How/where to install kitchen cabinets: directly on wood subfloor or on the tile?
mtnhrdgr2 asked:
My kitchen has been gutted. The walls, the electrical, and the wood subfloor has been preped. 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? What is the proper way to do it? Thanks in advance for your answers.
My kitchen has been gutted. The walls, the electrical, and the wood subfloor has been preped. 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? What is the proper way to do it? Thanks in advance for your answers.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I’ve never done this myself, but on all the tv design shows it always appears that the tiling is done first.
February 22nd, 2009 at 5:13 am
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
most cabinets go in after the floor is in there are draw back to both if you wait until your floor is in no problem with built in dishwasher or trash compactor if you install floor after it will take less tile but getting the dish washer in and out for servicing will be rather tricky
February 24th, 2009 at 11:07 am
When you go to change a floor it is impossible to change the floor under the cabinets, so you can install on top with the toe kick hiding the joints and plywood lifting the plumbing fixtures up to the same level.