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Posted by Mash on August 5, 2008, 11:38 am
> Aside from the dampness question, your floor is getting taller. Make
> sure you will have room to slide the new dishwasher into the hole under
> the counter. It really sucks to have to pry the countertop up to get it
> in there, or get it back out for service. Best practice is to run the
> floor under the dishwasher, and caulk the hell out of the edges in
> there. If this is a laminate floor, I'd use something else under there,
> and make sure it is the same height. (I'm also not a fan of laminate in
> wet areas.) If the current floor does not run under the DW, what was
> under there? Bare subfloor, or a previous floor?
The linoleum did not run under the old dishwasher, there was some
plywood under there. I've removed the plywood because it got damp and
I'm going to dry everything out and put some new plywood, maybe lay
some tarpaper then put some 2X4's or something else that will bring
the dishwasher (hopefully) up to the same level that the new floor
will be. Does that sound ok?
The new floor is a solid wood prefinished floor (teak)
> Personally, I'd put the new floor on hold, pull the base cabinets, and
> repair it all correctly before I went further. Piecing it in, in tiny
> chunks through the cabinet bottoms, will not give a very solid floor.
> And if the cabinets are made of chipboard, it is likely there is more
> damage than you think.
Do you mean that there is probably more damage from the dampness? Is
the only way to tell to pull them out? The cabinets are oak.
Thanks
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