What is the best way to remove a plywood countertop in the laundry room that’s glued in place? Is it possible to leave the support pieces that are screwed into the wall for my replacement countertop (butcher block)?
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Heat may help - most glues will soften with sufficient heat, and you can slide a putty-knife or similar slim tool into the glue joint to separate the objects without much damage. Once open a little you can get a pry-bar in, and work the putty-knife further along. If there are hidden nails/screws that will be a problem - if it's only glue it might work. A flameless heat gun is typically the best choice for heat (be cautious about setting anything on fire - they look like a hair dryer but run much hotter), but if you happen to own a steamer of some sort you can try that, too.
That will likely be much easier if you remove the whole thing including wall supports, get it apart, and put the wall supports back if you want to re-use them.
Otherwise brute force and breaking things is typical for removing "glued in place." Sledgehammer and pry-bar and expect splinters/breakage. Gluing a countertop in place is not a normal thing to do, in part for this reason.
The simplest option is to consider this plywood countertop as a sub-base for your new butcher-block countertop, and leave it in place.
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