Kevin, I finally have everything here and ready to be installed, the plywood, the counterbalance plates. The carpenter wants to screw the plywood to the cabinetry from the inside of the cabinetry. He says this way if the cabinetry gets damaged, I can just unscrew the counter top ensemble and remove the cabinetry and change the damaged cabinet.

I think the plywood is usually screwed from the top of the plywood into the cabinet. The carpenter wants to screw the plywood to the cabinet from the bottom of the wood cleats.

What do you think?