Kitchen units / fitting floor

[brightondiynotfan]

little query i hope someone can help with!

I've got a Howdens kitchen to fit. home-owner still undecided on what flooring to have so will have to fit flooring afterwards. not a problem usually but she doesnt know if she wants 15mm engineered wood (with 5mm cushion underlay) or a thinner laminate.

so i dont know for sure what height to set the unit legs to allow for the plinth.

but i'm thinking if i lay strips of 22mm chipboard flooring under the legs, i've given myself plenty of room to fit the plinth in afterwards, whatever depth flooring is chosen.

is there an error in my plan!?!

cheers

 

[foxhole]

Why put extra timber in ? Just adjust the legs for extra 22mm , if the floor finish is less the gap over any plinth won’t be seen due to cups overhang.

 

[brightondiynotfan]

thanks Foxhole
I think 22mm is the maximum Howdens legs can be raised by, so if the customer wants engineered wood at 15mm with a 5mm underlay, that only leaves 2mm to play with. which would be fine but I reckon there's a slight slope on the sub-floor so i'd rather have a bit more than 2mm to play with along the length of a 3 metre run of units.
does this make sense? my plan seems a good one but I'm just keen to check i've not missed something!

PS - ive never used howdens unit legs at their maximum, so was wondering about strength (some of the units are extra tall appliance towers)

 

[foxhole]

Should be fine , you can always add another central leg but not really needed.

 

[Brigadier]

Different legs with greater adjustment?

 

[foxhole]

Different legs with greater adjustment?

Do they exist?

 

[Brigadier]

I don't know, but if the op is interested, they could research them as another option.

 

[foxhole]

I don't know, but if the op is interested, they could research them as another option.

Then they don't exist.?

 

[JohnD]

Why put extra timber in ? Just adjust the legs for extra 22mm , if the floor finish is less the gap over any plinth won’t be seen due to cups overhang.

my choice

but rather than standing the cabs on bits of board, it would be neater to screw board to the bottoms of the cabinets for the legs to go on. Then you could adjust the legs rather short at first, but if necessary would wind them up later.

 

[lostinthelight]

Orange shed one can very easily be modified?

 

[Brigadier]

View attachment 146391 Orange shed one can very easily be modified?

Those are the ones I have used before and, while not measuring specifically, they had a decent amount of adjustment.

 

[lostinthelight]

Those are the ones I have used before and, while not measuring specifically, they had a decent amount of adjustment.

When fully wound in the leg measures 130mm, it can then be shortened a further 24mm by sawing the outer part which doesnt involve cutting the threaded section .
A futher reduction is possible after this by cutting both parts which I would estimated to be another 50mm.
Edit: maximum extended length around 195mm so a 65mm range of adjustment .