Tiling before or after kitchen cabinets is installed

thebackbar

Hi,

I'm building a new house and I'm wondering what are peoples thoughts in regards to tiling the kitchen floor before the kitchen cabinets are installed rather than waiting to install the kitchen and then tiling the floor ?

Thanks

Gumbo

We tiled before.
Allowed the tiler to just run wall to wall.
The kitchen can come in afterwards.

It also allows you to consider the "no kick plate" design should you want.
We didn't put skirting on the walls where the kitchen would go obviously.

naughtysmurf

We recently gutted a kitchen & utility & tiled wall to wall before the new kitchen went in, it's the better option IMO

runawaybishop

Wall to wall for sure.

duckcfc

Best to tile before because you just never know, you might just want to move the kitchen or change it not to soon after you've put it in. You might think this sounds silly but my own grandmother changes her kitchen every 2nd year and I've also moved my own once. Best to have the tiles all on floor rather than a big hollow where the kitchen units was.

KFiddles

Seems like a terrible waste to me. How many people actually "move their kitchen" or have room to do so? Buy a few extra boxes of tile and you're good for any changes, imo.

I'd think if you're going to change your kitchen, chances are you're going to want to change your flooring, too.

galwaytt

Before, no question.