Kitchen Cabinet Removal & Disposal

Old kitchen cabinets in Singapore aren't furniture. They're carpentry — screwed into walls, siliconed to tiles, sometimes tiled into the floor itself. You can't slide them out like a bookshelf. Removing them means prying laminate-faced panels off masonry, cracking silicone seals that have hardened over twenty years, and dealing with the particleboard dust that fills the kitchen the moment you start.

That's the job we do.

Built-in kitchen base cabinets, countertop and sink fixed against the wall, cleared during a kitchen removal.

Why Town Council Pickup Won't Work for This

Town council bulky-item collection handles free-standing pieces — a dining table, a standalone cupboard — and only after the resident has dismantled them. Built-in kitchen cabinets don't qualify on either count. They're fixed to the structure with screws, brackets, and adhesive. Base units sit on the floor tiles (or under them, in older HDB flats where the tiler worked around the cabinet). Wall-mounted units are lag-bolted into concrete.

Nobody from Tanjong Pagar TC or Ang Mo Kio TC is coming to hack your kitchen apart. That's demolition work, and the debris it generates — splintered MDF, laminate strips, broken countertop sections — needs to be bagged and trucked out, not left at the void deck.

What We Actually Do

In our 10+ years of clearing Singaporean kitchens ahead of renovation, the sequence looks like this:

  1. Detach wall units — unscrew from the wall, cut silicone seals, lower panels safely without cracking the surrounding tiles (unless you want those gone too).
  2. Pry base units off the floor — older HDB kitchens often have base cabinets that were installed before the final tiling, so the tile edge butts right up against the cabinet side. We cut and lever these free.
  3. Break down or lift out countertops — solid-surface or granite tops come out in sections; laminate tops we can usually break down on-site for easier transport through the corridor.
  4. Bag all offcuts — particleboard crumbles, laminate splinters, and the accumulated grease-dust behind decades-old cabinets is its own challenge. We bag it, sweep the space, and haul everything out.

One thing we don't do: disconnect your gas line or water supply. That's your plumber's or SP Group's job, and it needs to happen before we arrive. If the sink is still connected or the gas hose is live, we can't touch the section it's attached to. Coordinate with your renovation contractor on the disconnection timeline, then bring us in.

Built-in kitchen with wall-mounted overhead cabinets and base units, cleared during a kitchen removal.

Two Very Different Jobs

A couple of freestanding kitchen cupboards — the kind on legs, not screwed in — take minutes to carry out. That's a light disposal job.

A full built-in kitchen strip-out (wall cabinets, base cabinets, countertop, maybe a breakfast bar) is demolition. It generates bags of debris, takes specialized cutting tools, and requires more crew time. These two jobs price very differently, which is why we quote based on photos rather than a flat rate. Send us pictures showing what's built-in versus what's freestanding, and we'll give you an accurate figure.

HDB Logistics

No service lift in HDB blocks. Your kitchen debris goes out through the front door, down the corridor, and into the standard passenger lift. We manage the sizing — breaking countertops into sections that fit, bagging board offcuts so nothing scrapes the lift interior. For walk-up blocks without a lift, surcharges apply (confirmed at quote stage).

Condo Logistics

Most condo MCSTs require advance notice for disposal work — a lift booking for the service lift, sometimes a time window restriction. That approval is between you and your management office; get it sorted before the scheduled day. If your building requires lift padding, that's arranged through management as well. We show up at the confirmed time and clear the kitchen through whichever route your MCST has approved.

Wall-fixed kitchen base cabinets and granite countertop being cleared from an HDB flat.

FAQ

Do you disconnect gas or water lines? No. Gas disconnection is handled by your licensed plumber or SP Group. Water supply shutoff and pipe capping is your plumber's scope. Both must be completed before our crew arrives. We remove the physical cabinet structure and fixtures only.

Do you take the sink and wall tiles? The sink, yes — once it's disconnected from plumbing. Wall or floor tiles are a different scope (that's hacking work that affects the substrate). If your renovation contractor wants us to clear tile debris they've already hacked off, we can include that in the quote. We don't do the tile hacking itself.

How do you quote a built-in kitchen removal? WhatsApp us photos showing the full kitchen — wall units, base units, countertop material, and the overall layout. Mention whether gas and water will be disconnected by your arrival date. We'll come back with a quote, typically within the day. Surcharges may apply for after-hours scheduling, Sunday/PH jobs, or walk-up access.

Get Your Kitchen Cleared

Send photos of your kitchen cabinets via WhatsApp to 9888 1292 — we'll quote the strip-out and disposal so your renovation contractor can walk into a clean shell.

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