The backrow of kitchen cabinets is now on the patio. In pieces. Today I disconnected the microwave and oven, moved them aside and demo'ed the remaining two floor to ceiling cabinets.
When I took down the last cabinet, I finally learned why they didn't use the space all the way to the wall: There's a heating duct from the living room extending about an inch into the kitchen. There goes one inch of the 1.5 inch "wiggle room" I left when planning the layout of the new cabinets.
Lessons learned so far:
Demolishing kitchen cabinets youerself is feasible and not really hard.
BE CAREFUL with nails! They are all over the place. Hammer them down, so they don't stick out from the wood.
Wear ear and eye protection.
There will be surprises.
it's easy to crack drywall when you get too excited ripping out shelf supports.
It sucks if cracked drywall is in an area that will be visible later. I'm adding repairing drywall to my repertoire.
Make sure there is enough space for your shiny new cabinets. In the worst case I will have to ... errm ... modify ... the end cabinet to allow space for the heating duct.
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