Installing Hardwood Floors Around Kitchen Cabinets

Because manufacturers are continually trying to produce the best materials for their customers many of today s flooring choices come treated to make the product stronger water resistant and longer.

Installing hardwood floors around kitchen cabinets.

Floating floors come in a variety of materials such as engineered hardwood or cork but not all are suitable for a kitchen floor installation. Since it is much more likely to have some type of cabinet upgrade rather than actually needing to remove the hardwood i would install the hardwood wall to wall and install cabinets over it. The actual extra amount of hardwood used under the cabinet area is minimal and will make installation easier and faster than working around the cabinet footprint. The potential of mismatched flooring one downside of installing risers or different flooring is that you add a complication if you wish to change the kitchen footprint in the future.

It seems it s recommended to install cabinet first before installing the hardwood floor. To start you ll need to expose as much of the kitchen floor as possible by moving the appliances to another room. I have an existing kitchen and want to redo the floor to be hardwood floor and replace the cabinets. This is more common with solid 3 4 inch floors opposed to thinner hardwoods.

Remove the cabinets and screw a plywood filler piece to the subfloor about inch. Durable if you install solid hardwood flooring in your kitchen you ll have one of the most durable flooring choices around. Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick. But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described.

Today s hardwood is better than even a few short years ago. Often without planning these appliances can get locked in when the hardwood guy is done installing the floor. My question is how to insure the cabinets are will be the same height since hardwood floors will be installed under the dishwasher and the oven. Possible damage to the cabinets during the installation is a possibility.