Installing New Formica Countertops. To install a cooktop in your countertop, your fabricator needs to create a cutout in your countertop. To install a new countertop, homeowners can pay their installers to remove and haul away their existing countertop.
Once your new custom countertops have been fabricated, the installer will remove your existing countertops if needed and install the new countertops, ensuring a proper fit. Installing new countertops is a quick and affordable way to give your kitchen a makeover. It is possible to cover existing counters with a hard slab of granite, solid surface, or quartz, including edges and backsplashes, doing so on a DIY basis, making it a relatively fast process, and spending hundreds instead of thousands.
Laminate countertops (often called Formica, although that is actually the name of only one manufacturer) come in just about every color and pattern imaginable.
To install a new countertop, homeowners can pay their installers to remove and haul away their existing countertop.
The step-by-step instructions below outline the proper tools and procedure to install a drop in (also known as top mount) sink. Use the sharp end of a hammer or other prying tool to pull the Formica off the countertop in pieces. Formica is the brand-name of a material known generically as plastic laminate.