I am about to remodel my kitchen in my mobile home. I am going to tile the floor, replace the cabinets and replace the sheet rock. I am not sure if I will replace the sheet rock with a backer board and tile the walls or with sheet rock and paint the walls.My question is, should I, after tearing out the old cabinets and old floor, install the new cabinets first then tile the floor or tile the floor then install the new cabinets?
put the cabinets in first. the installer will charge you by the square foot, why pay him for the square footage under cabinets you won't see. if you do have a dishwasher have then just lay tile back far enough so that when the bottom plate is on the dishwasher you will see tile and not old floor. if your floor is wood make sure to use a hardi backer board or the stuff that looks like a milk crate so that when the wood floor gives as you walk the tiles and grout won't pop.
As an installer myself I agree w/ slimp.. The one draw back is that if the cabinets need shimming a lot because of unlevel floor you may have to do something w/ the toe kick or a shoe molding. It does look much cleaner w/ tile under the cabinets. All you need to do is put tile 1 inch under the kick GL
The first thing is I need to know is this laminate glue or snap together (do you want to save this floor ?) if you donot care this is how to remove your laminate First off figure which way the laminate is started this will give you a good starting point. this should just fold up ward ____/ like that once you start you should be able to take up thold laminate in 1 hour. make sure to remove all your wall base first., that is what holds down the laminate. After that is up you will have to determine what type of underlayment is on the subfloor. The most common is durock if you are putting down ceramic . If it is vinyl tiles you then should use luan (1/4 thick use the same thickness for the durock). You have to measure you length and width of the floor striking chalk lines to determine where your starting point is ( you do this with either type of floor).If you need more instruction e mailme.
It is much easier to install the tile floor if the base cabinets are not in. As a tile installer, I have done it both ways. Either way is fine though, it is more a matter of aesthetic preference. The downside of installing the tile first is that more tiles are needed.
As an installer ...it definately looks nicer if your tiles go under the cabinets. If money is an issue ...you can reduce your costs by MAPPING out on the floor where the cabinets are going and not tile all the floor. Also, It is much easier to tile without cabinets so you may actually save additional money from your installer if they know that no cabinets will be installed.
