You don t want to break up the soffit during the remodeling process and you won t want to damage your cabinet area during drywall checks and restorations.
Removing drywall above kitchen cabinets.
One inescapable feature of kitchen wall cabinets.
The home mender shows us how to remove kitchen cabinets a kitchen soffit from a ceiling install new drywall and apply new tape and mud.
Soffits are typically installed just above the kitchen cabinets bridging the gap between the cabinets and the ceiling above them.
By removing the drywall.
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The difficulty of removing soffit in a kitchen.
When people are considering kitchen remodeling one of the first questions they have is if it s worth removing the soffits above the kitchen cabinets and installing tall 42 cabinets.
At worst open cabinet soffits eat up valuable storage space.
Many kitchens that i m called in to evaluate have a 12 drywall soffit above standard 30 wall cabinets.
However removing soffits carefully and effectively will ensure your kitchen s pristine appearance while retaining functionality.