Bathroom cabinet installation question

7 years ago

Here is how the contractors left our bathroom cabinets. I guess the gap between the toekick and the bottom of the cabinets is purely aesthetic and you don't really see it unless you're sitting on the floor. My question is the actual gap at the right where things can kind of go to the side and behind the cabinet - is this normal or is this something that should be plugged with something like scribe molding? Thanks!

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uks4z
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7 years ago

You're right, that's exactly what they did! They have some filler, but because they didn't square the toe kick, they couldn't extend the filler completely down. I'll see what they say. Thanks!

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rsanfo0
7 years ago
We just had our cabinets installed yesterday, and I'm not pleased at all. I'm not sure about that gap. Is it the space between the filler and the floor? I'd be more concerned with the seam, personally, if the gap can't be seen. Ours was left with seams, and I'm having him come back to redo it all. There was absolutely no reason for ours to have seams in them.
uks4z
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7 years ago
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So when I googled the gap between the toekick and the cabinet (not the hole in the corner), it looks like that's not uncommon, which is why I sort of ignored that. From even a slightly elevated angle, you don't see the gap between the toekick and the cabinet. The only reason we even looked down there is they left tape from painting on there and they hadn't cleaned up the grout, and that's when we discovered the hole that I'm more concerned about. This hole wouldn't be there if the toekick came all the way up to meet the cabinet, but since it doesn't, there is a gap between where the cabinet ends and the wall begins. Because the toekick extends to the wall and the cabinet does not, my concern is that if things go into that hole (like hair balls, etc), you can't really get them out. I just want to make sure that is a valid concern or is this something that happens routinely and is no big deal. Here's the area in question from a little further away before the tape was removed. The hole is above where the white tape is.
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rsanfo0
7 years ago
I see what you’re saying. It looks like your toe kick was squared off instead of cutting out for your trim. But I’m definitely no expert on this. If you’re concerned with the hole and stuff getting behind it, could you run a small strip of trim across the top? Not sure if you could match your stain though.
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7 years ago
Poor installation
ci_lantro
7 years ago
A bit sloppy but not bad.

Toe kicks don't normally meet the bottom of the cabinets. Doesn't matter because you would have to stand on your head to see it.

If I had installed, I would want one piece of toe kick instead of the sloppy joint. Looks like the base was cut a bit shy. Caulk fixes that.

but because they didn't square the toe kick, they couldn't extend the filler completely down

Are you talking about extending the filler to the floor? If so, that would look weird.