Flooring

Posted by Paul on April 6, 2006, 11:03 pm

HI, I've installed Pergo in most of my downstairs. It looks good,
although keeping the seams together was tough and they've wandered in a
few places.

I'm thinking about going the laminate route upstairs

Questions:

1. Is there any issue with laminate on anything other than a ground
floor?

2. The DuPont Real Touch Elite seems to be much, much better than
Pergo. The beveled feel of the seams is more realistic and they claim
that it fits better generally. Is it worth the extra cost? I knew
full well when I bought the Pergo that it wouldn't look exactly like
hardwood and that's OK. But the DuPont stuff looks more realistic to
me. Does it look as good in the real world?

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on April 6, 2006, 11:10 pm

> 1. Is there any issue with laminate on anything other than a ground
> floor?

No, it goes most any place.

> 2. The DuPont Real Touch Elite seems to be much, much better than
> Pergo. The beveled feel of the seams is more realistic and they claim
> that it fits better generally. Is it worth the extra cost? I knew
> full well when I bought the Pergo that it wouldn't look exactly like
> hardwood and that's OK. But the DuPont stuff looks more realistic to
> me. Does it look as good in the real world?

Sure, Pergo is low end. Newer, better material exist. Also consider
engineered wood floors. www.manninngton.com for both laminate and wood.
www.wilsonart.com for laminate

Posted by Art on April 7, 2006, 9:45 am

Also check out Mannington. We put some in a few years ago and it looks
great.

> HI, I've installed Pergo in most of my downstairs. It looks good,
> although keeping the seams together was tough and they've wandered in a
> few places.
> I'm thinking about going the laminate route upstairs
> Questions:
> 1. Is there any issue with laminate on anything other than a ground
> floor?
> 2. The DuPont Real Touch Elite seems to be much, much better than
> Pergo. The beveled feel of the seams is more realistic and they claim
> that it fits better generally. Is it worth the extra cost? I knew
> full well when I bought the Pergo that it wouldn't look exactly like
> hardwood and that's OK. But the DuPont stuff looks more realistic to
> me. Does it look as good in the real world?
>

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