Tile Floor Before Or After Kitchen Cabinets

Seriously it will look crap if you don t have the tiles running under the cabinet.

Tile floor before or after kitchen cabinets.

There s a good reason to do this. Tiling before the kitchen more tiles more. Installing the tile after the cabinets can be beneficial for the tile contractor to ensure they are the last trade on the jobsite before turnover to the owner. There are some that want the tiles down first which is okay but if the floor is out then you end up with gaps and most of the time the builder gc does not plan to put shoe mold around.

Sheet vinyl was installed after the cabinets were in. Tile and hardwood floors went in first. Then install cabinets then the tiles can go down. This is the main draw for those who start with floors.

Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick. But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described. Many people like to put in floors first to avoid having to cut the material around cabinets and appliances. If due to design circumstances for example an odd appliance height or construction anomaly your total flooring height will need to be elevated and finished higher than normal two inches or more consider installing flooring before putting in the kitchen cabinets and appliances.

Because they are more durable and could be repaired if the cabinet guy dinged them. Because it was easy to damage and impossible to repair. If you think tiles are expensive. Just make sure the durock or tile backer is down first.

Tiling after the kitchen potentially more work for the tiler cutting etc but shouldn t cost you anymore. Laminate floors should be installed after the cabinetry because the material needs to be able to expand and contract depending on humidity levels. Well the prep of the floor is going to take 2 days but our flooring company who were recommended by karndean said to fit the floor after the cabinets were in and they put the floor under where the dishwasher and washing machine will be so it will be the same level and be easier to take out if we ever need to. Sometimes the decision of whether to install the cabinets or the floors first depends on other factors.

Personally i prefer to have the tile installed before the cabinets when possible. Those are all good reasons to lay a kitchen floor after the cabinets are in. Tile or linoleum on the other hand can run all the way to the wall with no problems. This means the risk of damage to the tile floor by other trades is significantly reduced or eliminated.