Should Laminate Flooring Be Installed Under Cabinets

To answer your question yes you can install cabinets directly over a laminate floor.

Should laminate flooring be installed under cabinets. If you want flooring under the cabinets I suggest you choose a glue down engineered flooring. Structurally it is not the proper way to install fixed cabinets. Pianos under 500 pounds should be fine over a properly installed laminate floor.

Please let us know if you have any other questions. Installing these items on top of your new flooring will cause pressure and not let the flooring expand and contract to temperature changes. It needs to float.

Yet the flooring still needs to be replaced. If you are installing a hardwood floating floor or any floating floor such as cork or laminate you should install the floor AFTER the kitchen cabinets are installed. I just recently did a remodel to my kitchen and used Armstrong Pacific Heights wood laminate the kind that locks together.

Almost all other new flooring. 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. They should not go under the cabinets as it will restrict the ability to float properly.

Floating cabinets such as kitchen islands can sit on top of laminate flooring. Hi Ken thanks for the question. This will prevent the weight of the refrigerator from popping the planks up in the middle of the kitchen where you walk.

Laminate floors should be installed after the cabinetry because the material needs to be able to expand and contract depending on humidity levels. The cupboards will be too heavy for the floating laminate floor to expand and contract and the floor will come apart at the seams. Because the flooring should extend under the dishwasher and there is only so much height available under the counter.