You can install your floor either before or after your kitchen, and there are advantages and disadvantages to both options.If you install your floor before your kitchen then your floor will be laid wall to wall, so if you ever need to move or remodel any parts of your kitchen in the future you can do so without having to try and patch in additional flooring. However, you will have to ensure that your floor is protected during the subsequent installation of the kitchen. We recommend covering your floor with Buffalo paper and then Correx sheets, which prevents the wood from becoming marked or scratched by tools or the moving of units.If you install your kitchen before your floor then you will only install your floor up to the feet of the units. The plinth is then placed on top the edge of the floor is not visible. This reduces the quantity and therefore the cost of the wood required. The disadvantage to this is that should you wish to move units in your kitchen, you will need to purchase more wood and it may be difficult to match the flooring exactly as it will have come from a different batch. It will be a more difficult job for the installer to fit the new planks and the best way to blend in the new floor with the old is likely to be to sand and reseal the entire floor.