Question about fitting kitchen flooring

[pinksunsets]

So I would love to replace my horrible kitchen floor but I may eventually redo my kitchen. Would it be a faff to install a new kitchen floor now (bearing in mind I would have to move all the kitchen appliances like the cooker and fridge which are freestanding) and maybe have to do it again in a year or whenever I decide to finally redo the whole kitchen? Or is it easy enough to fit a kitchen after the floor has been done?

And should kitchen floor be fitted wall to wall rather than just up to the bottom of the cabinets??

Ideally a kitchen floor should be fitted under the cabinets but plenty of people for them round them instead. Removing the kickboards to access things like electrics and water will be harder and it may make it impossible to remove any fitted appliances without damaging the floor. Also it could get damaged when you get the kitchen replaced.

If those are all not issues for you then I would go ahead, especially if it might be several years before you redo the kitchen.

Alternatively could you put in a new temporary floor and redo when you do the kitchen? Link would work for this?

Even if you're installing the flooring around the kitchen, you should remove the kickboards/plinths and run the flooring right into the legs of the units, then refit the plinths afterwards. If needed, the plinths can be trimmed to accommodate the thickness of the floor. This way you will still be able to remove the plinths later.

You should also remove any appliances - including integrated ones - and either fit flooring under them or put some kind of board under them that's at least as thick as the flooring you're fitting. This will avoid problems when you inevitably need to pull out the appliances for repair or replacement later.