I'm putting down tile effect laminate floor in my kitchen, do I need
to go right up to the wall, minus the 10mm gap, or can I stop under
the front legs of the cabinates as this will save me time,energy and
money.
Thanks
Martin

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I'm putting down tile effect laminate floor in my kitchen, do I need
to go right up to the wall, minus the 10mm gap, or can I stop under
the front legs of the cabinates as this will save me time,energy and
money.
Thanks
Martin

Shouldn't you stop *short* of the cabinets - leaving an expansion gap? If
you put cabinets *on top* of the laminate, how is it going to move around to
accommodate expansion/contraction?

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In article , Set Square wrote:
Shouldn't you stop *short* of the cabinets - leaving an expansion
gap? If you put cabinets *on top* of the laminate, how is it
going to move around to accommodate expansion/contraction?

I've got to lay mine in a week or two. I plan to run it an inch or
two behind the plinth line but cut round the feet for this reason

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Tony Bryer wrote:

In article , Set Square wrote:
Shouldn't you stop *short* of the cabinets - leaving an expansion
gap? If you put cabinets *on top* of the laminate, how is it
going to move around to accommodate expansion/contraction?

I've got to lay mine in a week or two. I plan to run it an inch or
two behind the plinth line but cut round the feet for this reason

Presumably with the underside of the plinth clear of the laminate by a mm or
so?

Assuming the feet are behind the plinth, and hidden, this should work fine.

This will leave an expansion(!) gap of a couple of feet under the unit -
apart from where it's near to a cabinet foot. I'm wondering whether a batten
screwed to the floor under the cabinet, just beyond the edge of the laminate
would be a good idea in order to limit its movement.
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In article ,
Tony Bryer wrote:
In article , Set Square wrote:
Shouldn't you stop *short* of the cabinets - leaving an expansion
gap? If you put cabinets *on top* of the laminate, how is it
going to move around to accommodate expansion/contraction?

I've got to lay mine in a week or two. I plan to run it an inch or
two behind the plinth line but cut round the feet for this reason

Exactly what I did in our kitchen a few weeks back. No problems yet.

Darren

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I'm putting down tile effect laminate floor in my kitchen, do I need
to go right up to the wall, minus the 10mm gap, or can I stop under
the front legs of the cabinates as this will save me time,energy and
money.
Thanks
Martin

Just go to the legs, or there abouts. Then refit the kicker boards (minus
any you cut off to allow for depth of floor)

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Shouldn't you stop *short* of the cabinets - leaving an expansion gap? If
you put cabinets *on top* of the laminate, how is it going to move around
to
accommodate expansion/contraction?

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I have laminate flooring in my lounge and left the required expansion gap
around the edge but then put the furniture back in, a heavy unit, dining
table, sideboard ect so it will hardly move with that weight on it and it's
been down for two years now and it hasn't buckled or anything, so I doubt
standing the legs of the kitchen units will hurt it.

Trevor Smith


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