Cabinets Before Or After Flooring. Its also a safer installation process for your cabinets since you wont risk any damage to them as professionals install the floors. If youre the type that likes to shake things up you may want to install flooring first.
If they want to change flooring at a later date you dont have to remove the cabinets. Floating floors are clicked together and not adhered to the floor. If the cabinets will outlive the flooring which is usually the case with vinyl plank then put the cabinets in first.
Installing flooring before your cabinets is the best choice for most hardwood floors.
All you have to do is pull the kick off remove the old floor covering install the new flooring then put the kick back. If the cabinets are installed before the flooring this allows for easy replacement of flooring without removing cabinetry. Cabinets and appliances without flooring underneath are much harder to move. That way the flooring can be changed down the road without trying to get it out from under the cabinets.
