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1. OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: "Rex Burkheimer - WM" <rex@txol.net>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:36:17 -0500; This is off the list's normal topics, but since you guys collectively know all there is to know, I'd like to impose on you again: I am buying a house later this month. First thing to go is the old ca; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00019.html (8,495 bytes)
2. Re: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 12:37:22 -0700; I too have floor covering issues in an old house we are refurbishing for sale. Pergo is a good product and reasonably easy to install, but as one crusty old craftsman said to me "Pergo? It's just a p; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00021.html (8,070 bytes)
3. Re: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: "Steve Dillen/CanWest/IBM" <sdillen@ca.ibm.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:58:20 -0700; Rex Burkheimer had some questions about laying laminate flooring. . . Having done this a few weeks ago, I'd say installation of this stuff is a cakewalk! As far as tools are concerned, I used my tabl; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00022.html (9,569 bytes)
4. RE: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:37:34 -0500; I didn't install our Pergo, but I watched the guy who did. He said that the most important prep was to get the supporting surface completely flat. (In our case, a slab foundation.) I thought it look; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00023.html (9,197 bytes)
5. Re: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: "Rex Burkheimer - WM" <rex@txol.net>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 16:05:19 -0500; Everyone I talked to said to put down a cushion/vapor barrier of clear plastic, smooth on the top, rougher foam surface down. That sounds like a test for need of vapor barrier. I was concerned about; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00024.html (8,486 bytes)
6. Re: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: "Steve Dillen/CanWest/IBM" <sdillen@ca.ibm.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:28:24 -0700; I installed a vapor barrier (clear plastic) and 1/8" foam underlay on my concrete slab before laying the floor. Finding and fixing the imperfections in my floor did take quite a while. . .whoever pou; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00025.html (8,086 bytes)
7. Re: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>; Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:52:18 -0400; How long has the floor been down? Pergo warns that the joints can swell for the first few months that the floor is down, but it should go away after that. Jon /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00026.html (8,059 bytes)
8. Re: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: epetrevich@relavis.com; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:01:57 -0400; Rex, It was my understanding that the standard units, while having a tongue and groove edge, did NOT provide enough of a pressure fit to prevent water and moisture from getting under the floor (and a; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00034.html (9,582 bytes)
9. Re: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: Richard Welty <rwelty@suespammers.org>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:33:52 -0400; yes, you need to glue and clamp these floors. i'd never even consider installing one without it. if water ever manages to get under the floor, it will just sit there. what happens next depends on a n; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00035.html (9,217 bytes)
10. Re: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:47:49 -0400; You are correct. Without well glued joints, a Pergo floor is not waterproof and any water that sits on the floor will seep through and destroy it. You also have to very carefully seal all the edges a; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00036.html (8,339 bytes)
11. Re: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1): Author: "Rex Burkheimer - WM" <rex@txol.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:37:20 -0500; Sure, Inch, c'mon down. (up?) You can do the floor while I tackle one of the 35 other "projects" that come with this "fixer-upper" :) Rex Burkheimer /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list ///; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00037.html (7,799 bytes)

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