Height setting for kitchen units?

[Captain5961]

Hi

I am going to be fitting a kitchen in a couple of weeks, but there is one thing that is playing on my mind.
The Kitchen comes with 150mm kick boards, i am also going to instal engineered wood flooring over a 6mm thermo board, so thats about 22mm in total, my question is:

Do I take the finished floor height then add 150mm then the kitchen cabinet height and use that as my level, or do i use the current floor level as my starting point fit the units and flooring then cut down all the kick boards to fit the remaining gap?

Sorry if this is obvious to all you kitchen fitters out there.

[ayjay]

Set the units up so that your w/m and dishwasher etc. will fit underneath the worktops when sat at the finished floor level.

[Captain5961]

Thanks for that, i guess when they are fitted, the flooring with thermo boards goes down after, lets hope the Dishwasher does not need replacing.
Pitty im not tiling or i would tile the whole floor before fitting the kitchen, but the boss does not want tiles she wants wood....

[darrenba]

No, you want to fit the floor underneath the appliances.

[ayjay]

Thanks for that, i guess when they are fitted, the flooring with thermo boards goes down after, lets hope the Dishwasher does not need replacing.
Pitty im not tiling or i would tile the whole floor before fitting the kitchen, but the boss does not want tiles she wants wood....

When to do the floor and how far it extends is optional, but at least build up the floor to the same level underneath the Dishwashers etc.; appliances will need to be removed for one reason or another at some time in the future.

[nick200]

I am a novice DIYer but recommend that you put flooring under the washing machine/cooker/dishwasher etc. We found out with our last kitchen when something went wrong and we struggled to get the washing machine out!

[royaloakcarpentry]

Finished floor level to underside of worktops is normally 880mm. However, you have 150mm plinths and as most base units are 720mm tall then I would set the top of the units at 870mm from finished floor level.

[Colour Republic]

I normally set to 890mm from finished floor height myself but that's personal choice, the average is 880mm, but it's worth mentioning that you should check your floor levels around the room first. Floors can run out quite a lot, so if you start at one point and run them level you could find that the area your appliances are going are quite tight or at worse case won't fit at all no matter how far you wind the feet down

[caretaker]

How do you find out the floor level do you mark along the bottom of the wall and work your way round and see the level by measuring each internal and external corner from the line to the floor.

Thanks.

[royaloakcarpentry]

I find my levels by using a laser level and measuring off at different points. Another way is to put a datum line around the wall with a normal level and then measure down from this, although that will only teel you how level the floor is at the back of the units rather than the front.

You could put a line round for the units and set the units in place and level in all directions and then check it is ok for the plinths. Then adjust as necessary.

[joinerjohn]

I usually mark a datum line around the wall where the base units are going too. Then measure down and find the highest point of the kitchen floor, then set the height out from there.
The basic problem you have is where under w/top appliances are going. You have to have a minimum of 870mm at that point. Irrespective of the height further along.