Install Flooring Before Cabinets

Finally install the cabinets on both strips and attach the toekicks.

Install flooring before cabinets.

Floor covering or finish flooring is the surface that you see and walk on not the subfloor under the underlayment or underlayment between subfloor and finished layer. No wasted tile and appliances can me moved for repairs without problems. Install plywood in remaining area to exact height of tile floor to finish cabinet install. If you have any more remodeling questions the design experts at cabinets to go are always happy to help.

Installing the floors before the cabinets has some advantages. Cabinets and appliances without flooring underneath are much harder to move. Install tile under cabinets and floor based appliances with a 2 inset this allows you to move the pattern and grout lines where needed. The flooring contractor will not have to work around existing cabinetry so the work can go that much faster.

Now install the new flooring but keep it about a inch from the first filler strip. This assumes that the floating floor has a significant height. If you foresee yourself craving layout change we advise you cover your kitchen in wall to wall flooring first. If you are installing click lock vinyl plank flooring you should not install under cabinets.

Typically cabinets come before flooring. Since your floor will be floating on the subfloor and connected solely by the locking system it needs space to expand and contract with temperature changes. The finish can be applied after the cabinet installation lessening concerns about marring the floors during the remodel. Rob in general the flooring should go under the cabinets assuming it s hardwood or tile and it s nailed or glued.