Removing old countertops
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You got this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOFnEBBYYB4
Hi Suzanne (beautiful name), Below are links to websites with videos to help you, showing different types of countertops being removed (for myself I find watching someone do it as they explain is much easier to understand than reading a page or two of instructions) : The first is from consumer reports about what renovators wish theyu would have done before renovating ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLWNUAZ-RU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLD1RLKrhgE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6WK4nuMjn8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOFnEBBYYB4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bhhtluxifs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTvqZFgUKaM
Make sure there are no clips screwed and epoxied in underneath the cabinets. Get a flashlight and search.
Check underneath for clips and screws, screws might be epoxied in. Saw them off if need be. Get a flashlight and explore underneath.
Ours has brackets under the top that hold it to the sides of the island. Take out a drawer (if you have one) and with a flashlight look up into the back....