Kitchen flooring - before new cabinets or after?

[Sally Berry]

I am having a kitchen renovation done which includes new cabinets and appliances, as well as a new LVP floor. Home Depot, who is doing the kitchen install, says to wait until after all the cabinets are installed to put in new flooring. My flooriing guy says the old cabinets should be removed and he should lay a complete floor before the cabinets are installed. I don't know enough yet so I am reaching out to the BP community to get your insights. Thank you in advance!

[Joe Splitrock]

Originally posted by @Sally Berry:

Thank you all. It is a floating floor and the kitchen is where everyone comes in and out of the house so it sounds like it makes sense to do the flooring last. I appreciate your time!

 I agree you don't want to put cabinets on floating floor, but you may want to consider putting a 1/4 inch underlayment under the cabinets to build them up higher. This is for the dishwasher, so that the floor is even with the floating floor. I had to replace a dishwasher where they had built up the floor and I had to cut the flooring out to get the dishwasher out. 

I suspect these contractors are thinking about what is easier for them. A flooring installers job is easier if there are not objects in the room to install around. A cabinet installer prefers no floor, so they don't have to worry about damaging it. As a general rule if the floor is floating, do it after. If it is glued or nailed, do it first.