Yes. Turning off utilities to the kitchen is the first preparation stage for demolition. Unlike other household rooms, the kitchen has many access points to potential dangers like electricity, water, and gas. We need to turn off the electricity at the breaker box. For water, we turn it off at the knobs under the sink. If you have gas appliances, there are usually valves behind the stove that we can turn off. To get there, we wiggle the stove far enough to reach the valve.