How To Install Laminate Flooring Under Kitchen Cabinets
Camila Farah
I ve read warnings against installing tile under cabinets because it prevents the floating floor from expanding.
We had a kitchen renovation six years ago and had laminate installed. Laminate flooring is a floating floor so we do not recommend installing kitchen cabinets on top of laminate as they could pin the floor down and prevent it from expanding and contracting with temperature changes leading to buckling and separation at the joints. I see no reason to not install it in the kitchen and would continue it under the appliances as well. Base units are better positioned on a solid floor.
Make sure the pieces are laid firmly without gaps and bumps up to the point where it meets the cabinet edge. The north american laminate flooring association as well as leading manufacturers of laminate recommend installing cabinets first then butting the laminate flooring up to within a quarter inch of the cabinet s kick plate and covering the gap with quarter round moulding. I m getting ready to install laminate tile in the kitchen. Then cut exactly that length of flooring so it will fit in.
We had it installed after the cabinets went in but before the kitchen island was installed as that was much easier. Not sure why you want to run it under the cabinets as that is extra cost. Laminate flooring is a floating floor and will have some give with the underlay. How level the sub floor is shouldn t be an issue as each unit will have legs that are individually adjustable so a run of units can be adjusted to a uniform level.
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If you have only 3 inches of space left between the edge of the flooring plank and the kitchen cabinets measure 3 inches in at each end of the laminate plank from the side with the tongue and then add an additional 1 4 to 1 2 inch to the measurement depending on the size of the spacers that came with your flooring so that the plank won t fit directly against the cabinets. Go ahead and install your kitchen cabinets directly on the cement subfloor.View Video For How To Install Laminate Flooring Under Kitchen Cabinets
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