Hayden Ellis

Quick Answer: RTA vs. Assembled Cabinets

RTA wins on freight and warehouse space. Assembled wins when you don't have a helper, or anywhere to put one.

That's most of the answer, and most dealers already know which side of it they're on. What trips people up is treating this as a preference — cheaper versus easier, the way it gets explained to homeowners — when it's really a question about your own operation. How far are your jobs from the warehouse that serves you? Do you have sho