Soffits over kitchen cabinets or over a bathtub or shower were very popular in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s but today most people just want them gone! They tend to make a space feel confined and look dated. But, can you remove your ugly soffits when you remodel your kitchen or bath? Maybe yes, maybe no. In this video I’ll show you what you’ll need to look for to determine if your soffits are needed or not. Often times tradespeople leave unwanted surprises when they install services in a new house. Decades later these surprises come to light during a remodel. I’ll go over some of those surprises here.
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Great information
Getting rid of a soffit is not easy if your living in the home, or it cost lot. I wanted to remove mine myself but with all the plumbing, electrical, and duct work my home would be a wreck for a month. I got a quote for 12k to get rid of my kitchen soffit which ran the entire ceiling, but just too much money so were just going to leave it and put in new cabinets and be done with it. I know everyone will hate it if we go to sell but let them deal with it what do I care if it's there or not. Realistically the kitchen works just fine with it there I can still make a sandwich. It's ridiculous how much money is spent on trendy kitchens. If the house was vacant like the one in this video I could make a big mess take my time I would do it and save thousands.
Great ability to get your knowledge across easily. Good work. Looking for the final product.
I wonder how many people when they decided 30 years ago, thought "hmmm maybe I'll remove this soffit one day" when they were building this house? I think none. That is why there is electrical, plumbing, telephone going through them. If it is framed It's considered a permanent part of the build in most building conditions. Or why build it?
Excellent video. What tool did you use to create access holes? We took hammer to remove drywall and there is plywood that is under it!
Yeah too much work I'd leave it alone. Save the money and spend it on other stuff to spruce the kitchen. But excellent video very helpful!
Man, you're lucky! Just demo'd my kitchen and removed the soffets. But when they built my soffets in 1968, you could hang a truck from them! Full 2x6 construction with 2x6's every 24 inches to the walls! I have no idea what they were thinking. And to top it off, there were no utilities or anything inside them except one over-sink can light.
Ahhhhh that's the name I'm thinking deleting these suffits because in relocating the kitchen and I already put all my cabinets in the garage But I'm thinking of connecting the 2 missing sides so all 4 walls connect suffits to look like vaulting like I have in living room. Then you can run cool lighting and color layers
Some people don't like the empty space above the cabinet and don't want to run the cabinet up to the ceiling.