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Wellborn Home Additions & ADU: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
A Wellborn home addition or ADU in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $45,000 to $130,000 installed, depending on square footage, foundation work, and whether you’re tying into the existing roofline or building a detached unit. We stock Wellborn-compatible cabinetry components, trim, and hardware for additions and ADUs, and our crews handle the full build from slab to finish. Most owners discover they need us when an existing Wellborn cabinet line gets discontinued mid-project, or when a previous contractor left an addition unfinished and the cabinetry never got installed correctly.
You’re likely here because something isn’t right: a Wellborn cabinet box arrived damaged on a job another crew walked away from, the finish doesn’t match the sample, or you’re planning an ADU and want Wellborn cabinetry specified from the start so you’re not hunting parts later. We handle all three situations regularly across Fort Lauderdale, from Victoria Park additions to ADUs in Rio Vista and Sailboat Bend.
Which Wellborn Models This Applies To
Wellborn builds cabinetry across several lines, and the compatibility question is the first thing we sort out on any Fort Lauderdale addition or ADU. The Premier, Estate, and Select series all use different box construction and door profiles, and mixing series mid-kitchen is a common mistake we see from other contractors. The cabinet interiors carry a stamp or label inside the sink base or top drawer with the series name and finish code, and that’s the first place we look when matching a single replacement box or door to an existing run.
For a new ADU or addition, we typically spec Wellborn Premier or Estate, because those lines hold up better in South Florida humidity than entry-level cabinetry does. The plywood box construction on Premier resists swelling far better than particleboard, which matters when an ADU sits closed up for months between visits. One compatibility gotcha worth knowing: Wellborn finish codes from the same color name sometimes shift between the Alabama and Texas plants, so a “Maple Cognac” door ordered in 2019 may not match a 2025 sample exactly. We order by code and confirm against an existing door or drawer front before placing the order. Mason Remodeling Co Fort Lauderdale is an independent service provider and not affiliated with Wellborn, but we’ve been installing and matching their product for long enough to know what we’re looking at.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Wellborn Home Additions & ADU Is Failing
- Doors or drawer fronts swollen shut. South Florida’s wet season pushes relative humidity past 80% for months, and particleboard core doors absorb moisture at the edges. Once a door binds against the frame, it’s not coming back; it gets replaced with a plywood-core box.
- Finish peeling at the bottom edges of base cabinets. This is almost always from mop water sitting against the toe kick or a slab that wicks moisture. The cabinet box is still sound, but the door skin delaminates and needs a factory-finished replacement door.
- Soft-close hinges no longer catching. Blum or comparable hardware wears out faster in humid air that corrodes the internal piston. We swap the hinge itself, not the door, and we stock the common overlay sizes on the truck.
- Wall cabinets pulling away from the studs. In older Fort Lauderdale homes we see this when the original installer used short screws or missed studs. It’s a safety matter more than a parts matter, and it needs fixed before a full box of dishes comes down.
- Mismatched cabinet line discovered mid-project. This comes up when a previous contractor ordered from two Wellborn lines to save money. The boxes don’t align, the doors don’t match, and the fix is replacing the odd run with the correct series. We see it a few times a year in Fort Lauderdale additions.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For a true Wellborn home addition or ADU in Fort Lauderdale, the installed range is $45,000 to $130,000. The spread is driven by whether you’re doing a bump-out addition tied to the existing house or a detached ADU with its own foundation, electrical panel, and plumbing run. A small addition that’s basically a new room with a Wellborn wet bar or laundry run lands near the bottom; a full ADU with a kitchen, bath, and bedroom cabinetry lands near the top.
What’s included: all framing, drywall, rough and finish electrical and plumbing, flooring, trim, Wellborn cabinetry specified to the room, install, and finish work. We write the price before any work starts, and it stays what we wrote unless you change the scope. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the workmanship for a full year from completion, and if a cabinet or hinge fails in that window, the return visit is free.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely swap a hinge, adjust a door, or check whether a box is level with a two-foot level and fifteen minutes. Those are fair DIY jobs. What you shouldn’t do is pull down a wall cabinet to find studs, re-route plumbing for an ADU kitchen, or try to match a Wellborn finish by eyeballing it online. Finish codes are not colors; a screen-to-door color match fails more often than it succeeds, and a wrong door is a three-week mistake.
The real risk is the wall cabinet fix. A loaded upper cabinet that’s pulling loose can drop without warning, and that’s not a job for a Saturday morning and a cordless drill. Isaac Pruett has pulled enough half-installed cabinetry out of Fort Lauderdale additions over the years to know the difference between a hinge issue and a structural one. Call (754) 354-3720 if you’re not sure which one you have. We also work with KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone for countertops and adjacent cabinetry, so one call sorts the whole room.
FAQs
A properly built addition or ADU with plywood-box Wellborn cabinetry should last 25 to 30 years before the finish or hardware shows real wear, even in Fort Lauderdale’s humidity. Particleboard boxes in an unconditioned ADU can start swelling inside five years.
Yes, in most cases we can replace doors, drawer fronts, hinges, and slides without rebuilding the boxes, as long as the boxes are sound and the finish code is still active. If the boxes have water damage or the series is discontinued, replacement is the better call. Call (754) 354-3720 and we’ll tell you which path applies to your job.
A single cabinet or hinge swap is a same-visit fix; a full ADU or addition runs 10 to 20 weeks depending on permitting, foundation work, and weather. We’ll give you a schedule with the written estimate so you know what to expect before we start.
We stock common hinges, slides, and touch-up kits on the truck, but doors, drawer fronts, and boxes are ordered per job with the exact finish code from the existing cabinet label. The order window is usually two to four weeks, and we schedule install when the parts land.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co Fort Lauderdale at Mason Remodeling Co Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
If you’re planning a Wellborn home addition or ADU in Fort Lauderdale, or if you have a failed part that needs matched and installed, call (754) 354-3720 for a free estimate. We tell you what we found, what it takes to fix it, and what it will cost, before we touch a thing.
