Tiling or kitchen units first?

[frediaz]

I am installing a kitchen that does not have wall or floor tiling yet. There will be tiling on the walls between the wall and floor units so I guess it is better to install the units first in order to get the tiles in the right place.

As for the floor tiles, I do not intend to put tiles under the units (they are expensive). Is there any problem with installing the units first and then doing the floor tiling?

 

[chunkymonkey]

hi frediaz, you are quite right about the way in which you want to do the tiling however there are a few things to remember about the floor tiles, if they are quite thick dont forgrt to take this into consideration when deciding the height of the worktops, generally i think the standard height of a worktop is around 925mm (top) so measure the height from the floor tile, this may seem trivial but if a worktop is too high or low, it never feels right (i have experience of this). also i would recommend taking the floor tiles fairly close to the legs of the units, under the kickboard/plinth to minimize any spilt liquid settling in the gap between tile and plinth, and it will look better. wall tiles after units fitted.

 

[frediaz]

thanks for the feed-back