Installing Vinyl Flooring Around Cabinets

I have been installing laminate flooring since the product first became popular.

Installing vinyl flooring around cabinets.

Mark the layout of the cabinets and all floor based appliances. It may be tempting to just work around your stove or refrigerator since the floor under these never sees the light of day anyway but doing so can cause problems down the road when you cannot move the appliance over the hardwood lip install an appliance with different dimensions. If you are installing click lock vinyl plank flooring you should not install under cabinets. Install plywood in remaining area to exact height of tile floor to finish cabinet install.

And the newer vinyl planks are having issues with this reduced expansion gap. In your first question on your original post you asked if you install the allure vinyl tile flooring underneath or around the cabinets. When installing cabinets first you need to tell your cabinet makers counter top installers of the clearance needed for the dishwasher with the extra added height of the floor. Since the cabinets aren t in just yet i would advise to get the measurements from your cabinet maker.

The short answer is always install around. 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. To start you ll need to expose as much of the kitchen floor as possible by moving the appliances to another room. In most cases given standard flooring heights you will install the cabinets before the floor covering.

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. Install tile under cabinets and floor based appliances with a 2 inset this allows you to move the pattern and grout lines where needed. But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described.