Easiest way to remove a kitchen plinth without damaging it

There may be a time when you need to get behind a kitchen plinth, it could be to clean-up a leak, it could be to fit new flooring. Without the right tools, you could end up damaging the plinth or surrounding kitchen carcasses/doors and wasting a lot of time extracting the plinth from the clips.

In this video I am going to show you what not to use and the various methods which could damage the plinth and surrounding areas.
Then I will demonstrate the easiest, quickest and damage-free method of removing/fitting a kitchen plinth.

To save you the hassle, I've tried various suction cups/dent pullers and returned most of them as they didn't have the suction power to pull the plinth clips from the legs. The best ones I encountered are linked below:

Have you come any other methods of plinth removal without damaging it or the area around it? if so, do let us know in the comments section below.

If you have any other questions/suggestions, please feel free to ask in the comments section.

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[JTFRE]

Channels and videos like this are why I love YouTube. Thank you for this simple solution I’d never have thought of. Saved me a major headache.

[ghkgghi]

Absolute double diamond, worked a treat in a panic moment

[markthompson]

Thanks this is a great tip👍. My kickboards are textured so a bit of washing up liquid applied to suction cups did the job.

[anncasey-usth]

Wow. Thank you so much. Just used an Allen key and it worked first time. Brilliant.

[alexmaclean]

Worked perfectly! I remembered that my knife sharpener uses a suction cup; and hey presto :)

[sirpatrickofgoober]

Brilliant! Thank you. I suppose you could use the suction cup on a car window satnav holder!

[marlieszoll]

Great idea. I have water damage and need to dry and air the space under my kitchen cupboards. It loos though as if the corners are glued together. The plinths, side and front meet at a right angle. Any tips how to remove those ones? Thanks.

[yogurt]

We were in a pinch and couldn't find suction cups small enough at the hardware store: 3M hooks worked for us

[anotherinternetaddict]

I had the same idea however won't work in my case as I have grained plinth - so no suction! Will give the Allen key idea a go!

[orakelgottes]

but the plinth in my kitchen is nailed to the side wall of the cabinet

[SuePhillips-wr]

What do you do if it is siliconed at bottom

[JS-tbhu]

Do you see any risk using these on painted plinths?

[YvonneMugford]

Suction pads don’t work on graded wood tho-

[rigelr]

Mine does not come off EVEN with the suction cop and all nails pulled out 😩😩

[jennifermiranda]

Has anyone seen the mess under plinths 😳

[chrisholt]

Bought these off ebay complete wste of time