Kitchen Fitting

What are my options with laminate flooring under existing fixtures?

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.17 PM

Any help appreciated. My folks were keen to replace some old, worn and damaged laminate flooring which sits under some parts of a fairly new kitchen, but their go-to tradesman told them they're stuck with it because some parts of the flooring are under the fixtures. Is this definitely the case? One small single unit is completely over the wood, however, the rest of it is just covered by the thinnest ends - I don't know what they're officially called - eg the largest part of the fittings do not have any laminate under them, except for one thin end part at the side of a gap for washing machine. Same applies for two thin ends where fridge and freezer go. I would have guessed there might be some leeway but obv this isn't my speciality. Can they realistically have the flooring removed without tearing out lots of the fixtures? Or should we look at lino over the top of the wood / cleaning up and maybe staining the laminate?