Can I Install Vinyl Plank Flooring Under Cabinets

It s harder to install i know by cutting around the cabinets but you want to do it right.

Can i install vinyl plank flooring under cabinets.

I would like to know the pro s and cons of intalling the flooring over the new cabinets. Remove the cabinets and screw a plywood filler piece to the subfloor about inch inside the line where it will be under the cabinets. Unless there are severe changes in the relative humidity the floor will not move very much and kitchen cabinets can be installed directly on the flooring. If there is movement in the flooring the nylon glides will allow it to do so quite freely.

This goes for any type of flooring although not always for the same reasons. Pay attention to cancork s advice. The ragged edge of the flooring is then covered over with quarter round or base molding. One trick i use is to install nylon chair glides on the underside of the base cabinets.

4 years ago if the cabinets will outlive the flooring which is usually the case with vinyl plank then put the cabinets in first. This piece should be at least 2 inches wide and about inch thicker than the total thickness of the flooring including any vapor barrier or cushion. That way the flooring can be changed down the road without trying to get it out from under the cabinets. Consider installing thin floorings such as luxury vinyl laminate or tile which are possible to lay right up to the cabinets.

Well the answer isn t cut and dry. The two most common installation types of vinyl plank flooring is click lock or glue down installation. No floor under cabinets. Best wishes on your project.

We often get asked if vinyl flooring can be installed under cabinets. The contractor wants to install the floor first vinyl interlocking planks. I have been told that the only time you install cabinets over flooring is if you are intalling ceramic tile as flooiring. You will need to leave the expansion space 1 8 inch minimum 1 4 inch optimum and then add a piece of moulding or quarter round.

The allure is a floating floor and it can withstand 200 pounds per square inch. Yet the flooring still needs to be replaced. The cabinets however have a box base and should not be installed over the plank flooring. I ll leave the temp ranges to someone else.