Kitchen flooring

[Sugam]

Hello Everyone,
We are in the process of having a new kitchen installed and I think I made a big mistake of not removing the old vinyl flooring b4 fixing the new kitchen cabinets. The new cabinets are a different sizes to the old ones and so the installer just put some material on the lower end where ther e was no vinyl floorig to level the floor. Now we have a few problems. I want a new vinyl floor. I cant figure out how its going to be installed without removing the existing ones. Any advie wood be very helpful
Thanks in Advance

[Groggy]

The new cabinets are a different sizes to the old ones and so the installer just put some material on the lower end where ther e was no vinyl floorig to level the floor.

What do you mean by "material" - Vinyl? Timber? Cloth?

Now we have a few problems. I want a new vinyl floor. I cant figure out how its going to be installed without removing the existing ones.

Removing the existing ones? Do you mean remove the existing vinyl?

Sorry to be dense, but I'm really not sure what is going on, a picture would help here .

[Sugam]

Thanks for ur response... I think he put in a roll of thick cardboard and yes I am just assuming that the old vinyl floor has to be removed to put the new one in or maybe the new floor can be laid over the old one,

[Groggy]

The cardboard worries me. A kitchen is a wet area and a spill will soften cardboard, making the cabinets sag on one end.

As for the floor, you can lay new on old (not ideal), it will look better if the kick-boards are removable and you can lay underneath the kicks.

[Sugam]

Thanks for the tip. The kickboards are still not installed... maybe I can hold them off till we get a new floor which will be late January. I did tell him I was worried about the support for the cabinet as we are having granite benchtops and I was concerned that if the uneveness may cause the granite to crack and he assure dme that it was very strong...

[vlv8vic]

if the kicks aren't on then you should be able to use a sharp knife to score the lino and pull it up. I'm not sure what you mean by the cardboard, usually the legs on the cabinets are adjustable so i would have though a slight turn and he'd have the difference between lino and no lino foiled.

If the lino is under the legs and you want it out, prop the cabinets, screw the legs up and cut it out. Failing that just cut around it.

Seems too simple... maybe i am misinterpreting your story.