Rex -
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 looked pretty flat, but he
snaked around on the floor and found several areas that he filled in with a
filler so that the floor was *really* flat. That was four years ago, and
it still looks brand new (this is our kitchen and dining areas).
It took this guy and his helper a lot longer to do the job than I would
have expected, and they were working pretty fast.
Before fitting the flooring a nice layer of 1/8" plastic foam was put down;
this makes for a much nicer "feel" and also gives the floor a wooden-floor
sound when walking. The floor is not glued down.
There was a LOT of cutting going on - wow, my patio was covered with
sawdust. We had several non-perpendicular angles to deal with and a few
unusual cuts to get around built-in woodwork, etc.
The installers were very careful to butt the planks together very
carefully; perhaps too carefully, as I have noticed a very slight
tendenancy for some of the joints to become a little raised as the flooring
swells and contracts due to use and humidity. But by fitting them tightly
it is also very hard to see the difference between the "real" joints and
the "fake" ones.
I would probably be willing to do it myself if I had a couple of nice saws
and plenty of time.
Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding
daniels@tamu.edu Texas A&M University
'74 TR6 '88 XJ6 http://www.automate-it.com/Lee/
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