Floor Before After Kitchen Cabinets

I have an existing kitchen and want to redo the floor to be hardwood floor and replace the cabinets.

Floor before after kitchen cabinets.

Why it s better to install the hardwood floors before the cabinets. The flooring contractor will not have to work around existing cabinetry so the work can go that much faster. There s a good. When doing a kitchen project the first question that comes up is should the hardwood floors be installed before or after the cabinets.

There is nothing really wrong with putting the floor in after the cabinets however. The correct answer is not as simple as it might seem. Installing the floors before the cabinets has some advantages. The finish can be applied after the cabinet installation lessening concerns about marring the floors during the remodel.

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 separate kick cut to fit and install when the cabinets are in place. It seems it s recommended to install cabinet first before installing the hardwood floor. Well the prep of the floor is going to take 2 days but our flooring company who were recommended by karndean said to fit the floor after the cabinets were in and they put the floor under where the dishwasher and washing machine will be so it will be the same level and be easier to take out if we ever need to. But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described.

It is just not our 1st choice. 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. We at mosby evaluate each kitchen and then make the determination of which method will work best. First it s important that the cabinets are the standard 36 inches above the floor and it s important that the appliances are at this same height so that there aren t issues later if when you want to change the appliances e g.

It is commonly done to retrofit a new floor to an existing area with cabinets that will not be replaced. Cabinets and hardwood flooring before or after. Those are all good reasons to lay a kitchen floor after the cabinets are in. We are having our karndean floor fiited today.

Cabinets and hardwood flooring before or after. June 17 2017 andrew. You would not want your dishwasher to be trapped underneath the floor and.