February 9, 2008

kitchen remodeling: which comes first?

February 09th 2008 Posted to Kitchen
ro asked:

doing a kitchen remodel and need to add a tile border (to the existing tile floor) along the cabinet.. best to put the cabinets in first and then add border or the reverse?

Question posted courtesy of: Beatrice
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Comments

  1. Ozark Woman
    February 11th, 2008 | 10:34 am

    I dont know what the pros would do, but I would put the cabinets in first, then you would know exactly what size to cut your tiles. Plus, you may keep from chipping or breaking some of them.

  2. Kelly L
    February 11th, 2008 | 6:04 pm

    Tile work is usually the last thing you would do, unless you are tiling the whole room for a water proof effect, like a professional kitchen that can be cleaned easier.

  3. fluffycat1930
    February 12th, 2008 | 1:49 am

    Put the kitchen units in first, then you will know what space you have left, it is easier to lay the tiles to the edge of the units!

  4. stinkinggenius2003
    February 12th, 2008 | 7:15 am

    First remove the existing cabinets
    then remove the existing tiles to make the room for the border
    Install cabinets
    Install border tiles

    not sure what your existing tile is like but, it won’t be that much harder to replace it all

    When you put in a border tile it will look better when its not against the wall but would have the same tile on both sides of the border, border tile will barely even show if its under the cabinets, you may have a hard time matching the existing tile to accomplish this

    You’re doing a lot with new cabinets, countertops

    Go all the way and put in great new tile, preferably with different sizes in an interesting pattern