How To Floor Under Sink

Repair any leaks under the sink immediately to prevent damages to the flooring and cabinetry.

How to floor under sink.

Remove the old swollen floor. Then trace a cutting line about 3 in. If left unrepaired the leaks can cause significant damage to the cabinet floor by promoting wood rot warping and mold or mildew growth. In from all four edges.

Protect the floor with a single piece of vinyl sheet flooring. If you can t then just lay it in there. Flooring stores can probably give you waste cuts of the vinyl sheet for free. Then lay it to fit under the sink and flash cove it up the back and front of the space under the sink where possible.

Next cut a piece of 1 2 in. You can use caulk to fill gaps less than about 1 2 inch wide and you can fill wider gaps by stuffing them with steel wool and caulking over it. You can protect the floor inside your kitchen sink cabinet with a sheet of vinyl flooring. The space beneath the kitchen sink is exposed to high levels of humidity and may even be exposed to water through leaky plumbing.

The floor inside your kitchen sink cabinet is highly susceptible to damage caused by an occasional water leak or condensation dripping from sweaty pipes. If you have a particle board floor underneath your sink that is showing signs of water damage you can tear it out and replace it to prevent the growth of mold. Plywood to the interior size of the sink base. Use a dehumidifier in the room or a cabinet dryer if plumbing repairs don t address the problem of.

Protects the wood and easy to take out dry the wood under it and put back if a leak occurs. If the pipes under your kitchen sink are exposed you may not want to fill the gaps around them with spray foam which isn t the most attractive material in the world. Over time this can cause the wood under the sink to rot.