I've finally got round to starting the install of a load of Ikea kitchen
units. It's a reasonably straight forward job - floor all flat and
square etc, but what's the best way of arranging the plinth? Floor
covering (probably vinyl) up to the legs and the plinth on top, or fit
plinth snugly to the floor and run floor covering up to it? The former
is what I did last time, and it still seems best, but have I missed
anything?

SR

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
sheeprug wrote:

I've finally got round to starting the install of a load of Ikea
kitchen units. It's a reasonably straight forward job - floor all
flat and square etc, but what's the best way of arranging the plinth?
Floor covering (probably vinyl) up to the legs and the plinth on
top, or fit plinth snugly to the floor and run floor covering up to
it? The former is what I did last time, and it still seems best,
but have I missed anything?

SR


No, stay with it. It is far better to fit the plinths *on top* of the floor
covering. Otherwise, there is a danger that the flooring will turn up at the
edges where it meets the plinths.
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In article ,
sheeprug wrote:
I've finally got round to starting the install of a load of Ikea kitchen
units. It's a reasonably straight forward job - floor all flat and
square etc, but what's the best way of arranging the plinth? Floor
covering (probably vinyl) up to the legs and the plinth on top, or fit
plinth snugly to the floor and run floor covering up to it? The former
is what I did last time, and it still seems best, but have I missed
anything?

Best to do the *entire* floor before you start with any units. This way
things like washing machines will be more easily removed for service etc
and without risk of damage to the floor.

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RIP Acorn

Best to do the *entire* floor before you start with any units. This
way things like washing machines will be more easily removed for
service etc and without risk of damage to the floor.

Assuming, of course, that the floor covering is reasonably cheap and easy to
fit (such as the OP's vinyl). If it is expensive or labourious, such as
stone or slate, then it might be a prohibitively expensive option. My floor
area would go up by around 60% if I went under the cupboards. I do, however,
intend to raise the floor where appliances go, to solve the problem of
extracting them.

Christian.

In article ,
Christian McArdle wrote:
Best to do the *entire* floor before you start with any units. This
way things like washing machines will be more easily removed for
service etc and without risk of damage to the floor.

Assuming, of course, that the floor covering is reasonably cheap and
easy to fit (such as the OP's vinyl). If it is expensive or labourious,
such as stone or slate, then it might be a prohibitively expensive
option. My floor area would go up by around 60% if I went under the
cupboards. I do, however, intend to raise the floor where appliances go,
to solve the problem of extracting them.

Yes - if it's expensive tiles etc, then use something else to level the
bits that don't show.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn