Remove Soffit Above Kitchen Cabinets

For us it was worth it since we are doing the work ourselves.

Remove soffit above kitchen cabinets. A nail gun an electric miter saw some furring strips and several strips of crown molding are about all you need to do this project. What are you getting into. Using a triagular backing piece with ca glue and nails.

This is the best way to go about removing soffits is to remove the surrounding crown molding first. We just removed soffits in our kitchen. One popular way to deal with wall cabinet open soffits is to install crown molding along the tops of the cabinets.

Just how big depends on what is lurking behind the soffits. Crown molding will dress up the area. The molding will immediately add a more luxurious appearance to your kitchen soffits.

When you have a smaller soffit in the kitchen. Not sure how much you d have to pay for that extra work. Hide the whole soffit by putting it just over the cabinets to give your kitchen a much better fashionable and glamorous look.

Remove any cabinets that are touching the soffit. Use a skinny flat pry bar and gently hammer it under the base of the crown molding the molding will usually only be nailed to the soffit not the ceiling continue working from one side to the other prying up the molding. Demolition of the soffits.

I m installing a soffit in an unusual way. Many times the soffit is removed to allow new cabinets the chance to extend to the ceiling but sometimes the soffit is removed for other reasons that leave the cabinets in place. Next you ll want to remove the cabinets.