Do Kitchen Cabinets Go Directly Onto Sub Floor

I would not do this over vinyl or cheap flooring that will not outlast the cabinets.

Do kitchen cabinets go directly onto sub floor.

Thanks in advance for your answers. Installing kitchen base cabinets before flooring can be a money saving advantage. We just purchased a bunch of cabinets for installation of a bar kitchenette in the basement. These are going to be installed on the existing hardwood floating floor which are sitting on top of a pad and then concrete.

My kitchen has been gutted. For a diyer this method can be much easier. After framing rough plumbing electrical sheetrock etc our gc put in the plywood subfloor then put down the hardwood floor then put down a sealer coat of poly under where all of the cabinets would go and then installed the cabinets. This should help protect the wood somewhat against spills leaks etc under the cabinets and appliances.

The second option is to lay the floor first and install the base cabinets on top of the finished floor. Hi i want to redo the living room dinning room kitchen and morning room. If you foresee yourself craving layout change we advise you cover your kitchen in wall to wall flooring first. There are 4 wall cabinets and four base cabinets.

Cabinets and appliances without flooring underneath are much harder to move. Base cabinets typically are. Should the base cabinets be installed directly onto the wood subfloor my house has a 3 to 4 foot crawl space not concrete slab or should the kitchen floor be tiled first and then install the base cabinets on top of the tile. Unless there are severe changes in the relative humidity the floor will not move very much and kitchen cabinets can be installed directly on the flooring.

If the subfloor is smooth enough an underlayment may not be needed for laminate. What is the proper way to do it. The wall cabinets i can do i have installed many in the past. One trick i use is to install nylon chair glides on the underside of the base cabinets.

The walls the electrical and the wood subfloor has been preped. If you have any more remodeling questions the design experts at cabinets to go are always happy to help. If there is movement in the flooring the nylon glides will allow it to do so quite freely. I personally like this method if using a very long lasting durable floor like hardwood or upscale tile.

Older homes may have solid hardwood flooring nailed directly on the joists no subfloor. Hardwood flooring may be installed straight onto the subfloor with only a sheet of red rosin paper intervening. If you were to first install those base cabinets and appliances straight onto the subfloor and then the hardwood flooring around the cabinets and appliances the height of the cabinets and appliances will be all wrong.