Sliding Door Replacement
Converting failed bottom-rolling sliders to top-hung track in mirror, board or coloured glass. The most requested single job in this suburb, and usually the fastest.
Wardrobe Renovations in Wurtulla
Built for the Next Fifteen Years in This House.
Sunshine Coast Cabinetry · Est. 1999
Wurtulla owners tend to stay. The homes are low-set brick on deep blocks, the bedrooms have been lived in for decades, and the original mirrored sliders gave up somewhere around their thirtieth summer of coastal grit. We rebuild those robes properly, top-hung track, moisture-resistant carcass, and hanging and drawer heights set around comfortable everyday reach rather than maximum theoretical capacity.
- 25+ Years of Local Craftsmanship
- Fully Licensed & Insured
- Built Locally in Warana
Older Homes, Long Ownership
Cabinetry Specified to Last, Not to Look Good on Handover Day
Period Openings, Dead Tracks and Bedrooms That Are Already Full.
Wurtulla runs as a long, narrow suburb between Nicklin Way and the beach, and most of it was subdivided as the Kawana Estate pushed south through the 1970s and 1980s. Three things about that stock shape every job. The robe openings are period-standard, with headers often under 2.1 metres and walls out of square by a centimetre or more. The original hardware was almost universally bottom-rolling mirrored sliders, and forty years of coastal grit has finished the tracks. And the bedrooms, while a reasonable size, are rectangular and tightly furnished, so a hinged door frequently cannot swing clear of the bed.
Because owners here are generally staying put, the specification matters more than the styling. We measure the opening at three heights and scribe the frame to the wall instead of packing the gap, hang the doors from the top so grit cannot foul the running gear, and build in moisture-resistant board with high-impact edging.
The KRU Difference
Why Wurtulla Homeowners Choose Kitchens R Us
This suburb renovates rather than redevelops, so the work has to earn its place for a long time. That is exactly the brief our workshop is set up for.
- Top-Hung Track, Every Time Bottom rollers and beachfront sand are a losing combination. We hang sliders from above so the running gear never sits in the grit, which is why our doors are still moving years after the install.
- Measured at Three Heights Openings here taper. We record the top, middle and bottom of every opening, scribe the frame to the wall, and avoid the packing strips and gap trims that give a retrofit away.
- Heights Set for Daily Reach We put the everyday hanging and drawers where you can use them standing comfortably, and keep the awkward high storage for what you touch twice a year. Capacity you cannot reach is not capacity.
- Specified for an Exposed Coast Wurtulla faces the open beach and the homes are ventilated most of the year. Moisture-resistant board, sealed high-impact edging and metal drawer sides are our default, not an upgrade.
- Straight Answers on Scope If your doors are worth keeping we will say so, and we will price a track-and-internals rebuild beside a full replacement. We would rather you spent the budget where it changes something.
- A Workshop You Can Walk Into Technology Drive at Warana is a short run north. The factory, showroom and design office are all on the one site, and the people who build your robe are the ones you meet.
Wardrobe Services for Wurtulla Homes
Our Offering
Most Wurtulla work is renovation rather than new build, so the services below are all designed to go into a finished, furnished, lived-in house.
Full Robe Renovations
New doors, new track and a completely rebuilt interior inside the existing opening, double-hang, drawer banks, adjustable shelving and shoe storage sized to what you own.
Internals-Only Rebuilds
Where the doors and frame are sound, replacing just the interior. Less disruption, lower cost, and most of the improvement in usable storage.
Low-Header Solutions
Period openings often sit below 2.1 metres. We make the most of a short cavity with shallower drawers, double-hang where the height allows, and full-width shelving rather than dead air.
Linen, Hall and Laundry Joinery
The rest of the storage in a 1970s home dates from the same era. Linen presses, broom towers and laundry cupboards rebuilt in the same finish as the robes.
Kitchen and Vanity Renovations
If the robes are the start of a wider refresh, we manufacture the kitchen and bathroom joinery on the same programme, with one point of contact throughout.
Robe Renovations Along the Wurtulla Strip
Recent Work
Recent Wurtulla work, all of it fitted into existing openings in homes that have been lived in for decades.
