Partially laminating a kitchen floor due to washing machine

[beatts]

Hi,

We are getting a new kitchen fitted next week and it will be a couple of weeks later before the lad doing the kitchen can return to do the laminate flooring.

Therefore

Can I laminate the area where the washing machine is going to be, plumb the w/m in and then when the joiner comes back he can use this laminate as a starting point?

This means I wont have to pull the w/m out and replumb it all back in when the laminate goes down.

The reason I ask is because the position of the w/m is such that I have to use a long water connection hose and double the length of drainage pipe to reach the drain / water connection, hence a royal pain in the ass to get in out.

 

[big-all]

no i would let him do it other options is 12mm ply to within 2" off the visible front edge
if you do it differently to the way he or the instructions dictate he can refuse to come back for problems
you should ask your floor layer what he thinks as your first port off call not a forum