But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described.
Can you put kitchen cabinets on top of laminate flooring.
This will prevent the weight of the refrigerator from popping the planks up in the middle of the kitchen where you walk.
On new kitchen installs or where the cabinets are not yet installed or are being replaced i always install the flooring first then install the cabinets on top and trim out with quarter round or base shoe if needed to hide gaps due to un level floor conditions or make up a separate kick cut to fit and install when the cabinets are in place.
When installing wooden or laminate floating floors in a kitchen place small planks under a refrigerator running from side to side and allow longer planks to be featured in the main portion of the kitchen.
Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick.