The second is a makeshift wire ferrule. It started life probably as a female terminal, crimped and then snipped off. There’s evidence where the terminal screw was.
The very last sentence of your question is being misssed by a lot of people. I’m assuming the old cabinets were on the subfloor and tiled up to them. If so, then yes the new cabinet footprint will dictate how many more tiles need to be removed. The “MUST” remove contractors are trying to not...
Maybe when it was said “I don’t care about the code” it was meant, please don’t just recite the codes. I could read it that way. I Agree asking why the code exists is reasonable.
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