Preserve the wood grain on your solid-oak or maple cabinets with a furniture-grade refinish from our local Lakeshore Drive shop. Same-day site visits across Pinewood, Birchhaven, West Ferris, and the Trout Lake corridor. Built for 1980s-90s North Bay subdivisions and Lakeshore condo conversions.
North Bay Painting Services refinishes kitchen and bathroom cabinets across North Bay, ON. Our shop is on Lakeshore Drive in Ferris, covering P1A, P1B, and P1C with same-day site visits in Pinewood, Birchhaven, West End, West Ferris, Marshall Park, and the Trout Lake east-side corridor. We collect doors, refinish them in our spray booth with Renner conversion varnish or Envirolak water-based clear, and return for reinstall, usually inside one working week. Phone +1-705-482-1142, Suite 23028 Ferris, 276 Lakeshore Drive, North Bay, ON P1A 4K6. Bonded, insured, WSIB, 1-year written warranty. Local crew since 2016.
North Bay splits cleanly into two refinishing jobs. Pinewood and Birchhaven, the 1980s and 1990s subdivisions on the city's south and west sides, are full of solid-oak builder cabinets with orange-toned varnish past its useful life. Lakeshore Drive condo conversions and higher-end Trout Lake homes carry premium maple and the occasional cherry, often worth keeping.
North Bay sits between Lake Nipissing and Trout Lake in climate zone 4b, with humid summers, dry winter heating, and big seasonal swings. Retail polyurethane will not hold up. We standardize on Renner and Envirolak two-component conversion clears that cure chemically, so the film stays hard year-round.
Our shop is on Lakeshore Drive. That means same-day in-home consultations across P1A, P1B, and P1C, short pickup runs, and most kitchens reinstalled inside one working week. Local turnaround is the biggest advantage for North Bay homeowners.
Many Pinewood and Birchhaven homes have oak banisters and stained trim from the original 1980s build. We color-match the cabinet refinish to your existing trim, or refinish the trim and stairs in the same session.
Real numbers for a typical North Bay kitchen. All quotes written, fixed-price, in-home pickup and reinstall included.
We cover P1A, P1B, and P1C with same-day site visits. Count doors, identify wood species, match existing trim. Written fixed-price quote within 24 hours.
Enclosed trailer, every door labelled by location, hardware bagged in numbered sets, job site masked. 5 to 15 minute drive back to our Lakeshore Drive shop.
Doors stripped, sanded through grits, primed with Benjamin Moore or Dulux bonding primer where needed. Dings, cracks, and 35 years of cooking grease pulled out flush.
Gel stain first if you want a tone change, then two sprayed coats of Renner or Envirolak. Boxes refinished on-site in parallel.
Back to your home, reinstall every door, remount hardware, leave you with written warranty and leftover topcoat for touch-ups. Total: 5 to 8 working days.
Retail paint will not survive year five in a North Bay kitchen with lake-effect humidity. We use factory-grade coatings.
Benjamin Moore Advance for prep, plus Dulux Diamond bonding primer where the existing finish is melamine.
Italian-made conversion varnish used in European cabinet factories. Cures rock-hard. Our default for solid-oak Pinewood kitchens.
Canadian-made water-based conversion clear with low odour. Right for Lakeshore condo conversions and any kitchen where solvent smell is a problem.
Every North Bay refinish ships with a 1-year written workmanship warranty. Bonded, insured, WSIB. Local crew since 2016.
Same local rate, same local crew. We pickup and reinstall across every North Bay neighborhood and the Trout Lake east-side corridor.
For a 30-door Pinewood or Birchhaven kitchen with solid-oak cabinets from a 1980s or 1990s build, refinishing runs $2,400 to $5,800. A full North Bay kitchen replacement averages $18,000 to $32,000 once you include demolition, new boxes, install, and countertop rework. Refinishing keeps the original solid-oak lumber and wood grain visible at roughly one-fifth the cost.
Both work. Our shop is on Lakeshore Drive, so most condo conversions are a 5 to 10 minute drive. We collect doors and drawer fronts, refinish under controlled spray conditions, and refinish boxes on-site with low-odour Envirolak. For premium maple, in-shop spray gives the cleanest cured finish without ripping out cabinets.
Yes. Lake-effect humidity off Lake Nipissing and Trout Lake is why we use Renner and Envirolak instead of retail polyurethane. Both are factory-grade two-component coatings that cure chemically, forming a hard moisture-resistant film that handles seasonal swings. Warrantied for 1 year on workmanship.
A 30-door North Bay kitchen runs 5 to 8 working days, faster than out-of-town routes because the shop is local. Day 1 is in-home pickup. Days 2 to 5 are strip, sand, prime, and two topcoats. Day 6 or 7 is reinstall. Boxes are refinished on-site over 2 to 3 visits in the same window.
Yes. Many Pinewood and Birchhaven homes have original oak banisters and stained trim from the 1980s build. We color-match the cabinet refinish to existing trim, or refinish the trim and stairs to match in the same session.
Free written quote within 24 hours. Same-day P1A, P1B, P1C site visits. 1-year warranty on every job. Call Ahmed directly or book online from our shop on Lakeshore Drive.
