In fact this is a primary motivation for those who start from the ground up.
Tile floor or cabinets first.
In short if you are installing hardwood flooring planks nailed down or tile flooring porcelain ceramic or stone or sheet flooring vinyl or linoleum roll and your subfloor is solid and in good condition you can install cabinets either before or after the flooring.
But if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described.
Mark the layout of the cabinets and all floor based appliances.
Floor covering or finish flooring is the surface that you see and walk on not the subfloor under the underlayment or underlayment between subfloor and finished layer.
Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick.
Typically cabinets come before flooring.
Install tile under cabinets and floor based appliances with a 2 inset this allows you to move the pattern and grout lines where needed.
Install plywood in remaining area to exact height of tile floor to finish cabinet install.
It will be easier due to the lack of cuts around the cabinets.
Today i m here in the empty kitchen area of a partially renovated home and i m making the all important decision of whether to install the flooring or the cabinets first.
In most cases given standard flooring heights you will install the cabinets before the floor covering.
That is a great question.