Someone told me once that some of those corner units have removable toekicks for that reason. But I'm not sure.

They're not really made to be taken apart, glue, pins etc. But do you have a window that can be removed they could go through? That's how we got out couch in our lower level. The entire window and frame had to come out and then go back in, which cost about 300 bucks.

You need a 36" door (or window) to be able to get them where you need them to be. They can go over on their side and fit in vertically then. While you can probably disassemble them to get them through the door with a little damage, assembling again might be another matter.

You might be able to saw off the toe kick even if it is attached and then build a platform for the bases to sit on when you install. Once the toe is off the cabinet should be about 30" high. You might have to take the door off of its hinges too. Good luck.

thanks for the ideas... i'll go home and look at the toekick to see if there's anything we can do there...
The windows are all too small to fit anything through, so that won't work.

I'll let you guys know how its going :)
bpt

If it's still close you can also remove the door's molding for a little extra space. That's easy and cheap to do and retouching the paint takes only minutes.

Well, what finally happened? Is your cabinet sitting out in the snow or ??????? You know we worry about you when we don't hear back!

Yay.... the 2 corner units finally made it in the house and down to the basement. (they had been sitting outside, tarped, in this 15 degree weather... brrr) My guys cut the toe kick off and moved them down, but by the time i got home they were all reassembled and i couldn't really tell the difference (at least nothing that won't be covered by the molding :)

thanks for all the advice! another gardenweb success :)