- Slider conversion Bottom-rolling wardrobe doors replaced with top-hung mirrored sliders in Wurtulla
- Low-header rebuild Built-in wardrobe rebuilt inside a low-header 1970s opening in a Wurtulla home
- Matching linen press Renovated hallway linen press matching the bedroom wardrobe finish, Wurtulla
Locations We Serve
Wardrobes in Wurtulla and Along the Coast
We work the Nicklin Way corridor constantly, so Wurtulla sits on a run we make most weeks. These are the areas closest to you.
- The Beach Strip Kingsford Smith Parade, the Wurtulla beachfront and the streets running back to Nicklin Way.
- Immediately North Bokarina, Bokarina Beach and Birtinya.
- Immediately South Currimundi, Currimundi Lake and Aroona.
- The Older Kawana Suburbs Warana, Buddina, Parrearra and Minyama.
- Toward Caloundra Little Mountain, Meridan Plains and Caloundra West.
- Wider Sunshine Coast Mooloolaba, Maroochydore, Buderim, Nambour and north to Gympie.
Our service area runs the length of the Coast, from Gympie down to North Brisbane. If you are in an original Wurtulla home and not sure whether your robe is worth saving, the free measure will settle it either way.
Questions From Wurtulla Homeowners
Frequently Asked
Renovating a forty-year-old robe raises questions about what can be saved and what is worth replacing. Here is how we answer them.
My sliding doors have come off the track. Is that a repair or a replacement?
Either, and the measure will tell us. If the panels are straight and the mirrors are sound, converting to top-hung track and rebuilding the internals usually gets you most of the result for a fraction of the spend. If the frames are twisted or the mirror backing has gone, replacement is the honest answer and we will say so.
Why top-hung rather than a new floor track?
Because the floor track is where the failure happens. Sand and coastal grit work into a bottom roller and grind it out, and in a beachside suburb that is a matter of when, not if. Hanging the doors from above moves the running gear out of reach of the problem entirely.
My robe header is lower than standard. Does that rule out a proper fit-out?
Not at all, it just changes the layout. We use shallower drawers where depth is tight, double-hang in the sections where the height allows it, and run full-width shelving rather than leaving a strip of dead air. The gain in usable storage over a single rail is substantial even in a short cavity.
Will you have to damage the walls?
Rarely. We scribe the frame to the existing wall rather than cutting into it, and we fix into existing framing. On a forty-year-old wall there is sometimes paint damage where the old frame was silicone-fixed, which we point out at the measure so there are no surprises on install day.
How disruptive is the install in an occupied house?
It is one day per robe in most cases. We protect the floor coverings on the way through, work in a single room at a time, and take the old cabinetry away with us. The room is usable again the same evening.
Is it worth doing if we might sell in a few years?
Storage is one of the few renovations that reads immediately at an inspection, and a rebuilt robe presents far better than a failed slider. That said, if resale is the driver we would usually put the budget into the main bedroom and the linen press rather than every room.
Do you offer a warranty on work in an older home?
The same as everywhere else: a 7-year workmanship warranty on installed cabinetry and a lifetime hardware warranty on our ESIPAK range. The age of the house does not change the cover, because the cover is on our work.
Visit Our Showroom
Your Local Wurtulla Wardrobe Renovators
Kitchens R Us does not have a Wurtulla premises. We service the suburb from our established factory and showroom at 14 Technology Drive, Warana, a straight run north on Nicklin Way. Weekday visits welcome; weekends by appointment.
- Business: Kitchens R Us
- Phone: (07) 5493 6075
- Email: info@kitchensrus.net.au
- Address: 14 Technology Dr, Warana QLD 4575
- Hours: Mon–Fri 7:30am–4:00pm
- Weekends: Closed, by appointment only
- Accredited: Licensed, insured & QBCC registered
Next step
Book a free measure or ask for a quote
Send through the room and roughly what you want stored, or call and we will book a time to measure the opening on site. Every wardrobe is quoted after the measure, at no cost, and made at our own factory and showroom at 14 Technology Dr, Warana. Weekday visits to the showroom are welcome if you would like to handle the finishes and hardware first.
- Free measure and quote
- 7-year workmanship warranty on installed cabinetry
- Showroom and factory at 14 Technology Dr, Warana, Mon to Fri 7:30am to 4:00pm
- Service area from Gympie to North Brisbane
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