Can You Lay New Floors If You Already Have Cabinets

Remove the old flooring as long as the surface is smooth and level technically you can install hardwood floor over your existing flooring.

Can you lay new floors if you already have cabinets.

If the toe kick is solid has no seams below each cabinet. However it may be best to completely remove the old kitchen floor covering and expose the subfloor. But if you do decide to install your cabinets first fear not. This could cause the floor to come apart.

A new flooring can still be installed it just becomes a little trickier because the new flooring will essentially have to not. New tiles can be added to tile flooring but hardwood flooring that has been under cabinets will always have a different look than floors that have been walked on. Take the time to install the kitchen floor everywhere except under the cabinets. For this reason some experts recommend installing wood floors after you finish your cabinets.

Lay the floor before and have the contractor fill in under the cabinet area with pine boards or plywood whichever meets the height of the floor. However if you do lay a new floor like that you ll have to remember that if in the future you want to re do the kitchen and put units in different places you re go. This will damage your new floor. Now then you might luck out with the toe kick that s already there for the new floor the vent.

In fact i did it myself just last week. Cabinets before flooring setting the cabinetry in place before installing the flooring means not having to worry about floor damage during cabinet installation. Thats what i would do. Saves some money and you end up with a better laid floor.

Also floating floors can t be installed under cabinets because the cabinets will be too heavy and restrict the floor from expanding and contracting.