Removing base of kitchen cupboard

lorow

I want to install a dishwasher. All of the plumbing and a socket are already installed, but I need to remove the base of this kitchen cabinet in order for it to go where it needs to. 

Do I just need to use a knife or thin saw to cut the ?glue between it and the sides, or am I missing something? I can't find any screws attaching the base. I tried to remove the whole cupboard instead and removed all the screws attaching it but had no luck with that either. I don't want to destroy the cupboard as will need to put it back when I move out, and ideally I just want to get rid of the base (as putting the base back in place will be a doable job in the future, and it'll be easier to store than the whole cupboard!).

Thank you!

FreeBear

The base panel will (normally) be fixed to the side panels with pegs & camlock fixings. The only way of separating the two parts whilst still in the current location is to hit it with a hammer. Messy, and destructive.

Check to see if there are any screws holding the side panels to adjacent units and along the back into the wall. If there is, remove the screws, and the unit should slide out with a bit of jiggling - Levering up the front may help once the adjustable feet have been screwed all the way up.

molerat

They won't be glued together.  You need to look for screws attaching it to the back wall, to the worktop above and to the cabinets either side - the screws could be behind the hinge bracket in the cupboard next to it or if they have a false back behind that.  There is also the very small chance that they could be joined by a bracket behind. If the legs have screw feet they should be loosened to drop it down from being wedged against the worktop.

Belenus

Have you already acquired the dishwasher?

If not then consider an integrated model that will sit on the cupboard base.

fenwick458

will your dishwasher fit inside? units are 600mm external, the thickness of the wood means the inside measurement will be ~560mm. dishwashers are normally 600mm
and theres no way of removing the bottom of that unit in a way that it'll go back together

Spinybif

You may find dishwasher wouldn't fit between side panels - standard cupboards are designed to be 60cm wide outside.   Allowing for thickness of chipboard ( 18mm X 2)  may not leave enough space.

koalakoala

You can buy small dishwashers

Murmansk

I don't think there's any way of doing it in such a way that you can easily restore it to how it was when you moved in

Silvertabby

Would a compact/table top washer fit without having to remove the base?

Don't know how you'll fit the water and power supply and drainage, though. 

Doozergirl

If it's a 600 dishwasher then you just need to slide out the whole unit and replace it with the dishwasher.  That would make it the right size.  Dishwashers don't go inside units, they replace them.   

You can put the cupboard back when you move out.  It might be screwed to neighbouring cabinets but it shouldn't be that hard to remove, you just need to be a bit brave. 

victor2

The unit will probably be screwed into the ones either side of it (or those outside screwed into it). Removing the unit may make the ones next to it a bit unstable too - it depends what else they are fixed to.

You'll only find out by locating additional screws and raising the feet a bit. Doubt if there's anything fixing it to the worktop above, but worth a look.