Cabinets are not recommended to be installed over a floating floor especially cabinets that have a heavy granite counter top.
Do kitchen cabinets go on top of flooring.
The proper installation would be to install the cabinets and then install the flooring around the cabinets.
Those are all good reasons to lay a kitchen floor after the cabinets are in.
It is always recommended to install cabinets before floating flooring rather than installing cabinets on top of floating floors.
Why pay top dollar for imported hardwood that remains hidden.
A floating floor goes in after the cabinets.
Install the cabinets first because heavy cabinetry cannot sit on top of a floating floor or it will restrict movement and increase the chances of flooring separation.
Kitchen base cabinet install on top of flooring decision flooring goes in last.
Will the open frame kitchen cabinet trend last in 2020 and beyond.
To keep the floor flush consider installing a different cheaper type of flooring.
But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described.
Installing kitchen base cabinets before flooring can be a money saving advantage.
This lowers the risk of peaking in the future.
I predict that open frame kitchen cabinets will go back to being centrally display cabinets in due time.
For example most of the costly finished hardwood flooring is usually placed sight unseen underneath the cabinets.
Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick.
Installing over glue down floors is not a concern.
Installing the cabinets on the flooring could bind the floor due to the weight of the cabinets.
However when installing a wood flooring nail down or glue down there are more factors to consider.
Open frame kitchen cabinets can look more modern or more traditional depending on the design of the kitchen and the hardware of the cabinets.
Accommodate for the flooring thickness in your toekicks.
If installing a floating floor the answer is simple.
Go ahead and install your kitchen cabinets directly on the cement subfloor.
Laminate flooring is a floating floor so we do not recommend installing kitchen cabinets on top of laminate as they could pin the floor down and prevent it from expanding and contracting with temperature changes leading to buckling and separation at the joints.