Flooring Under Cabinets
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Flooring under cabinets. 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. In most cases given standard flooring heights you can install the cabinets before the floor covering. The two most common installation types of vinyl plank flooring is click lock or glue down installation.
Often without planning these appliances can get locked in when the hardwood guy is done installing the floor. 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. The floor covering will be cut to size and almost butted against the cabinets.
If it s a modular kitchen with standalone cabinets or it s a kitchen at ground floor prone to termite attack or water moisture then it should go under cabinets. We often get asked if vinyl flooring can be installed under cabinets. Depending on which you install you may be able to install under cabinets.
This is more common with solid 3 4 inch floors opposed to thinner hardwoods. Installing these items on top of your new flooring will cause pressure and not let the flooring expand and contract to temperature changes. Remove the cabinets and screw a plywood filler piece to the subfloor about inch inside the line where it will be under the cabinets.
