Should the floor in a Sun Valley kitchen run under the cabinets or stop at them?

Glued wood and tile are able to slide under the base cabinets, so the dishwasher pocket keeps its height. Planks that float have to stop short at the cabinet face, with toe kick trim hiding their gap. For a Sun Valley kitchen, the choice is made when the cabinet order is drawn.

How is the subfloor checked before Flooring, Drywall & Interior Finishes work starts in Sun Valley?

Once the old covering and the base are off, a straightedge goes across each room and a moisture meter reads the slab or plywood. Soft spots near the sink and the back door are probed, and any stain along the wall line is traced back to where the water came from. Each fix appears by name in the Sun Valley quote before work begins.

Can new floors and drywall in Sun Valley be done in the same visit as the kitchen?

Yes. The walls are repaired and painted with the base off, the floor goes in next, and the base returns last so it covers the expansion gap cleanly. Kitchen cabinets slot in before or after the floor depending on its type, all on a single Sun Valley schedule.

Flooring, Drywall & Interior Finishes in Sun Valley

Sun Valley flooring and drywall: why baseboards come off, what the wall behind them shows, and how floor height is set at doors and the dishwasher bay.

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"Do the baseboards have to come off for the new floor?" In most cases they do, and the reason shapes the rest of a Sun Valley job. Pulling the base lets a floating floor keep its expansion gap hidden at the wall, and it uncovers the bottom strip of drywall, where old leaks leave their marks. New or reused, the base goes back after paint, at a height chosen with the kitchen toe kick in mind.

Baseboard, gaps and the wall behind

With the base off, the floor can run close to the wall, and the gap the plank maker asks for stays hidden once trim goes back. Quarter round nailed over old base is a shortcut that leaves a lip, so we price both and show the difference. The strip of drywall behind the base gets a look too. Swelling, crumbling paper or dark staining there points to a past leak, and that section of board is removed back to sound gypsum and patched before paint. Reused base is numbered as it comes off, so each piece returns to its own wall.

Heights at doors and the kitchen

A new floor changes the finished height, and that height has to work at every door, at the dishwasher bay and at the range. Interior doors may need trimming at the bottom, and an exterior threshold may need a new reducer strip. Under the dishwasher, the floor either runs in so the appliance can slide out later, or the opening is measured against the unit before the counter is set. Sun Valley lies within the City of Los Angeles, so any permitted part of the work goes through LADBS, the city building department.

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