OT: Kitchen Cabinets

[NikkiSixx]

I don’t understand the problem. I’m in the middle of a full gut remodel and some of the cabinets are over the floor some are not. Depended on the order in which it was all installed but I could care less either way. In ranking the things to b*tch about and ask to have redone correctly, which there have been a TON of, this would rank very very low. And don’t get me started on the stuff that has ranked higher.

i was just counting on a floor change, not redoing all the cabinets too.. so the scope of the project is a big deal for me, and I'm a computer guy, not a construction person, so it takes me 2-3 times longer to do the job than someone who does it every day and knows all tricks.

 

[Man Woman & Child]

i was just counting on a floor change, not redoing all the cabinets too.. so the scope of the project is a big deal for me, and I'm a computer guy, not a construction person, so it takes me 2-3 times longer to do the job than someone who does it every day and knows all tricks.

Oh, so you are getting new floors and the people before you installed the old floors that you're replacing so they run under the cabinets? So now you have to determine how or if you can replace the floors without removing the cabinets? Yeah that would suck.

But I would be shocked if there's not a way to do it without removing the cabinets. And I'd actually think it would be fairly easy. Take the trim off (if there is any) on the base of the cabinets. Cut the floors out and remove. Put in the new floors. Replace (or add) a trim piece around the base of the cabinets to cover that seam. Done.

 

[NikkiSixx]

Oh, so you are getting new floors and the people before you installed the old floors that you're replacing so they run under the cabinets? So now you have to determine how or if you can replace the floors without removing the cabinets? Yeah that would suck.

But I would be shocked if there's not a way to do it without removing the cabinets. And I'd actually think it would be fairly easy. Take the trim off (if there is any) on the base of the cabinets. Cut the floors out and remove. Put in the new floors. Replace (or add) a trim piece around the base of the cabinets to cover that seam. Done.

yes, now you get it.. I could try to run some new tile under the lip and leave the rest like it is, and only I would know. I also considered using wood shims with wood glue, but it would be a lot of shims and uneven pressure.. fitting a board under neath is also an idea.. something less than 1/4".

It's just the cabinets have a lot of weight on them, and do not even feel safe removing the front lip of tile too much without having something ready.. I'll figure it out, but yeah, that's what happened..

 

[Poster FKA schuele]

What are you replacing the ceramic tile with?

 

[Spectrumalaska]

Not sure how contractors do it, having to deal with all the homeowners that know better would be insufferable

Exactly why I quit working for owner builds early in my career. Insufferable is putting it mildly, and OP is showing exactly why.

Flooring is continuous under everything, then casework is installed. Any other method is someone attempting to reinvent the wheel.

 

[Towlie]

Cut the tile off at the base of the cabinets with a diamond blade in an angle grinder? Trim the base of the cabinets with quarter round or shoe after new flooring is installed?

 

[TheRealPeliniTheCrutch]

I have never used them but I have heard great things about that place.

I’m actually a fan of the place right next door…DIY Flooring…they’ve been good to us a couple times, and friends as well.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

i tore out all the LVP in this place I am working on.. it was brand new, looked like crap, felt like crap to walk on, and I know it's popular, but it's like the plank fake wood flooring.. maybe okay for a small area, but not for an entire house. I like to tile the whole thing and use area rugs. Rugs gets dirty, easy to replace, no allergies from carpet and all that mess..

but here is a hint.. you should def put the lvp under your kitchen cabinets! Even better if you can put carpet in your kitchen, under the cabinets too! That's the industry standard apparently.. lol

I think carpet in the bathroom is the way to go!

 

[Poster FKA schuele]

Cut the tile off at the base of the cabinets with a diamond blade in an angle grinder? Trim the base of the cabinets with quarter round or shoe after new flooring is installed?

I thought about suggesting this, as I have a Dremel mini circular saw that might be able to pull this off if you put a diamond blade on it. Would be tricky, though, trying to do a dry cut on the ceramic tile.

 

[NikkiSixx]

Cut the tile off at the base of the cabinets with a diamond blade in an angle grinder? I might give this a try.. it's a Trim the base of the cabinets with quarter round or shoe after new flooring is installed?

that might work.. I tried scoring and chipping today, but it was a mess.. the clearance is 4 inches, but coming in at an angle might work, if the tile doesn't break. What I am noticing is it often cracks in a spideweb pattern during the chip work, so I get the feeling there is cabinet weight on the tile, and not evenly.

Thanks for the idea.. I'll see about giving this a try.

Something else that might work, is the equivalent of the carpet spike strips (absent the spikes) that one would normally put down for carpet. If I could find something like that, (or make it) then as I chip out sections, i could glue both sides and fit it in, say in 1 ft sections or something. That would allow me to tile around without cabinet removal.

 

[NikkiSixx]

What are you replacing the ceramic tile with?

porcelain, 12x24 in a 1/3rd overlap pattern.. it's a 4 hardness rating if it matters.

 

[NikkiSixx]

here are some pics for those that are interested

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

i tore out all the LVP in this place I am working on.. it was brand new, looked like crap, felt like crap to walk on, and I know it's popular, but it's like the plank fake wood flooring.. maybe okay for a small area, but not for an entire house. I like to tile the whole thing and use area rugs. Rugs gets dirty, easy to replace, no allergies from carpet and all that mess..

but here is a hint.. you should def put the lvp under your kitchen cabinets! Even better if you can put carpet in your kitchen, under the cabinets too! That's the industry standard apparently.. lol

There's a lot of different grades

 

[Poster FKA schuele]

If you are finding that cutting tile to fit around the edges of your cabinets is a giant pain in the arse, that's a pretty clue as to why they put the cabinets on top of the tile in the first place.