We have a BIG island in our kitchen and an empty wall behind it.Our flooring is a laminate type. We want to remove the island and put a row of cabinets along the wall. My questions are: Are cabinates installed on top of the laminate flooring? If not, how do we remove the flooring along the wall and possibly use those boards to patch the spot where the island was? We really Hate this island. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Look at where the island and laminate meet. Does it look like the laminate goes under or is their molding at the base of the island. I would also guess that the laminate goes around the island. Laminate boards connect on the ends as well as the sides. You willl not simply be able to insert board to filll the hole, to do it right you will have to reset the boards the entire length. Also, what are you going to do to replace the laminate that you pull off that is against the wall? Sorry to be a pain but i just wanted to know what you are up against before ridding yourself of the island.
It is not likely that the island is installed on top of the laminate floor. It depends on how the laminate flooring is installed as to your ability to take some of it up and put it back down again. The snap together type can be taken up and reinstalled. If you have snap together laminate flooring you may need to take a good bit of it up in order to fill in the space left by the island. Also depending on which way the floor was laid down may cause you to have to essentially pull the full floor up and re install it. Because of the snap together feature, if it was laid down left to right then it will have to be pulled up right to left.
