Replacing small amount of laminate flooring - fitted under skirting boards

puddy

We moved into this property and it already had laminate flooring in the kitchen, which is open plan to the dining room. The floor goes the whole way.

Naturally, the laminate has started to de laminate with the humidity of the kitchen, spills and we had a leak for a while under the sink which got under the boards.

However, the section that we want to replace goes under the sink and built in oven, kitchen cupboads and seems to have been fitted under the back door threshold (step/cill not sure what its called) and skirting boards.

is there a way of fixing this without too much interference, would we have to take the oven out or cupboards off the floor?

HappyMJ

Can you take the kickboards or plinth whatever you want to call them off the bottom of the cupboards. You'll probably find the laminate doesn't go much under them.

ormus

all depends how the job was first done?
if the floor was done first then itll probably go all the way back to the walls. so you will have to remove the units and replace afterwards.

if youre doing all that work, it maybe an idea (best) to scrap the whole kitchen floor and lay proper floor tiles down?

keystone

If they do go all the way underneath you have just discovered the gross stupidity of those that revamped the kitchen by doing the whole floor first before the remainder of the kitchen went in.

I never understand why people either do this or recommend it.

If it does go all the way underneath then you'll need to be ripping it out I suspect but ONLY the bit that shows - ie from the plinths backwards leave it alone. I say you'll need to be ripping it out as you won't remove it without destroying large chunks of it and you'll not be able to match it.

Sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear.

Cheers

puddy

HappyMJ wrote: »

Can you take the kickboards or plinth whatever you want to call them off the bottom of the cupboards. You'll probably find the laminate doesn't go much under them.

theres no kick boards or plinth as the cupboards are th type that have their legs showing, great for when food rolls under them and you cant access it.

the laminate is all the way to the edges of the room

puddy

keystone wrote: »

If they do go all the way underneath you have just discovered the gross stupidity of those that revamped the kitchen by doing the whole floor first before the remainder of the kitchen went in.

I never understand why people either do this or recommend it.

If it does go all the way underneath then you'll need to be ripping it out I suspect but ONLY the bit that shows - ie from the plinths backwards leave it alone. I say you'll need to be ripping it out as you won't remove it without destroying large chunks of it and you'll not be able to match it.

Sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear.

Cheers

i never thought of this, so we could remove some of it but only lay back what we need, leaving a gap at the edges.

but would we still need to take all the cupboards out? i cant bear the though of all that work, we dont have the skills, money or time but the laminate smells sort of damp where the leak has been

puddy

keystone wrote: »

If they do go all the way underneath you have just discovered the gross stupidity of those that revamped the kitchen

oh no,,, we havent only JUST discovered their gross stupidity, we have been discovering that bit by bit as we've lived here, dodgy electrics, doors that dont shut etc etc

keystone

puddy wrote: »

i never thought of this, so we could remove some of it but only lay back what we need, leaving a gap at the edges.

If it goes under the feet of the units then yes.

but would we still need to take all the cupboards out?

No

.............. but the laminate smells sort of damp where the leak has been

I wouldn't put laminate back either 'cos Murphys Law says it will happen again.

Cheers

puddy

keystone wrote: »

If it goes under the feet of the units then yes.
No

I wouldn't put laminate back either 'cos Murphys Law says it will happen again.

Cheers

I know, but if we dont put laminate back, then we will have 3 or 4 foot of a different flooring to the rest of the kitchen and then dining room, thats why its so difficult