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Wellborn Home Additions & ADU: The Pompano Beach Owner’s Guide

Wellborn cabinet systems in home additions and ADUs across Pompano Beach typically run $45,000-$130,000 installed, depending on whether you’re extending an existing kitchen with matching Wellborn cabinetry or building a full detached ADU with a complete cabinet package. We stock Wellborn-compatible hardware, drawer systems, and door fronts for same-day replacement on most Heritage and Premier series units. Most homeowners in Pompano Beach first notice a problem when drawer glides stick in the humid summer months or when a coastal salt-air hinge starts corroding after three to four years, well before the cabinet box itself shows wear.

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Which Wellborn Models This Applies To

Wellborn’s Heritage and Premier series are the two lines we see most often in Pompano Beach home additions and ADU kitchens. Heritage uses a 3/4-inch plywood box with a standard 35mm hinge cup boring pattern; Premier steps up to a full 1/2-inch overlay with soft-close as standard and uses a proprietary glide bracket on base drawers that’s not interchangeable with standard side-mount hardware. The label is inside the door frame, upper right corner on wall cabinets and upper left on bases, stamped with a six-digit lot code and series letter (H or P).

We source OEM Wellborn hardware direct from the Alabama factory for color-matched replacements, particularly on the Heritage painted finishes where aftermarket hinges often read slightly off-white under Pompano Beach’s strong afternoon light. For Premier soft-close glides, we stock the Blum Tandem equivalent as a quality aftermarket option; it fits the same 32mm system holes and carries a comparable weight rating, though we note the substitution on the written quote. The compatibility gotcha: Heritage base cabinets built before 2019 used a 22-inch glide even on 24-inch deep boxes; post-2019 switched to full-extension 24-inch. Measuring the existing slide, not the box depth, prevents a return trip.

Signs Your Wellborn Home Additions & ADU Is Failing

• Drawer fronts sag or bind when loaded. The glide bracket has cracked at the rear mount, common in Pompano Beach where year-round humidity swells the plywood box slightly and stresses the bracket. We find this most often on pot-and-pan drawers loaded above the 75-pound Heritage rating.
• Hinges click or won’t hold adjustment. The 35mm cup screw has wallowed out its pilot hole, or the hinge arm has fatigued from repeated door-slamming. Coastal salt accelerates the corrosion that makes the adjustment screw seize first.
• Door finish peels at the sink base or dishwasher return panel. Steam and occasional splash-back break down the catalyzed conversion varnish over time; Heritage painted finishes show this before Premier’s thicker topcoat. The substrate is usually sound, but the cosmetic failure spreads if left.
• Corner base lazy susan hangs or scrapes. The polymer bearing has flattened or the center shaft has worked loose from the shelf. In Florida’s heat, the polymer degrades faster than the manufacturer rates it; we see this at six to eight years, not the advertised fifteen.
• Soft-close mechanism slams or fails to engage. The hydraulic cylinder has leaked down, irreparable. On Premier series, this means replacing the full glide assembly; the soft-close is integral, not a field-replaceable cartridge.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

The range depends on series, finish availability, and whether the job requires removing countertops or adjusting adjacent cabinets to maintain proper reveals. Under Clause 1 of the Haven Standard, we deliver a written line-item quote before any work starts; that quote includes the part, labor, and any necessary touch-up to surrounding finishes. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation and hardware function. We pull permits when structural modification is involved, and every visit generates a documented photo record included as standard.

DIY or Call Us?

There’s no high-tension danger in cabinet hardware, but there is a fast path to stripped screws and misaligned doors that cost more to fix than the original repair. An owner can safely check the series label, measure a failed glide, and confirm the lot code for warranty purposes. Where DIY goes wrong: drilling new pilot holes without a 35mm Forstner jig, forcing a soft-close glide into misaligned system holes, or assuming a Premier bracket fits a Heritage box. We’ve re-hung entire kitchens in Pompano Beach where three doors were attempted at home and now sit at different planes. Call (754) 714-6540 and we’ll quote it in writing, usually same day if you text photos of the label and the symptom.

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