"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:55:20 +0100, "Vortex"
wrote:
Hi,

I'm installing a new kitchen in my home. The room is completely
empty.
Cabling, plumbing and drainage are in place.

The floor is good condition timber boarding (60's). Floorcovering
will
be
vinyl (roll) on hardboard.

Q. I have the option to install the floorcovering either before, or
after
the kitchen units but have had conflicting advice from floorcovering
people.

What is normal practice? (if indeed there is a normal practice). My
inclination is to take the floorcovering to the walls in all
directions,
then install the kitchen above.

David.


ps. future access to underfloor services is not an issue.


Fit the flooring first and put the units on top. The flooring doesn't
necessarily have to go all the way to the wall as long as it goes under
the
units by a couple of inches - except where there are removeable items like
washing machines and cookers. This makes a far neater job because, if you
trim the flooring against the units, there is a danger that it will curl
up
at the edges, and that grot and wet will get under it.

If you subsequently want to replace the flooring, you can cut it off
against
the units - and you're no worse off than if it had been fitted up to the
units in the first place.

Roger



And you could've bought two or three extra metres of flooring just to cut it
off because it's under the units. It's the units that will normally stay in
place a lot longer than any flooring, so fitting it properly to just under
the kick board plinth will make it look as though it is all the way under
the units. The only sections of flooring that will go as far in as you need
it to go, will be the bits under floor standing appliances like the washing
machine and dishwasher etc.