Floating Floors and Kitchen Cabinets
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Floating Floors and Kitchen Cabinets
I know that this issue has been addressed in various posts but I want to be sure the question to my specific application is answered.
I am going to be using Marmoleum Click planks in a kitchen remodel. Based on what I have read, it seems like the best way to install a floating floor is just under the cabinets, but not all of the way under them.
Here is my game plan.
1. Lay down a vapor barrier over the entire floor space
2. Install plywood that is 1/16 thicker than my flooring + underlayment 19" out from walls that house cabinetry. This will allow the floating floor to extend beyond the toe kick and slightly under the cabinets.
3. Put up the sheet rock and paint
4. Put down the underlayment
5. Lay the floating floor
6. Install cabinets and toe kick
Can anyone tell me if that all sees reasonable? If you would change something in this approach, please let me know.
Thanks for your help!
I am going to be using Marmoleum Click planks in a kitchen remodel. Based on what I have read, it seems like the best way to install a floating floor is just under the cabinets, but not all of the way under them.
Here is my game plan.
1. Lay down a vapor barrier over the entire floor space
2. Install plywood that is 1/16 thicker than my flooring + underlayment 19" out from walls that house cabinetry. This will allow the floating floor to extend beyond the toe kick and slightly under the cabinets.
3. Put up the sheet rock and paint
4. Put down the underlayment
5. Lay the floating floor
6. Install cabinets and toe kick
Can anyone tell me if that all sees reasonable? If you would change something in this approach, please let me know.
Thanks for your help!
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I know that this issue has been addressed in various posts but I want to be sure the question to my specific application is answered.
I am going to be using Marmoleum Click planks in a kitchen remodel. Based on what I have read, it seems like the best way to install a floating floor is just under the cabinets, but not all of the way under them.
Here is my game plan.
1. Lay down a vapor barrier over the entire floor space
2. Install plywood that is 1/16 thicker than my flooring + underlayment 19" out from walls that house cabinetry. This will allow the floating floor to extend beyond the toe kick and slightly under the cabinets.
3. Put up the sheet rock and paint
4. Put down the underlayment
5. Lay the floating floor
6. Install cabinets and toe kick
Can anyone tell me if that all sees reasonable? If you would change something in this approach, please let me know.
Thanks for your help!
I am going to be using Marmoleum Click planks in a kitchen remodel. Based on what I have read, it seems like the best way to install a floating floor is just under the cabinets, but not all of the way under them.
Here is my game plan.
1. Lay down a vapor barrier over the entire floor space
2. Install plywood that is 1/16 thicker than my flooring + underlayment 19" out from walls that house cabinetry. This will allow the floating floor to extend beyond the toe kick and slightly under the cabinets.
3. Put up the sheet rock and paint
4. Put down the underlayment
5. Lay the floating floor
6. Install cabinets and toe kick
Can anyone tell me if that all sees reasonable? If you would change something in this approach, please let me know.
Thanks for your help!
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Cabinets and Floating Floor
Seems like if you are not going to put the floating floor under the cabinets (which seems like the consensus), that the cabinets should be brought up to the same level as the finished floor, by adding the plywood. Wouldn't it be much more difficult to pull appliances from under the counter if there is a "lip" formed by the edge of the floating floor?