Red Green wrote in
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As mentioned in another thread, I'm in the process of putting down 3/4
T&G in a few interconnected rooms/hall. I'm not in the kitchen yet but
I knew up front the dishwasher clearance may be a strong possible
issue. The combination of the kitchen had new vinyl many years ago
where underlayment was used, as it should have, and now adding 3/4"
more. The old underlayment does not go under the DW. Stops at the
kickplate.

I did some quick visual after removing the kickplate and, as
suspected, it looks grim. Very little clearance between the stone
counter and top of DW. The DW foot rails don't look like they will
make it once the hardwood is in unless it can be tilted up some once
everything is loose. Plan is to put down a scrap strip of flooring,
loosen up the DW and see what happens.

To stir up the pot some more, the 3/4 will be laid on ends to the
kickplate.

If this does indeed turn out to be an issue, I'm looking for ideas on
what has been done in similar situations. The only thing I can figure
is to have a small depth section the width of the DW that can be
removed with some unorthodox improvising of removing the bottom of the
grooves on the left and right of the section. The section could be
carefully screwed from the basement fortunately...I think that's
fortunate anyway.

I have no other experience with this type of problem so the only other
thing I can come up with is some type of inlay that is lower than 3/4.

Just looking ahead so I know what my options are if necessary.

Thanks,
Red...

Final answer is...not going to bring wood floor into the kitchen. Did a
delicate pitch to SWMBO this morning. Foyer, hallway and eat-in is it and
that's done except for new base trim. Came out flawless including having
to raise half the area 3/8" because I removed old popping and broken
tile.

Will be transitioning wood floor to a tile in the kitchen. Solves several
current issues, including some never mentioned, as well as potential
issues like leaking sink/DW/disposal. Especially with the fact that the
board ends would be butted against the sink/DW setup.

Thanks to all for the input.

Red...