How To Lay Laminate Flooring Around Kitchen Cabinets

Follow the flooring manufacturers recommendations as to.

How to lay laminate flooring around kitchen cabinets. Click to see full answer. Its not okay to install them over a floating floor. An easy way to install laminate around round objects.

My name is Matt Capell and I am the owner of Capell Flooring and Interiors in Meridian Idaho. One important measurement to watch is the height of the underside of countertop to the finished floor. Installing these items on top of your new flooring will cause pressure and not let the flooring expand and contract to temperature changes.

Adjust the cutting depth of a toe-kick saw to the thickness of the flooring. An underlayment adds another 14 inch to 12 inch to the total flooring thickness. Extend the flooring far enough under the dishwasher so when the appliances legs are lowered they rest on the laminate.

I have been given two views on this - one said to lay it across the whole floor and put the units on top to ensure level base. When installing laminate flooring in kitchens and bathrooms you cannot place cabinets or any hardware that is meant to be bolted permanently to the floor on the laminate. I am in process of fitting a new kitchen and am going to lay laminate flooring.

Push the pieces firmly together. Laminate flooring should not be installed under fixed cabinets. Lay the strip of flooring along the chalk line and place the spacers between the flooring and the wall.

To line up the tongue and groove with both pieces flat and tap the tongue piece into place from the side using a rubber mallet or to lay the first row of hardwood planks underneath the kitchen cabinets and work your way out toward the opposite wall. Structurally it is not the proper way to install fixed cabinets. Lay the finish flooring straight onto the subfloor with no additional underlayment.