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Originally Posted by HayZee518
depends if you want the floor tile to be seen inside the cabinet bottoms or if they come with a manufactured floor in them - would be a waste of tiles.
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True, but I was thinking more along the lines of counter-top height above the floor, how well the kick plate matched the tile, etc. We installed tile without taking out the cabinets at a previous house and did not like how the grout interfaced with the kick plate. Other issues are that if the cabinets go on the subfloor, and the appliances on tile, then the appliances might sit too high in relation to the counter... especially a problem for the dishwasher. On the other hand, if the appliances also went on the subfloor they would have to be moved in/out over a tile-edge which could cause breaking/chipping.
Other than not wasting tile (at $1-2/sq ft, I think we can waste a few tiles) what advantage is there to putting in the cabinets first? Is there an issue with using shims on tile... I can see where the pressure on the shims caused by a granite counter might create a high-pressure point that could crack a tile. The solution would be to use more shims, but I have never heard anyone discuss this.