Most kitchen cabinet headaches aren't about wood or color — they're about sequencing. Here are the common measuring and timing mistakes to know before you order.
Most disputes between a workshop and a client aren't about cabinet color or wood species — they're about sequencing. A cabinet ordered too early or too late, even if flawlessly built, won't fit the space.
An architect's plan is made for permits and sales, not for building cabinets. Walls shift by a few centimeters — or stay slightly out of square — after plastering, tiling, and drywall; the finished floor also differs from raw concrete. If measurements are taken from the original plan, the cabinet can arrive a few centimeters off from the wall corner or the range hood height — a gap that only gets fixed with manual cutting and adjustment on installation day.
The outlet behind the hood, the water valve under the sink, the gas line for the range, and the drain for the dishwasher all need to be in their final position before the cabinet arrives, not after. If the electrician has to move an outlet after the cabinet is installed, either the cabinet frame gets drilled through or the outlet stays in an awkward spot.
Ordering before the rough-in work (electrical, plumbing, tiling) is finished means the measurements won't hold up on installation day. But ordering too late has its own problem: custom cabinets take several weeks to build, and if that only starts once construction is fully done, the home stays unusable for a while. The right time to order is once the final wall and floor dimensions are locked in, while there's still enough lead time left to build the cabinet.
A flawless cabinet ordered two weeks early or two weeks late still won't fit.
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