Questions on Pergo/Laminate Flooring

[skycat 0]

My new house has them already installed and I love the fact that the dogs can run full speed across (and of course hit the wall to stop) without scratching them up.

Since there is no furniture in the house yet, jumping on things isn't an issue, but I was planning on area rugs anyway for the living room and dining room.

Fly it like you stole it!

[timuuu 0]

Snap & go! Just make sure the pieces are even where you snap it together lengthwise. 1/32" is way too much of a gap!

[lawrocket 3]

My wife and I just put in wood floors about 5 months ago. We had our choices of hardwood, engineered pergo.

We immediately decided against Pergo. My wife's mom has Pergo in her house, and we did not like the squeaking. We also wanted something that would add more value to the home.

We also decided against solid hardwood. First, the hardwood is expensive. Second, due to the natural characteristics of the wood, it is prone to warping and cracking.

So we decided on engineered flooring. Good price, easy to maintain, and not prone to warping and cracking.

We got a five layer engineered flooring, with a 2 mm upper laminate. We also decided that, although a floating floor is easy, we wanted the stability and silence of a fixed floor. So our floor is actually glued on to our cement subfloor.

I was initially concerned about maintenance, sanding, etc, that would be necessary with it. Then I thought, "This is me, like I'd really sand it" and I found out 95 percent of hardwood floors are never sanded. I also found out that with a 2 mm hardwood laminate top, I could easily sand it down twice without problems if necessary.

Finally, there are limits to sanding in hardwood floors, too. You can only go so far before you hit the tongue and groove and have to replace it anyway. By coindicidence, the tongue and groove start at 2 mm. So that wouldn't be a problem.

We also hve spare, so if I need to replace a plank, I can rip the old one out, strip the glue, cut off the tongue and glue it in. Probably a 45 minute task.

We are extremely happy with our floors. And they aren't Pergo.

Overall cost was about 5k for 1150 square feet, with 970 square feet installed. (We got zero percent financing on the materials and labor, and I've learned that although the installation of it is not rocket science, I don't have the time to spend 6 weekends installing it. I don't know if I have the skill for it (there are always gonna be minor defects and I'd prefer to not have my wife thinking it's my fault and my shoddy installation that caused it).

Look into engineered flooring. It's a nice middle ground.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[airtwardo 7]

That's over 5.00 a square foot!


DAMN!!!!


I shoulda gone to Law School!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[lawrocket 3]

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That's over 5.00 a square foot!


DAMN!!!!


I shoulda gone to Law School!

The labor was the biggest cost. Also, engineered flooring improved the value of the house in an amount more than the cost of putting it in. So it's an investment.

My wife is hotter than your wife.