New kitchen floor - under applicances or not?

[CmdrBond]

We're having our kitchen redone.

We're doing it in stages, and we're doing the floor last.

We still haven't even decided WHAT we want, whether it be lino, lvt, laminate, or tile.

What doesn't help is that it is open plan into the dining room and at the moment it's old lino meeting carpet.

I can't decide if I should put the new floor into the recesses for the 2 freestanding appliances, or if I should build a base using backer board and tile, with an edging strip in line with the cabinets, and then lay floor up to the edge of this.

I haven't looked under the old lino yet, but I have a sneaking suspicion it's straight on top of floorboards. - UPDATE

There's a THIN layer of what looks like hardboard between the lino and floorboards

What type of floor would you put down? And would you floor under the appliances?

 

[foxhole]

If you do floor last why do you need to put anything under appliances now?

 

[CmdrBond]

If you do floor last why do you need to put anything under appliances now?

So I don't have to move them again - ASSUMING that I don't put the flooring into the recesses.

But I also don't want the recesses to be lower than the rest of the floor.

 

[foxhole]

Appliances are often moved several times during kitchen install, so no reason to do floor under them.
Also no reason the floor should be lower under appliances.?

 

[CmdrBond]

Update

Appliances are often moved several times during kitchen install, so no reason to do floor under them.
Also no reason the floor should be lower under appliances.?

Except that with a lip/drop comes greater chance of damaging the floor when moving appliances in and out...

 

[foxhole]

Update

Except that with a lip/drop comes greater chance of damaging the floor when moving appliances in and out...

There is no lip if floors all one level.

 

[CmdrBond]

There is no lip if floors all one level.

Maybe I misunderstood what you posted

 

[foxhole]

You said you want to replace floor under appliance before not after.

 

[CmdrBond]

You said you want to replace floor under appliance before not after.

That's not what I said at all.

 

[foxhole]

Seems straight forward you said you want to replace floor under appliance first , like I said.Maybe English isn’t your first language.

 

[CmdrBond]

Seems straight forward you said you want to replace floor under appliance first , like I said.Maybe English isn’t your first language.

Maybe English isn't your first language!

Read it again.

I said I couldn't decide between flooring under the appliances or building a base then flooring up to it.

 

[CmdrBond]

And just to clarify, I'm not talking about trying to install directly under the appliances with them in place, they would be moved out to do the install.

My query was with regard to seamlessly flooring into the recesses or building bases and flooring up to them.

 

[foxhole]

Maybe English isn't your first language!

Read it again.

I said I couldn't decide between flooring under the appliances or building a base then flooring up to it.

Amounts to same thing as I said , totally necessary.