Custom kitchen cabinetry with integrated detailing

Custom Cabinets · Calgary, Alberta

Custom Cabinets in Calgary.

Custom cabinets for Calgary kitchens, built on a box that holds its joints whether the week outside is minus 25 or a chinook just pushed it to plus 10.

In short

A Calgary kitchen box doesn't just dry out over a long winter, it gets pushed the other way too when a mid-winter chinook spikes indoor humidity for a day or two before the cold returns. That oscillation, not a single dry season, is what cracks a cheap substrate. Crateworks specs a stable core and low-formaldehyde panels built for it.

Built for Calgary’s climate

Zone 7A winters run the indoor air dry for months, the usual cold-climate cabinet problem. Calgary adds a second stress on top of it: a chinook can put a wall of relatively warm, moist air against a house that had been drying out for weeks, and the box swells slightly before shrinking back once the cold returns days later. A substrate that isn't dimensionally stable through that back and forth is what shows up as a hairline crack at a stile or a door that stops closing flush. Energy-sector wealth has built a strong custom-kitchen market here, large islands, floor-to-ceiling pantry walls, in neighborhoods like Mount Royal and Elbow Park, and a bigger kitchen means more joints exposed to the same cycling.

Climate zone
NBC Zone 7A (very cold)
Best time to spec
April to June
What we plan for
deep cold, freeze-thaw, chinook swings, and snow load

Why it suits Calgary

The fix isn't a finish, it's the substrate underneath it, chosen to hold its dimension through a swing a standard cold-climate box was never tested against. Sourcing direct puts that substrate, panels that meet US EPA TSCA Title VI formaldehyde limits, and soft-close hardware on the same budget a local stock kitchen charges for less. Send the layout through /brief, including a large island or a full pantry wall, and it comes back as one delivered quote.

Container-direct delivery into Calgary and southern Alberta.

How it ships to Calgary: Freight lands at the Port of Vancouver or Prince Rupert and rails over the Rockies into Alberta.
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How it works

  1. 01

    Send your scope

    Drawings, a materials list, or a rough idea. No account, no obligation. Just tell us what the project needs.

  2. 02

    We source & spec

    We match products to your climate and local code, then price them factory-direct from vetted suppliers, not off a distributor's shelf.

  3. 03

    One delivered quote

    The whole schedule comes back as a single coordinated quote, delivered to Calgary. One order, one point of contact.

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Common questions

It can, on a cheap substrate. The rapid humidity and temperature swing a chinook brings stresses box joints more than a single dry winter does, so we spec a core rated to hold dimension through that cycling, not just dry cold.
They meet US EPA TSCA Title VI formaldehyde limits, which matters in a sealed, heated Calgary home where that air gets breathed all winter, chinook swings included.
That's common work for Calgary's energy-sector custom builds, Mount Royal and Elbow Park kitchens in particular run big. Send the drawings through /brief and it comes back specced end to end.
Usually enough to move from a stock box to a fully custom one. Send your layout, Mount Royal and Elbow Park kitchens especially, and we'll put the delivered Calgary number next to your local quote.

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Spec custom cabinets for Calgary.

Send drawings or a rough scope. We quote the Calgary delivered price, all-in.

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