[beeneyra]

My last house the island wasn't nailed or bolted to the floor so it could be spun around. Just have to find where the ac come in at and use that as your pivot point.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

Sometimes I'm even more friendly..

I read your reply and agreed with it. I didn't see that it was unfriendly.

[Dgodin]

Originally Posted by VINFISH

I am new to the villages, I purchased an existing home built in 2014. There is an island in the kitchen which I am pretty sure was set facing the wrong direction. The island has electricity running through it and I was wondering how/if I could get the builders of the villages to take a look at it and maybe set it correctly? Is this at all possible? The island is really in the wrong position, making me crazy... Help!

Why do you think its backwards?

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

OP, if your island is set on top of the tile, this should be relatively easy, if the island was set and then the tile was installed you may be in for a very nasty surprise, especially if matching tile is not available. Proceed carefully so that you can reverse what ever you do. My first step would be to carefully remove the trim at the bottom of the island an see if the tile goes under the island. My next step would be to buy or borrow a borescope type camera and have a look at the actual flooring under the cabinet. This information will let you know how easy the island can be moved or relocated. Hope this helps and good luck with your project.

If the island is rectangular and facing the wrong way, it’s pretty easy to reverse it. If it’s chevron-shaped or needs to be moved to another part of the room, exposing a part of the flooring that was previously unexposed, then you are right about the likelihood that there will be flooring that needs to be removed or replaced. If there is a tile floor, an island can be bolted to a slab through that. If the exposed area is bare concrete and the rest of the floor is tiled, good tile companies can usually repair that.

A few years ago, my girlfriend bought a 200 year old stone house that had a hand-made wet bar she couldn’t stand in the small breakfast room. It was surrounded by old terra cotta Mexican paver tiles. I disassembled the wet bar and was left with about twelve square feet of old bare wood sub-floor. I managed to find a case of old pavers for a pretty hefty price, lay them in mortar, then rubbed them with dirt and dark paste wax until they looked like the rest of the floor, more or less. Now no one would guess they aren’t old. And I’m no pro.