitchen.
Do Los Altos permits delay CGI cabinet installs after a second-story addition? The cabinet work itself doesn’t need a separate permit, but the addition that changed the room did, and any delay in closing out that permit can stall the whole job. We coordinate with your existing permit record and look for any outstanding corrections before we schedule cabinet delivery. For additions we build ourselves, we pull permits and get inspections passed before finishes go in.
How do you handle CGI cabinets on uneven floors in older Los Altos ranch homes? We shim every base cabinet to level before securing it, then scribe the toe kick or end panels to the floor. On homes with significant slab settlement, we check for structural issues first and flag anything that needs a foundation assessment. Level cabinets outlast unlevel ones by years.
What is the typical lifespan of CGI cabinets in this climate? With the dry summers and the wet winters Los Altos gets, we usually see box construction hold for 20 to 30 years, while doors and hardware fail sooner, often inside 10 to 15. Thermofoil doors fail fastest in high-steam areas. If your boxes are solid and your doors are the problem, refacing is a fraction of a full swap.
Can you reface rather than replace my CGI cabinets during a kitchen remodel? Often yes. If the boxes are still square and dry, we reface with new doors, drawer fronts, and hardware, then add counters and backsplash. It’s faster and cheaper than a full replacement. We’ll give you an honest read on whether your specific boxes are worth saving.
Service Areas Near Los Altos
We run CGI service throughout the South Bay and beyond. In addition to Los Altos proper, we cover neighboring communities including Los Altos service area work in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, and Cupertino. For clients on the other side of the 85, we also handle CGI service in Loyola and CGI service in Cambrian Park, where tight lot lines and ranch-era framing create the same cabinet challenges we see in Los Altos.
Book Your CGI Service in Los Altos Today
If your CGI cabinets are failing or you’re planning a kitchen remodel that involves them, call (877) 752-4194. Estimates are free, schedules are honest, and we’ll tell you what’s worth fixing versus replacing before you spend a dollar.
Written by Ken Stafford, Owner at Milpitas Construction, serving Los Altos and the South Bay.