I just recently did a remodel to my kitchen and used armstrong pacific heights wood laminate the kind that locks together.
Can you install kitchen cabinets over laminate flooring.
But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described.
As for the areas left without laminate we recommend uninstalling your flooring to a place where you can add in the necessary planks as if you were installing for the first time and install around the kitchen cabinets.
Remove the cabinets and screw a plywood filler piece to the subfloor about inch.
Cabinets are not recommended to be installed over a floating floor especially cabinets that have a heavy granite counter top.
When you place your laminate flooring strips underneath your cabinetry you make the process more burdensome.
Go ahead and install your kitchen cabinets directly on the cement subfloor.
That is far too thin to get any form of quot decent quot.
The contractor wants to install the floor first vinyl interlocking planks.
Laminate in a kitchen is not considered appropriate.
Vinyl is much more appropriate.
I m getting ready to install laminate tile in the kitchen.
If it s damaged you can replace a small section without having to replace all of your flooring.
I ve read warnings against installing tile under cabinets because it prevents the floating floor from expanding.
We are planning a kitchen remodel.
The good thing about laminate flooring is that it s easy to repair.
Installing the cabinets on the flooring could bind the floor due to the weight of the cabinets.
It has it s place in the market just like vinyl tile hardwood carpet and many other types of floor covering.
The proper installation would be to install the cabinets and then install the flooring around the cabinets.
I would like to know the pro s and cons of intalling the flooring over the new cabinets.
To answer your question yes you can install cabinets directly over a laminate floor.
Laminate flooring has been here for 20 years or better and i can guarantee you its here to stay.
I even had aristokraft install the 7 foot island right over it.