How To Install Laminate Flooring Under Kitchen Cabinets

When to install flooring before cabinets.

How to install laminate flooring under kitchen cabinets.

Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick. Most diyers can complete laminate floor installation in one day. There s a good. I have been installing laminate flooring since the product first became popular.

But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described. In fact laminate flooring can be installed in almost every room in your home including kitchens since it doesn t have to be glued down and doesn t involve grout or mortar. When installing laminate flooring in kitchens and bathrooms you cannot place cabinets or any hardware that is meant to be bolted permanently to the floor on the laminate. Those are all good reasons to lay a kitchen floor after the cabinets are in.

Planks can be cut with a hand saw circular saw or flooring cutter and most laminate flooring comes in planks that simply snap together with a tongue. 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. Not sure what the thickness of your flooring is but make sure the cabinets are raised the same amount as the thickness of the floor by putting plywood or something similar under them so that the dishwasher does not get trapped once the countertop is on. For installations that go over existing flooring in kitchens where cabinets are already installed i leave a 1 4 gap for expansion and trim out around the cabinets with matching quarter round from the flooring supplier.