The cabinet installer came last week to check out all the cabinets for damage (there was none--just one trim piece that had a dark spot, so that'll be re-ordered). When he saw the bamboo flooring, he asked if it was the click-together "floating" flooring, or if it was nail-down or glue-down. Apparently, the floating flooring (which is what we had put in) cannot be used under cabinets. Because it expands and contracts, the cabinets can put pressure on the floor, causing it to buckle in the middle OR the floor can put pressure on the cabinets, causing the Corian countertops to crack.
Blame could be placed all over the place, really. Felipe should have read the instructions before installing the floor (yes, it IS written in the instructions that you cannot install it under cabinets). The kitchen salesmen should have known about this and informed us (since we bought the cabinets AND the flooring at Home Depot and actually brought a sample of the click-together bamboo over to the cabinets to match colors). The cabinet measurer--who returned to check measurements AFTER the floor was installed--should have questioned us on the floor. We should have researched the flooring before having it installed. At any rate, we did not know. And not only will this have to be fixed, but if we'd simply had Home Depot install the flooring to begin with, we could have either gotten the cheaper nail-down or even had them install this flooring (correctly) for less than Felipe charged!
HOWEVER, Home Depot is going to come tomorrow, cut out the footprints for the cabinets, and then begin the installation of the base cabinets. More money, but not insanely more money (easy for me to say when it's not *my* money, right?). Fingers crossed that they don't find anything else wrong!
We did some piddly touch-up stuff this weekend. G. took off the trim around the front door so I could sand off the paint (there was a white line that would have showed between the wood door and wood trim). Then I touched up the green all around the door frame, Mom stained the trim that I'd sanded, and G. put up the new wooden trim that Mom had stained and varnished. I think it looks really nice!
G. installed the weatherstrip at the bottom of the door, too:
We did the same with the kitchen door (sanding, staining and varnishing, installing trim):
And finally, the last pictures of the kitchen after we cleared out everything but the appliances, and before they start the cabinet installation:
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