This week, we moved into full cabinet demolition. Sledge hammer, claw hammer, scrapers, heat guns, paint remover, crow bar, pry bar and circular saw all helped us handle this task. Let's just get straight to the pictures.
Last week, we started with paint stripping.
This week, we removed the cabinets. The cabinets were constructed in place, and made of timber- not plywood. The cheap laminate refacing material stripped off easily, as did the plastic trim.
Before:
After:
Did you notice the larder in the picture above? You can see the vents in the wall still.
We did find one piece of an older flooring with what may have been a really nice pattern at some point.
The existing vinyl flooring pulled up without too much effort, the paper backing remained stuck on the floor. To remove that, we had to scrap by hand. Took all day, but we did it.
When we were done, we saw this:
Then, we went to dinner.
Special thanks to Norm (for the haul-off), Jes (for the loaner tools and radio), Ginny (for sharing great adhesive-scraping skills).
Another lesson learned: When you remove a garbage disposer, get ready for a very stinky mess.
