06 / Douglas County / Cherry Creek Corridor
Cabinets911 plans and installs Parker custom cabinets on every floor: kitchens, baths and the basement. We work in Stroh Ranch, Stonegate, The Pinery and the rest of town. Basement cabinetry follows rules a main-floor kitchen never has to, and we plan for them from the first sketch.
Much of Parker went up from the late 1980s through the 2000s as two-story houses over full, unfinished basements. Twenty or thirty years later, owners are finishing those lower levels: a media room, a guest suite, a wet bar or a full kitchenette. Underneath all of it is expansive clay soil. That's why basement slabs here are built to float, and why a cabinet bolted the wrong way can crack a countertop the first time the ground moves.
Brief 01 / Parker
The Colorado Geological Survey calls swelling soil the state's most significant geologic hazard, and it notes millions of dollars in damage in Douglas County since suburban building took off in the mid-1980s. Builders answer that with a floating slab: the basement floor is free to rise and fall, separated from the foundation walls by a slip joint. Interior partition walls are built with a gap, usually hung from the floor framing above, so the slab can move without lifting the house.
A base cabinet sits on the slab. The wall behind it hangs from the structure. Screw that cabinet tightly into both and you've bridged the gap the builder left on purpose. When the slab heaves, the cabinet gets pushed up into a wall that isn't moving with it. Countertops crack. Doors stop lining up. Backsplash tile pops.
We pick one surface. Either the base cabinets move with the wall, hung from it and kept clear of the slab, or they rest on the slab with fasteners to the wall that allow vertical slip. The choice depends on the wall build, the countertop and what the slab has done so far. Uppers hang from the wall like normal. The gap between the two zones gets trim that can move, not caulk that tears.
Drywall and baseboard should stay off the slab too. If the gap is already gone, we'll point it out before setting cabinets. Our cabinet installation page covers the rest of how we set boxes level and true.
Brief 02 / Parker
A wet bar is a small kitchen with harder constraints. Ductwork trunk lines usually run along the basement ceiling, so uppers often stop under a soffit. The sink drain has to reach the sewer line, and a fixture below it may need a pump. A plumber makes that call. As the cabinet contractor, we draw the sink base around whatever they install.
Then there's what the bar is actually for. Drinks and snacks for a media room need different storage than a guest suite's kitchenette. Plan the appliances first, since a beverage fridge or dishwasher drawer sets the cabinet widths around it. Our built-ins and wet bar work starts from that list.
Brief 03 / Parker
Upstairs, the story is familiar. Stroh Ranch started in the 1990s, Canterberry Crossing in the late '90s, and their kitchens now carry builder cabinets past their best years: oak or thermofoil doors, particleboard boxes, an island too small for stools. The Pinery is different, with homes from the 1970s on, many custom-built, so kitchens there need a measure before any opinion.
If you're finishing the basement and redoing the kitchen, design them together. Matching door styles across two floors is easy on paper and harder once one order has shipped. The process page shows how we sequence design, ordering and install.
Response units / Parker
Cabinet services for Parker homes, upstairs and down.
Upgrades for 1990s and 2000s builder kitchens, from new doors to full layouts.
Vanities for new lower-level baths, planned around where the drain can run.
Bars, kitchenettes and media walls designed for floating-slab basements.
For upstairs kitchens where the original builder boxes have given out.
Mounted to suit expansive soil, with slab and wall movement kept apart.
Cabinet packages for contractors finishing lower levels across Douglas County.
Routing
IfYou're framing a basement finish now
ThenBring us in before drywall so blocking, outlets and plumbing land where the cabinets need them.
IfThe basement is finished and you're adding a bar
ThenWe check how the walls were built before choosing how the cabinets mount.
IfThe kitchen upstairs is tired builder-grade
ThenCheck the boxes and sink base first, then decide reface vs replacement.
IfYou're doing both floors
ThenDesign both together, order together, install in a sequence that suits your contractor.
Coverage / Douglas County
Parker runs along Cherry Creek, with the trail threading through town from Norton Farms Open Space south to Stroh Ranch Park. Most neighborhoods sit within a short drive of Mainstreet, so visits group easily. Basement projects often need two visits, one at framing and one before install, and we plan both up front.
Call transcript / Parker
Yes, if it's mounted to respect the gap. Base cabinets either hang from the wall and stay clear of the slab, or rest on the slab with connections that let the wall and floor move separately. What doesn't work is screwing a cabinet rigidly to both. We check the wall build before deciding.
Plumbing, electrical and new framing usually involve permits, and a second kitchen can raise its own questions. Rules vary, so check with Parker's building department, or Douglas County if your home is outside town limits, before you start. Your general contractor normally handles this. We plan cabinets around the approved plan.
Plywood, at least for the sink base. A basement leak can run for weeks before anyone goes downstairs and notices. Plywood tolerates a wetting better and holds screws after. Particleboard swells and stays swollen. For dry cabinets away from water, either works if it's built well.
Yes. Castle Rock's builder-era kitchens raise many of the same upgrade questions as Parker's: peeling doors, soft sink bases, islands too small to use. See custom cabinets in Castle Rock for that side of Douglas County, Colorado. The soil underneath is the same story, so basement mounting rules carry over.
Open a case / 06
Send the floor plan, photos of the unfinished space and what you want down there. We'll tell you what the cabinetry needs from your framer and plumber.
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