If your home is over 10 years old, at some point in the near future you will need to repair a leaky faucet, a broken glide on a cabinet drawer or the drain system in your kitchen. If you are fortunate, you will want to update long before there are any major repairs needed. Kitchens and Baths are usually the first area in the home that show their age. Unless there is an urgent need for repair in a bathroom, the kitchen takes 1st priority because of it's visibility. Here is a question to consider....
Dear Dan:
We would like to change out our old kitchen cabinets. The wall cabinets are 30 "high and have soffit above. We would like to replace them with a 42" high cabinet to give our kitchen a more contempory open look. To be able to accomodate for the higher cabinets, the soffits must come down. Are we getting into more that we can handle by taking down the soffit over our existing cabinets?
West Chester, Ohio
Answer:
Before you attempt to tear down the old soffit, cut a small hole into each area and shine a flashlight in to see if there is plumbing or electric ran through the area. If there is, it will have to be moved and re-routed to another area. You may want to consider the cost involved before going ahead. If the overall look is worth the added cost, this would be a great time to add more adequate lighting into your kitchen. Because you have to move electric away, this would be a great time to add recessed can lamps or under cabinet lighting!
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Dan Siegel/Siegel Remodeling and Design
9016 Sutton Pl.
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
513-874-7636
http://www.siegeldesigncenter.com/
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