Laminate Flooring Under Kitchen Cabinets
It is much quicker installing the flooring without having to cut pieces to fit around the cabinets although a bit more flooring is required this way.
Laminate flooring under kitchen cabinets. When installing laminate flooring in kitchens and bathrooms you cannot place cabinets or any hardware that is meant to be bolted permanently to the floor on the laminate. Installing laminate flooring under cabinets is a very common question for homeowners. The answer to your dilemma the best way to accommodate your floors shelving and appliances is to work in this order.
The floor covering will be cut to size and almost butted up against the cabinets. When you place your laminate flooring strips underneath your cabinetry you make the process more burdensome. Floating floors come in a variety of materials such as engineered hardwood or cork but not all are suitable for a kitchen floor installation.
Installing these items on top of your new flooring will cause pressure and not let the flooring expand and contract to temperature changes. Appliances can be moved but your shelving and counter top infrastructure cannot. Laminate should not have cabinets on top of it.
It needs to float. If you want flooring under the cabinets i suggest you choose a glue down engineered flooring. When i remodeled my own kitchen four years ago i used wilsonart classic laminate flooring tiles and installed the flooring before the cabinets.