How To Install Kitchen Cabinets On Tile Floor

How to install kitchen cabinetry over tile floors.

How to install kitchen cabinets on tile floor.

Set the island cabinets in place on the floor. Most people add tile to the countertops. To keep the floor flush consider installing a different cheaper type of flooring underneath cabinets and appliances or even plywood risers. Mark the perimeter or outline of the base of the island on the tile floor with painter s tape.

It s possible to replace kitchen tiles on the floor or wall without removing cabinets even if they re built on top of old tiles. The potential of mismatched flooring one downside of installing risers or different flooring is that you add a complication if you wish to change the kitchen footprint in the future. However this process can be difficult labor intensive and time consuming. Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick.

In just a few simple steps you will be on your way to becoming a kitchen cabinet decorating genious. Determine how level the kitchen floor is using a six foot level and two footer. The trick is cutting the tile around the cabinets using the proper tools. Ceramic or porcelain tile lends a modern look and feel to a kitchen.

To determine which height to install kitchen cabinets measure the height of the floor units of the plinths and also the tiles or floor covering if not already laid. Remove the cabinets and screw a plywood filler piece to the subfloor about inch. The units i am installing here are 720mm high and the plinths 170mm tall making the total height 890mm to which you can add 5mm tolerance. If you are installing wood or tile floors consider the thickness of the floor material when you decide whether it should go under the cabinets.

Advertisement method 2 of 6. But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described. It is extremely important to understand what is happening over the tile in relation to humps dips slopes and areas where the flooring is higher than others in all directions. Floors are typically laid before cabinets are installed leading to the question of how to anchor a cabinet to the tile.