Carpentry and Woodworking - Overhead Cabinet must go, please help

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fox_forma
05-01-09, 10:34 PM
I just moved into a new house and there are way to many cabinets in the kitchen for me to even fill. There is a cabinet that needs to be taken out so my fridge will fit in its correct spot. I can not figure out how to take it down. The problem is to the right of the cabinet is a wall and to the other side is a set of larger cabinets. When looking at the cabinet that needs to come out there are 3 screws on each side at the doors drilling into the side wall and into the frame of the cabinets to the left. There are 4 more screws to the back going into the back wall. My problem is there are several nails going through the framing into both the wall and cabinets surrounding it. I have no way of prying these out from what i can tell. I don;t want to completely hack up the cabinets if I don't have to but I don;t have any other ideas. There is no leverage with space to try and even cut the nails with a small saw or anything. Any ideas how to get this out without damaging the wall or cabinets to its sides?


CVGFir
05-02-09, 12:57 AM
If you had a Dremel tool you could possibly cut the heads off the nails and then punch them through with a nail set. Also sometimes just using a hacksaw blade you can get into some pretty tight spaces. Good luck!

Pulpo
05-03-09, 07:28 AM
Another way might be to remove the cabinet to the left of it at the same time, separate them & rehang it.