Kitchen cupboards - tile around or under?

[brettjbuckley]

We're getting a new kitchen soon and are hoping to get the MFI fitter to do some tiling after he's ripped the old one out.

Just wondered if it's best to tile under the new cupboards or around them. Cost isn't an issue, but I'm thinking that it would delay the installation of the cupbaords as it would need doing first.

So folks...around or under, which is best?
Same applies to the floor tiles.

 

[breezer]

in my opinion i would get the tiling done first

with regard to the floor, if you tile after you may have problems getting the kick strip and any appliances out since they will will be sitting in a "dip" and if the top of any appliance is level with the work surface you will not be able to lift it up to get it out for repair / service / change

 

[brettjbuckley]

We would prefer to have the floor and walls totally tiled.

Our only worry is that the installer may be delayed by having to do all of this and wait for them to set, etc. - I guess I'll have to see what he says when he comes to do the pre-installation survey.

 

[masona]

You still can by packing up the base units with plywood to the same thickness of the floor tiles then do the floor tiles afterward. Normally I tile around the wall unit, no point having the tiles behind wall units.

 

[Thermo]

having the floor tiled after does not really cause those problems as long as the fitter knows the approximate thickness of the floor tile and the bed. it just means he has to move the datum level up by the thickness. the feet on the cupboards will allow for this and the kickboards should fit as will the appliances. Just requires a bit of thought by the fitter beforehand.