The house I purchased has nice new cabinetry and counter tops but cheap flooring. We plan to install 3/4" wood flooring (already purchased) but learned that installing the flooring would make it so we can't get our dishwasher out, if it were to leak or fail (the legs of the dishwasher are almost all the way up). It seems that we would need to remove the cabinetry and raise it to solve this problem. But how well will the cabinetry go back together and can the counter tops (granite) be salvaged? I imagine it won't go back together just as it was. Are there better ways to solve this problem?
Flooring – How to deal with a dishwasher height issue without tearing out cabinetry when installing flooring
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If the arrangement is typical, it will look something like this:
Perhaps from this, you can see how the copper tubing can be bent to be flat against the wall and form a coil like this:
Arranged this way, it is okay to move the fridge all the way back, pressing the tubing into position—which helps keep it from rattling. There should be no sharp or pointed surfaces on the lower back of the refrigerator. If there are, maybe you can cover them with heavy tape or cloth.
There are two ways to install flooring in areas of different heights. The cheapest and easiest method is to install transition pieces or thresholds between the areas of different heights. These transitions are available in different matching shapes and heights for most laminates. Common use is to join carpeted, tiled or other floors, to new flooring height.
The second method is to install new sub=flooring of a correct thickness over lower floors to make all the floors match in height. This is a bit more expensive and will add a day or so to your labor costs, and possibility require some extra trim work. Having all the floors at the same level will make for a nicer looking install, especially between larger rooms with wider passages.
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Best Answer
Can you keep a section of wood flooring separate in front of the dishwasher? Or, if the floor boards will be parallel to the front of the dishwasher, you would just have to remove a few of those to get the dishwasher out. ( Keep extra floor boards in case you damage the originals and need to replace them?)
Just an idea.
(Never done this or seen it done.)