49+ How To Install Hardwood Floors Around Kitchen Cabinets Pictures. However, it may be best to completely remove the old kitchen floor covering and expose the subfloor. Hardwood floors around your kitchen cabinets look great.

Flooring guy installs the hardwood, but no sanding.

As long as the surface is smooth and level, technically you can install hardwood floor over your existing flooring. Unless the manufacturer specifies otherwise, wood flooring must be allowed to adjust to the house's normal humidity level before installation to prevent. I am wondering if i should install the hardwood floors first, so that they run under the cabinets first, or install the cabinets and lay they floor around them. Wood floors need an expansion gap around the perimeter so they have a place to go when the wood expands current sheets (love!) patterned turkish rug.