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Re: grongron50 post# 42334

Sunday, 09/20/2009 8:51:01 PM

Sunday, September 20, 2009 8:51:01 PM

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"Kitchen cabinets are modular and are secured in place by a few screws. It will be a very simple matter to remove a few screws, slide the cabinet out three inches, switch faces frames, slide the cabinet back three inches and resecure it. What's the big deal here?"

1) The top is often glued to the base with construction adhesive.
2) The holes in the back of the cabinet cut for the plumbing connections aren't large enough to pull through the back with the hot and cold lines attached.
3) The drain stopper lift mechanism and the hot/cold connections to the faucet will collide with the back of the cabinet before it can be pulled out an inch.
4) With heavy countertops, the cabinets are pinned by the weight.
5) Inside corner cabinets are pinned by adjacent cabinets.
6) Often times flooring is installed right up to the cabinet preventing it from pulling forward.
7) There are often shims between the cabinets, and if you pull the screws, they will drop down between the cabinets.
8) No tools required... remember? :)

But other than that...