"Tony" wrote in message
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DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Apr 26, 2:41 pm, Mikepier wrote:
On Apr 26, 12:47 pm, Alex wrote:





Hi,
We're in the final days of having our new house built with the first
walk through scheduled for later this week, but one thing I wasn't
sure about is the dishwasher and laminate flooring. The dishwasher
sits on the concrete and the laminate flooring in the kitchen runs
right up to the dishwasher -- dishwasher was installed before
flooring. There's no gap between the top of the dishwasher and the
bottom of the counter top, so my worry is that the dishwasher won't be
able to be removed without pulling up the counter top or flooring.
In an email to the builder he said it would come out, which I'll have
him demo when we do the walk through, but I wanted to do some research
before then as well. I know it's not their first rodeo so I assume
I'm just not seeing the 'trick' to getting it out, but with the
dishwasher being so snug in there I'm just not seeing how to get it
out when it needs to be replaced or repaired.
Thanks for any advise.
Sam
This is a new house? I'm surprised the builder did it like that. Much
easier to put flooring first, then cabinets and appliances on top.
But as others have said, it can come out wih a little work.- Hide
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"Much easier to put flooring first, then cabinets and appliances
on top"

I've never had a house built, so this is new to me.

Are you saying that other builders would have put laminate flooring
throughout the kitchen before the base cabinets were installed and
then put the cabinets on top of that? Wouldn't that be a waste of a
lot of laminate flooring?

First, if they are doing a really nice job, the time they save putting
down flooring first (no cutting to fit against the cabinet bases...)
Would almost pay for the extra flooring.

Second, the finished look is much better when putting cabinets on top of
the flooring.

Also I've seen more than once where they put the flooring down just
enough for the front of the cabinets to sit on, then use scraps under the
back of the cabinets to keep them level. Very little waste and a nicer
looking job.

For starters, every manufacturer recommends putting your cabinets in _B/4_
the flooring. Here's just one example.
Scroll to item #13.
http://na.pergo.com/Images/how_to/In...ials_Guide.pdf

There's several reasons for this. Laminate needs to expand/contract, a
permanent fixture on top of the laminate will prohibit this, causing
problems. Another reason is if you need to replace panel/planks/tiles, and
the cabinets are installed on top.....well, now you got problems.

You've never seen a professional install flooring then sit the cabinets on
edge & shim the back. This would have to be one hell of a hack.

Please show just one manufacturer which would recommend putting the
cabinets first. And, you've got to be kidding about saving time of not
cutting/scribing around objects. A professional will cut around anything as
fast as they will a straight cut. Good grief, just when I thought I heard
everything.