herefishy;sounds like everyone's experiences are similar to ours. I've removed,rebuilt or modified several cabinets/shelve in our 3455RL, and they are similar indesign to what several others have suggested. In our bathroom linen cabinet, Iremoved a well-built wooden linen cabinet fascia including the two doors by removing screwson the back side of the fascia. Afterremoving the fascia, Iwas left with two thin layers of veneer panels that formed the top side andbottom side of the shelf of the cabinet. These two thin layers of veneer were stapled into a ½” x ½” square framethat consisted of the inner structure of the cabinet shelf. After removing the top and bottom layers ofveneer, the ½” x ½” square wood frame was screwed into the wall on three sideswith the hardwood fascia screwed into the front side of the wood frame. These two thin layers of veneer panels(roughly 1/8” thick) are stapled in way too many times, but I suppose that isso they don’t fall apart while the miles of the 5’er increase.
If your challengeappears to lie beneath the thin veneer panels, I expect what you will find isthe ½” x ½” wood frame beneath them is in turn screwed into your wall panels. Ithink JohnDar has the right approach with using a stiff-bladed putty knife totry to lift the staples loose to remove the veneer panels. I was pretty certain I wasn’t reusing myveneer panels, so I didn’t use such precise care in removing them, wherein I did rebuildwith a little nicer and stiffer ¼” thick plywood backed by ½” AC plywood all reinforced with gorilla glue. I’m sure I added a pound or two to the shelf,but it is sturdy enough that I created a sturdy mounting point for an added 24”decorative bronze towel bar under the cabinet shelf in the bathroom. I put my shelves back upexpanding the linen cabinet from a 5.5” depth to a 12” depth as we needed moreshelving space. Putting the fascia back in place over my newly constructed andstained shelf/towel bar, it looks like it came from the factory that way. I know that it weighs more than what the H/L engineersengineered into the coach by a pound or two. They use this thin veneer for reducing weight I would expect.
In anotherlocation over our entry closet by the door, I removed one of two shelves inthat overhead location when we installed the Splendide W/D unit and moved our hanging closet barhigher. When removing that shelf, it wasof the same construction as the veneer lined cabinet in the bathroom. I removeda ¾” thick stained hardwood fascia board, then removed the top and bottom layer oflightweight veneer shelf covering, and then unscrewed the ½” x ½” wood framework fromthe closed, covering the old screw holes with color matching silicone. Goodluck with your project.