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Ameristar Construction in Foster City, CA | Seaside Contractors
We provide independent Ameristar cabinet and vanity service across Foster City, from kitchen remodels to bathroom refacing, and also offer General Contractor – Foster City expertise for larger projects. The difference here is the ground: Foster City is built on engineered fill over old bay marsh, and that changes how Ameristar cabinets wear, rack, and fail. We plan for it. Call (833) 589-8103 for a free estimate from a contractor who knows Ameristar lines and Foster City lots.
Why Foster City Residents Choose Us for Ameristar Service
Glen Sorrento, our owner, grew up in the Shell Cove neighborhood of Foster City. He watched lagoon-side homes go up and get rebuilt, and he learned early that a cabinet installed on fill-era framing behaves differently than one on solid Peninsula ground. That local read is what we bring to every Ameristar job. We know what a 1970s Masco-era Ameristar vanity looks like after forty years of bay fog, and we know when a door skin peel is cosmetic versus when the box behind it is done. We carry OEM Ameristar-compatible doors and hardware when a match matters, and we’ll tell you straight when an aftermarket hinge rated for marine air is the better call. For the full scope of what we do with this line, see our Ameristar sales & service page.
Styles & brands we work with
Common Ameristar Construction Problems We Solve in Foster City
- Peeling thermofoil door skins. Salt-laden bay air and interior humidity swings near the lagoons work on thermofoil edges until they lift and peel at the corners. We see it most on original 1960s – 70s Ameristar/Masco white thermofoil vanities in master-plan ranch homes and townhomes.
- Swollen particleboard boxes. Bathroom vanities and sink bases in Foster City sit above high groundwater on engineered fill. Decades of fog-season moisture push into the particleboard and MDF panels, and the boxes swell and crumble. No amount of refacing fixes a box that’s turning to sawdust.
- Racked and separated cabinet rails. Foster City’s fill keeps consolidating, and the original framing moves. Ameristar cabinets screwed to old studs rack out of square, rails separate, and doors hang wrong. We re-plumb the wall before we hang anything new.
- Corroded hinges and slides. Marine air does not care about brand names. Ameristar-supplied hinges and drawer slides on lagoon-facing walls corrode faster than anything inland. We swap in stainless or coated aftermarket hardware where OEM parts are the weak link.
- Cabinet runs that no longer match. Homeowners remodel part of a kitchen, then find the original Ameristar doors are discontinued or the finish has drifted. We source OEM replacements where they exist and match finishes honestly where they don’t.
Ameristar Service in Foster City: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
The entire city of Foster City sits on dredged bay mud, compacted into engineered fill in the 1960s and 70s. That fill has been settling for fifty-plus years, and it settles unevenly. For an Ameristar cabinet or vanity, that means the wall it’s mounted to is rarely where it started. We routinely find walls out of plumb by a quarter inch or more in the original planned neighborhoods, especially near the lagoon edges where the fill meets older marsh deposits. A contractor on solid ground in San Mateo or Belmont can screw a cabinet box to a stud and move on. We can’t, and we don’t. Every Ameristar install in Foster City starts with checking wall plumb and adding blocking where the framing has racked, because a square cabinet on a crooked wall is a callback waiting to happen. Let’s figure out what the job actually needs, then we’ll talk materials. For the communities we cover around the bay, check our Foster City service area page.
Ameristar Models & Products We Service in Foster City
We work on Ameristar by Masco cabinet and vanity lines, including the ready-to-assemble and assembled base cabinets and vanities sold through building-supply and big-box channels from the 1970s onward. That covers the white thermofoil and laminate-finish door styles common in original Foster City ranch homes and townhomes, as well as newer Ameristar runs in remodeled kitchens. When a homeowner wants to match an existing run, we source OEM Ameristar/Masco replacement doors, drawer fronts, and hardware. When the OEM hardware is discontinued or the original hinges are the reason the door is sagging, we recommend quality aftermarket hinges and slides. We’re direct about the line between refacing and replacing: sound boxes get new doors; swollen boxes get pulled.
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What you’ll pay depends on scope, not on guesswork. A bathroom vanity swap is a different job than a full kitchen with Ameristar cabinet runs, crown trim, and re-leveled walls. Below are the ranges we quote most in Foster City. Every free estimate includes a look at your fill-era framing, because the wall condition is part of the cabinet price here.
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 – $3,000 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
Get a written line-item quote before work starts. Call (833) 589-8103 for a free estimate, and we’ll walk the job with you.
Serving Foster City, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Foster City area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – Ameristar Construction in Foster City
You can replace just the doors if the cabinet boxes are sound. We check first: if the particleboard or MDF box is dry, square, and not swelling, new OEM or matched doors bring the run back. If the boxes are swelling from years of bay moisture, door replacement is money on a failing cabinet. Call (833) 589-8103 and we’ll tell you which situation you have before you spend anything.
The soil. Foster City is built on engineered fill over former tidal marsh, and that fill keeps consolidating. The original 1960s – 70s framing moves with it, and cabinets mounted to that framing rack out of square. We re-check wall plumb and add blocking on every Ameristar install here, unlike a contractor serving Ameristar in Belmont on more stable ground would need to do.
Yes. It’s not dramatic, it’s just steady. Hinges and drawer slides on lagoon-facing walls see salt-laden marine air most of the year, and the original Ameristar hardware was not spec’d for that environment. We swap in stainless or coated aftermarket hinges and slides when we find corrosion, and we’ll use them on new installs within sight of the water.
Usually, if the line is still in production or we can source OEM Ameristar/Masco doors and drawer fronts. Where the finish has aged or the line is discontinued, we’ll show you the closest match and be honest about the difference. On a lagoon-edge townhome years ago—similar to conditions we’d find doing Ameristar in San Mateo waterfront properties—our crew pulled an Ameristar thermofoil vanity whose door skins had peeled and whose particleboard box was swelling. We re-blocked and re-plumbed the wall, set a new Ameristar vanity with aftermarket stainless hinges rated for the marine air, and the doors have stayed aligned through two foggy seasons.
A small kitchen remodel with Ameristar cabinets runs roughly $9,000 to $20,000; a full kitchen runs $14,000 to $45,000. A bathroom vanity install runs $800 to $3,000. Foster City lots sometimes add wall-replumbing work before the cabinets go in, so exact pricing comes from the estimate. Call (833) 589-8103 to schedule yours.
Service Areas Near Foster City
We serve Foster City and the surrounding communities along the bay and coast. If you’re looking for Ameristar cabinet or vanity work nearby, see our pages for Ameristar service in Half Moon Bay and Ameristar service in Highlands-Baywood Park. We also work in Watsonville, Pajaro, Freedom, and Interlaken for Ameristar cabinet and remodel projects.
Book Your Ameristar Service in Foster City Today
Call (833) 589-8103 to schedule a free estimate. We’ll look at your cabinets, check the walls they’re hung on, and give you a straight answer on refacing versus replacing. One contractor. Every trade.
Written by Glen Sorrento, Owner at Seaside Contractors, serving Foster City since he grew up in Shell Cove.