Do you tile under appliances or not in the kitchen

Peter-W_2

I prefer it if the floor is tiled wall-to-wall and under all the units and appliances. It makes fitting the kitchen easier and if something leaks it is easier to clean up.

If you're buying a half decent kitchen the units should have adjustable legs, so remember to adjust the legs so they raise the units up by the thickness of the tile (and adhesive!). You need to take into account the height of the tiles so you can still slide appliances like the washing machine and dishwasher under the worktop.

I would always tile under the appliances that sit on the floor like the dishwasher and washing machine, cooker and fridge. It will make them much easier to pull-out if you ever need to. In fact, tiling up to them could trap them under the worktop as the worktop will stop you lifting them over the edge of the tile!

peachyprice

Do the job properly and tile the entire floor.

When we moved into this house the floor only went to just under the edges of the relatively new cupboards/built-in applicances, shortly after we wanted rid of the too-small built under fridg and freezer ditto the integrated crap washing machine and we also wanted shot of one run of cupboards to make a breakfast bar. It was a pain finding tiles to match. especially under the breakfast bat.

We've also had a few leaks in the kitchen because the floor wasn't tiled right to the edge a fair amount of water has got under them and we have patches of 'hollow' sounding floor where the adhesive has gone. Also, it takes a lot longer to dry out under the cupboards where water pools in the lower level of untiled floor.

alberty

I'd tile the floor but don't be tempted to tile the wall! I recently tiled the floor and the wall behind the units/appliances as well, but tiling the wall was a waste of space.

squeeks

Thanks for all the replies.

We are going to tile to the edges. The material cost we're only talking about £80 difference tiling to the edge or not. We were going to have to put something under the legs to get the units high enough to get the plinth in.

Just have to wait a week for the additional tiles to turn up, which is a bit of a pain.

Annie1960

I'm planning a new kitchen at the moment, and asked exactly this same question today.

The answer I got from the kitchen planner is that it's a good idea to do the whole floor if the material is waterproof, but only do up to the units if it is not waterproof. This is to avoid problems if you get a water leak from any of the appliances.

phoebe1989seb

We've always tiled under the kitchen cabinets. Last house - thinking we'd stay forever - we spent a small fortune on antique limestone floor tiles and bespoke wooden cupboards which we painted ourselves.

Had we stayed forever I think we'd have maybe wanted to change the kitchen cabinets one day, but the flooring was for life so if we'd reconfigured the kitchen design it was best to tile wall-to-wall