Should you install design flooring in the kitchen or not?

I think there are points for and against laying through.

Visually, it can make a difference if it's not done 100% cleanly, as you have unsightly edge joints in front of the kitchen furniture. Likewise, a freestanding refrigerator or a cooking island with a floor cutout would look strange and moving it would then be impossible. Many kitchen manufacturers have a rubber lip at the neat finish of the baseboard; it is very questionable whether you can visually align that on the edge. In terms of tensions or expansions, a covering lying directly butted right in front of and on the furniture will cause more problems than one lying with a 1 cm expansion joint from the wall.

On the other hand (in my opinion the main argument of the manufacturer / warranty!) where there is no floor, it cannot swell due to liquids or get pressure marks. Conversely, there are always constructions where kitchen parts are firmly connected/glued to the floor. This is rather difficult with floating vinyl.

Hello, I would like to follow up on the previous discussion and ask how you ultimately decided? We are facing the same decision with the modular one, whether to lay it through the kitchen (cook island and kitchen unit) or not. Does anyone else have experience with this? I would be grateful for any feedback.

In my son's kitchen, this floor was installed by a professional. Now, after four years, individual tiles are lifting. Unsightly edges have formed. The floor is now uneven. He should have listened to my girlfriend, she has the same problem in her kitchen. I would not lay the floor again.

We have also gone through it and would somehow be happier with tiles.

Thanks first of all for your answers. I am also considering whether it would be possible to lay the vinyl and then put something under the feet of the kitchen so that the feet do not press directly on the vinyl. Then, in my opinion, the load would be better distributed.

Or simply a nice wooden floor instead of plastic. Can always be oiled afterwards. Fully glued down.