Lay Wood Floor Under Kitchen Cabinets
Camila Farah
It would be a shame for you or the future owner to want to change the kitchen footprint and need to replace all of the flooring in the areas where you did not install it.
This is more common with solid 3 4 inch floors opposed to thinner hardwoods. One way to combat a potential locked in appliance dilemma is by installing plywood same thickness as flooring in the area under the dishwasher. First it s important that the cabinets are the standard 36 inches above the floor and it s important that the appliances are at this same height so that there aren t issues later if when you want to change the appliances e g. It looks the best.
You would not want your dishwasher to be trapped underneath the floor and. Often without planning these appliances can get locked in when the hardwood guy is done installing the floor. If there s something in your path when you re laying wood flooring including a cabinet you have to move it if you want to get the flooring underneath. Engineered wood a sandwich of wood veneer on top and high grade plywood below is slightly thinner than solid hardwood.
This is especially true if you have a kitchen island with cabinets. It may be tempting to just work around your stove or refrigerator since the floor under these never sees the light of day anyway but doing so can cause problems down the road when you cannot move the appliance over the hardwood lip install an appliance with different dimensions. To start you ll need to expose as much of the kitchen floor as possible by moving the appliances to another room. Lay the finish flooring straight onto the subfloor with no additional underlayment.
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