Should Kitchen Flooring Be Under Cabinets And Appliances
Olivia Luz
There is another reason you may want to go with cheap subflooring beneath those cabinets and counters.
It is usually recommended that the cabinets be installed before the flooring as it saves you time and money by not purchasing or installing tile where it can t be seen under the cabinets. Laminate flooring in kitchen under appliances. With a floating floor you install after and cabinets should be raised by adding plywood underneath them before the cabinets are installed. Remove the cabinets and screw a plywood filler piece to the subfloor about inch inside the line where it will be under the cabinets.
I ve read warnings against installing tile under cabinets because it prevents the floating floor from expanding. If you have 60 or 80 square feet of space occupied by counters and cabinets for example you can potentially save some cash to pay for the base moldings. This is more common with solid 3 4 inch floors opposed to thinner hardwoods. Often without planning these appliances can get locked in when the hardwood guy is done installing the floor.
They tell you not to install any floating floors under appliances only because you are tacking them down by weight and they could possibly fail to expand in any 2d direction if you lay the planks down with appliances on both ends so they may tent. Screw a strip of the same thickness to the floor next to the wall. This piece should be at least 2 inches wide and about inch thicker than the total thickness of the flooring including any vapor barrier or cushion. There s a good reason to do this.
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I see no reason to not install it in the kitchen and would continue it under the appliances as well. Yes laminate is a floating floor type so it should defiantly go in after the cabinets. If due to design circumstances for example an odd appliance height or construction anomaly your total flooring height will need to be elevated and finished higher than normal two inches or more consider installing flooring before putting in the kitchen cabinets and appliances. You also don t run the risk of scratching or damaging your flooring during the cabinet installation process.View Video For Should Kitchen Flooring Be Under Cabinets And Appliances
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