Laminate Flooring Under Cabinets
My name is matt capell and i am the owner of capell flooring and interiors in meridian idaho.
Laminate flooring under cabinets. On new kitchen installs or where the cabinets are not yet installed or are being replaced i always install the flooring first then install the cabinets on top and trim out with quarter round or base shoe if needed to hide gaps due to un level floor conditions or make up a. The ragged edge of the flooring is then covered over with quarter round or base molding. Screw a strip of the same thickness to.
As noted earlier if you are installing thin flooring such as luxury vinyl laminate or tile it is possible to lay the flooring right up to the cabinets. If it s damaged you can replace a small section without having to replace all of your flooring. However you can put appliances fridge washer dryer etc on top of the vinyl plank flooring.
Installing flooring first put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick. I just did a job last month in a kitchen where the construction worker ex boyfriend installed the laminate under the cabinets and after three months the floor failed. Remove the cabinets and screw a plywood filler piece to the subfloor about inch inside the line where it will be.
Working with current cabinets if you are installing laminate flooring around current cabinets it is often difficult. Even though you might make more money sq ft wise on a full open room. We do not recommend putting click lock vinyl flooring under cabinets as the floating floor needs to be able to expand and contract.
Here are some tips to help you get started. When you place your laminate flooring strips underneath your cabinetry you make the process more burdensome. 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.
It was cheap ikea laminate so i m sure it would have failed regardless further down the road but the cabinets were obviously the cause for this failure. Installing new cabinets you will need to install permanent items to your subfloor first and then install the. They then tried to face nail the pieces back into place and that caused the rest of the floor to fail.
