Floating Floor Kitchen Island

On new kitchen installs or where the cabinets are not yet installed or are being replaced i always install the flooring first then install the cabinets on top and trim out with quarter round or base shoe if needed to hide gaps due to un level floor conditions or make up a separate kick cut to fit and install when the cabinets are in place.

Floating floor kitchen island.

But this diy friendly flooring solution may not be the best choice for your kitchen due to the way it lifts up or bubbles when heavy weight is applied. I understand that you can t put a floating vinyl floor under kitchen cabinets but what about a floating island in the center of the kitchen. Because is there anything more exciting than remodeling your kitchen. Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick.

What i mean by floating island is that it will be free standing on legs underneath ikea leg stands and not bolted to the floor like a permanent island would be so it could be moved if needed. Those are all good reasons to lay a kitchen floor after the cabinets are in. Seal the edges of a piece of 3 by 3 foot plastic sheeting onto the floor with duct tape. They are not made to hide bad subfloors.

Floating floors require floor prep floating floors do require subfloor prep. If you install the floating kitchen floor over concrete test for moisture before you begin. Floating floors are easy to install because they don t require any smelly messy and time sensitive adhesive to be applied to the floor first. The potential of mismatched flooring one downside of installing risers or different flooring is that you add a complication if you wish to change the kitchen footprint in the future.

But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described. Yes with an exclamation point. After 24 hours. To start you ll need to expose as much of the kitchen floor as possible by moving the appliances to another room.

To keep the floor flush consider installing a different cheaper type of flooring underneath cabinets and appliances or even plywood risers. Last spring i did a pretty extensive kitchen and bathroom remodel bathrooms are fun too and i ve gotta say choosing the right floor for your kitchen that looks sharp and modern but still functions the way you need a kitchen floor to function it s no joke.