Cabinet Hardware Installation in Columbus, Ohio

Transit & Flow Group installs new knobs, pulls, and hinges on kitchen and bathroom cabinets across Columbus and Central Ohio for homeowners upgrading the look of a kitchen without a full renovation. This is a cosmetic swap, not a repair: your doors and drawers already open and close correctly, and you simply want new hardware. It is one of the fastest ways to change the feel of a kitchen, and it pairs well with a fresh coat of cabinet paint if you are doing both.

Is this the right service for you?

Cabinet Hardware Installation is for a straightforward upgrade: swapping existing knobs and pulls for new ones, or adding pulls where a kitchen had none, purely for style. If your current hardware works fine and you just want it to look different, this is your page.

If a knob is loose because the screw hole has stripped out, or a hinge is broken and the door will not close properly, that is not a hardware upgrade, it is a repair. A stripped screw hole or a hinge that no longer holds the door needs Cabinet-Door Adjustment (for hinge issues) or Cabinet Repair (if the cabinet box itself is damaged around the mounting point). We will flag that difference during the visit if we find it, since installing new decorative hardware into a damaged mounting point does not solve the underlying problem. Cabinet Hardware Installation is also frequently paired with Cabinet Painting, our already-published kitchens-category service, since a repainted cabinet with new hardware reads as a complete refresh at a fraction of a full replacement cost. If you are painting cabinets, ask about bundling both into one visit.

How pricing works

Cabinet hardware installation is priced per piece, since drilling and mounting one knob takes a predictable amount of time regardless of which cabinet it is on. What changes the price:

• Number of knobs, pulls, or hinges being installed. A full kitchen typically runs 20 to 40 pieces between doors and drawers, while a small refresh might be a dozen pulls.
• New holes versus existing holes. Installing hardware into existing, correctly spaced holes is faster than drilling new holes, especially when switching from a knob to a longer pull, which usually requires new hole spacing and sometimes filling and refinishing the old holes.
• Customer-supplied versus company-supplied hardware. If you have already purchased your knobs and pulls, we install them at labor-only pricing. If you would like us to source hardware, the piece cost is itemized separately from labor.
• Jig and template work for consistent spacing across many doors and drawers, which keeps everything aligned even if drilling new holes.

As general market context, HomeGuide reports cabinet hardware installation typically running $6 to $60 per handle depending on material and style, with a full kitchen of 20 to 40 handles landing between roughly $120 and $2,400 total. That is a national reference point, not a Transit & Flow quote, and your price depends on piece count and whether new holes are needed. $249 minimum visit charge applies, same as every dispatched trip.

Enter your project details and photos in the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate. Final scope and price subject to verification on site.

What’s included

• Removal of existing knobs, pulls, or hinges being replaced
• Installation of new hardware into existing holes where spacing matches
• Drilling new holes with a template or jig for consistent spacing across doors and drawers, when switching styles requires it
• Basic filling of old holes no longer used, when switching from knobs to pulls or repositioning hardware
• A final walkthrough confirming every piece is level, tight, and consistent across the kitchen
• Company-supplied hardware, itemized separately, if you ask us to source it

What’s not included

• Repair of stripped screw holes or damaged mounting surfaces caused by hardware failure (see Cabinet Repair)
• Hinge adjustment or replacement to fix a door that does not close properly (see Cabinet-Door Adjustment)
• Drawer slide repair (see Drawer Repair)
• Cabinet painting or refinishing, quoted and scheduled separately (ask about pairing with our Cabinet Painting service)
• Full cabinet replacement or refacing

Central Ohio cabinet realities

Homes in Clintonville, German Village, and Bexley often still carry original hardware from the 1950s through 1980s, sometimes decades-old knobs with hole spacing that does not match today’s standard pulls. Upgrading hardware in these kitchens frequently means new holes, careful filling of the old ones, and a template to keep spacing consistent across an entire run of original cabinetry, since older cabinet doors were not always drilled with the same precision as modern factory-made boxes.

In newer developments like Dublin and New Albany, cabinets typically already have pulls rather than knobs, with hole spacing set to common modern standards, so upgrades there are often a straightforward swap into existing holes. The more common request in these newer kitchens is matching a specific finish, matte black, brushed brass, or brushed nickel, to a broader design update, which is where pairing hardware installation with cabinet painting tends to make the most visual difference.

Our process

1. Tell us the hardware count and style you have chosen (or ask for guidance) through the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.
2. Confirm hole spacing against your new hardware to determine whether existing holes work or new drilling is needed.
3. Written scope covering piece count, new holes if any, and hardware source. Final scope and price subject to verification here.
4. Installation, working door by door and drawer by drawer with a template for consistent alignment.
5. Final walkthrough, checking every piece for level, tightness, and consistent spacing before we call it done.

Services completed by appropriately qualified professionals where required.