But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described.
Tile floor or cabinets first.
If you ask the tile guy he will most likely opt to install the tile first.
Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick.
In short if you are installing hardwood flooring planks nailed down or tile flooring porcelain ceramic or stone or sheet flooring vinyl or linoleum roll and your subfloor is solid and in good condition you can install cabinets either before or after the flooring.
If you are among those that don t care for the task of cutting the flooring material around the framework of cabinets and appliances you would probably prefer to install the floors first.
That is a great question.
In most cases given standard flooring heights you will install the cabinets before the floor covering.
In fact this is a primary motivation for those who start from the ground up.
Today i m here in the empty kitchen area of a partially renovated home and i m making the all important decision of whether to install the flooring or the cabinets first.
Install plywood in remaining area to exact height of tile floor to finish cabinet install.
Install tile under cabinets and floor based appliances with a 2 inset this allows you to move the pattern and grout lines where needed.
Typically cabinets come before flooring.
Floor covering or finish flooring is the surface that you see and walk on not the subfloor under the underlayment or underlayment between subfloor and finished layer.