Kitchen Flooring

g0ggles1994

g0ggles1994

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There is a special circle of hell dedicated to people who install kitchens with integrated appliances, but only tile the floor to the front of the cupboards rather than wall to wall.

The sheer absolute nightmare it was to remove my old knackered dishwasher and install a new one turned what should have been an hour max into 2 days because of the floor height difference. It effectively made installing the new one near impossible to level and get in the right position.

I've sworn to the missus, that thing is not moving until we redo the kitchen; if it breaks beforehand, we're back to hand washing. Then I'll be getting the floor tiled wall to wall so I never have to have this nonsense again.
 
LOL, I feel the pain. When the old owners installed an oven in my house it stuck out a little further than the cabinets. Underneath the floor wasn't tiled so the front feet were on tile and the back feet of the oven weren't. Instead of leveling the floor, they drilled holes big enough for the feet of the oven to fit into the tile. It should make replacing the thing in the future a huge pain in the ass. Looking forward to it! :ROFLMAO:
 
At least the oven won't move anywhere, my parents could do with that for their washing machine, haha.

Are you planning on getting rid of the oven as part of a full new kitchen or just a new oven? My dishwasher was nearly like your oven where the back feet are on the bare concrete floor but the fronts are on the tile, but I managed the final 5mm and got it all on the concrete. although to get it out I'll have to rip the tile up, so that's not going to be happening anytime soon 😅
 
My kitchen has the same problem. Floors only go as far as the cabinets. The previous owners of the house didn't use a floor that was suitable for a kitchen either, so it is looking quite worn. Getting all the appliances in there and level was a chore when we moved in.
 
g0ggles1994 said:
At least the oven won't move anywhere, my parents could do with that for their washing machine, haha.

Are you planning on getting rid of the oven as part of a full new kitchen or just a new oven? My dishwasher was nearly like your oven where the back feet are on the bare concrete floor but the fronts are on the tile, but I managed the final 5mm and got it all on the concrete. although to get it out I'll have to rip the tile up, so that's not going to be happening anytime soon 😅
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Luckily my kitchen doesn't need any updates, but I have replaced my dishwasher and refrigerator due to failure. Don't plan on replacing the oven until it fails either.
 
In the UK it is more convoluted. To remove the oven you need to get in a certified leccy to remove and replace. If you do it yourself and there is a fire your insurance is void. That is why people do not move the things out before getting the floor done.
 
AlienALX said:
In the UK it is more convoluted. To remove the oven you need to get in a certified leccy to remove and replace. If you do it yourself and there is a fire your insurance is void. That is why people do not move the things out before getting the floor done.
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Are your ovens hard wired then or do they have a plug? You can get both types here, but the more common electric oven would be a plug in type. Most of the time delivery and connecting is done by the place you bought the appliance from here. Of course if you don't have the existing plugs like in new construction or a remodel we'd need an electrician. That said, my oven is natural gas.
 
They are hard wired into a fused panel with a red switch on.

I moved into my apartment in 2019 and it was brand new. I had to pay IIRC around £70 just for them to hook it up, but before they would even do that they completely tested the apartment's circuits etc. Again, this is due process by law. If they didn't do it they would be liable.

Gas they are even more fussy about. Same goes for boilers, they have to be corgi certified and all sorts. Good old regulations.
 
Not all ovens are hard wired, my oven is just a simple 13A plug and it's a built in double oven. I think it primarily depends on whether it's a free standing one with a built in hob as I swear at my parent's house when I was a teenager, their oven—a single built in one—was also a 13A plug as well. Although I will say hard wired ones are the most common, especially for free standing units.
 
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