Beading alternative for kitchen units?

[Rubiks]

Hi,

We’ve just had a new kitchen installed, but aren’t sure the best route forward in terms of beading. This has been our first project so we have unfortunately learnt a lot of things too late. We ended up getting the flooring (laminate) put in after the kitchen was fitted, but the fitter has put beading around the edges of the kitchen units. To be honest, it looks awful. It just doesn’t suit the kitchen at all.

We’re thinking of taking the beading off and then putting silicone there instead. Is this a reasonable thing to do? Having just had it fitted we don’t want to now redo it, so can handle the beading around the skirting boards. It’s just the units that are an issue for us.

Thanks

 

[blup]

Removing the beading might reveal significant gaps where the the laminate boards have been scribed to fit, so requiring a wide strip of sealant. Kitchen base units are raised and lowered on adjustable feet, accessed behind the plinth. You may be able to raise the feet (not the units) by the thickness of the flooring by screwing them clockwise, and slip another row of laminate underneath. Obviously the weight of the units worktop and sink will have to be temporarily borne.

Can you still complain to the company and get them to do it?

Blup

 

[Tigercubrider]

If you have the removable plinth bases, which may now be hard to access due to the beading, you may be able to alter the plinth panel by packing it out (and trimming) so it covers the floor?
Obviously this only works in areas bounded by unit fronts.

 

[foxhole]

Sounds like floor fitter was incompetent..Laminate is less than ideal in a kitchen.

 

[Rubiks]

Removing the beading might reveal significant gaps where the the laminate boards have been scribed to fit, so requiring a wide strip of sealant. Kitchen base units are raised and lowered on adjustable feet, accessed behind the plinth. You may be able to raise the feet (not the units) by the thickness of the flooring by screwing them clockwise, and slip another row of laminate underneath. Obviously the weight of the units worktop and sink will have to be temporarily borne.

Can you still complain to the company and get them to do it?

Blup

If you have the removable plinth bases, which may now be hard to access due to the beading, you may be able to alter the plinth panel by packing it out (and trimming) so it covers the floor?
Obviously this only works in areas bounded by unit fronts.

thanks both. Unfortunately I don’t think either of these will work, mostly due to the way it’s all fitted. I thought it might be the case, but I think we might just have to live with the beading. We might be able to tidy it up a little bit at least…

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Sounds like floor fitter was incompetent..Laminate is less than ideal in a kitchen.

But isn't it just another one of these fads where common sense/knowledge gets trumped by "design" or "style"?

 

[Bonni]

Any floor covering containing wood (includes MDF) requires an expansion gap. You can buy composite flooring that's exactly like standard laminate but it doesn't need a gap. Score it with a knife and snap it. Use a hand saw, jigsaw on it as well. The underlay is already attached to the back.