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I have a job to remodel a kitchen. The customer wants to use Pergo flooring, which I have not used. Does anyone have any experience with installing this type of flooring that could give me some pointers? Also, is there any web sites that I could get some helpful info? Thanks in advance for your help.
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Pergo has a how-to video, see it. Contact a Pergo dealer. As an aside, is this freefloated or secured?
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If it's floating, the first 3 rows are most difficult to deal with. The shims they sell didn't help much. I would actually cut some straight edges out of plywood, screw these against a chaulk line, install first 3-4 rows against this and slide it to the wall once the glue sets. Don't worry about the bead size of glue. As long as there is a squeeze-out, you used enough. Wipe immediately. Install foam underlayment as you go. It's hard to keep flat to the floor. Measure the floor so you know the width of the last piece. It's all in the instruction in the bundle. Leave expansion spaces all around and add in the cost for later floor molding. Have a small container of colored wood filler for joints that don't meet tightly. Some pieces you have to hammer in, so always watch how the expansion gaps change with the work progress. Good luck.
*I thought this would be a good thread to find out how to repair laminate flooring that is loose over a concrete subfloor. Apparently the glue is not holding in some areas. Is there a way to glue it without removing that section of flooring?
*You should remove the loose sections, especially to see why the glue failed. Sorry to bring this up, but you should check for moisture damages to the glue as well as under the flooring. I am assuming you have a ground level slab. Before you take anything up, though, check if you can get same replacements.
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I have a job to remodel a kitchen. The customer wants to use Pergo flooring, which I have not used. Does anyone have any experience with installing this type of flooring that could give me some pointers? Also, is there any web sites that I could get some helpful info? Thanks in advance for your help.