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Looking for a good RTA Cabinet please help

12 years ago

I recently was researching RTA cabinets or ready to assemble kitchen cabinets for my kitchen remodeling project. But like every one else in this economy I'm on a shoe string budget. I was looking as 3 brands. JSI Cabinetry out of Massachusetts and Chicago, a brand from CabinetsDirectRTA.com from Chicago Illinois, and IKS Cabinetry or International Kitchen Supply from South Carolina. I have done way to much research on this hahaha. But I wanted a good quality cabinet. So I actually ordered a base 12 from all 3 companies. JSI Cabinetry I bought the sturbridge rta cabinet , IKS Cabinets I bought the Mocha Shaker rta cabinet , and from CabinetsDirectRTA.com I bought the espresso shaker rta cabinet. My opinion I went with the espresso shaker rta cabinet from cabinetsdirectrta . I thought it was the best bank for the buck (quality and price) Maybe because they are a smaller dealer and I thought the carried more about my purchase. I live in Illinois and they shipped me my cabinets in 2 days. Not to shabby. I AM NOT promoting any company but you do have to give a company " an at a boy " once in a while when they do a good job!

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caryscott
12 years ago
Where are you in your reno now? If this isn't spam it would be great to hear more as the RTA cabinet question comes up quite often and it would be great have a reference point for the product. Show us a couple of pics.
writersblock (9b/10a)
12 years ago
It certainly has a spammy odor to me. First signed up today, come-on title that doesn't match post content, etc.
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daveinorlado
12 years ago
Talk about advertisment BS those are J & K grand cabinets which are designed by the chinese manfacturer to be nailed together from the outside of the box. That means you are supposed to put nails thru the 1/2" plywood box on the outside where you will see them. The drawer boxes are not marked at all so you know where to install the rails so they pull out perpendicular to the floor. It is cabinet companies and stupid adds like this that give companies like IKS and JSI a bad name which are by the way easier to put together then the cabinets this idiot is trying to sell. You need a staple gun a lot of glue and some expierence to work with the cabinets this post is trying to promote. This brand has multiple warehouses around the country all competeing with each other to sell their cabinets as the company is made up of competeing investors. The door styles look nice but the cabinet construction leaves something to be desired.

JSI and IKS for those who read this are much more business like are easier to deal with. J&K has no up to date literature. IKS literature is not anything to brag about either for that matter. JSI has goood literature on their products. Unfortunately you must own a kitchen and bath store to buy directly from either JSI or IKS.

J & K will on the other hand sell to anyone. I have been to their location in the Miami area. There is another location in Georgia for those of you on the east coast which is better to deal with. Each warehouse has its own website. The largest warehouse is in California.
angie_diy
12 years ago
(Assuming the OP was sincere, or at least for the benefit of others:)

I did buy a base cabinet from Scherr's. They make frameless cabinets only, and they are custom. Last I checked, the wait was about 9 weeks. I was impressed with the construction quality and ease.

Here is a link that might be useful: Scherr's RTA cabinets.

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