Difference Between Laminate and Pergo
 

So, I've decided to pull up my STINKY bedroom rug that the princess decides she likes to pee on. :rolleyes: My friend used to work at Home Depot and teach classes on how to do floors, so he's gonna do it for me!!!!! So, my question is (before I drag him to Home Depot :p )...Does anyone know (besides price) what the difference between laminate and Pergo is? I thought they were both plastic?

Thanks!

nicole i would like that answer too.

It think I found my answer. They are the same. Pergo is the brand name. :rolleyes: http://www.ifloor.com/articles/lam/lam.vs.html

Pergo is a brand name of laminated flooring!
Laminated flooring is wood but with a scratch laminated covering.
I have it in my kitchen but it is another brand, not Pergo!
It's the samething.
It is laid down on a soft pad and the floor goes down in pieces
interlocking with each other. It's beautiful and easy to care for.
It comes in many colors, wood looking as well as marble and tile looking.
You can't go wrong with it.

Maybe the question should be vinyl and laminate? I'm so confused! LOL :eek:

Thanks! I'm just so nervous that when she pees on it (cuz I know it will happen :rolleyes: ) it'll go into the cracks and warp. :(

duh!!! i knew that!!! ha

We had to pull up our carpet too. We put down Armstrong Wood Laminate. I took an end piece that they had cut off during installation and left submerged in water for about 12 hours, took it out and let it air dry. Absolutely no warping. We then put the piece in pure clorox for 24 hours and absolutely no discoloration!

So there are many brands out there, but remember that you get what you pay for. So don't buy something because the price is cheap. Do some homework, check prices and then you can probably find what you want on sale. We did our whole house, so we got a cut because of the quantity also. I think we paid around $3.78 a sq ft. A little costly for a whole house, but I'm real happy with it.

We ended up buying from a warehouse instead of Home Depot. And we got a better deal. We also paid to have it installed, as the 30 yr warranty was also covered. It would not have been covered if we had done it ourselves. So you might want to think about that too.

Anyway... I really, really love it! You should too. Be sure to send pics if you do!

Thanks for sharing that information. I'm sure those things area concern for most of us.

Yes, Pergo is just a brand name of a laminate floor (but you already figured that out). We put in Armstrong laminate floor in our new house almost 2 years ago and LOVE it. We bought from a wood floor distributor instead of a Home Depot or Lowe's so I'm really not sure how their prices compare. Good luck!

I have laminate not Pergo brand in my kitchen, laundry room and hall and it was not a cheap brand but I had a big plant leak water and didn't realize it and it sat under the plant for a day and it warped the laminate. I still love it but I check every day to make sure no water is left standing.

Hopefully you will be there to clean it up.
When you wash it don't "WET" it just damp mop. The cracks
are really tight together but if water sat on them for awhile
eventually there might be a problem.
Your really going to love this floor.

Cool beans! I'm gonna look into that brand! :thumbup: :D Thanks!

I have Pergo in my entry way. Surfie did his business on it one day when my hubby was babysitting. :rolleyes: It did warp, but went back down within 24hours or so. Don't know why, but I was very happy. I am going to Home Depot today as I am doing the same thing, they will lay it as well. Just remember Nik, when you buy the boxes and all the other stuff you need, open all the boxes, they need to air out for 24 hours. It makes it easier to lay. Noy only that, when my entry was done and I opened the boxes, there were a lot of ends that were damaged.

Thanks for letting me know, darl'n. :D I can't wait to get that stench out of my room! :eek:

Oh, can you shoot me an email and tell me how much it's gonna cost ya? My BR is only 182sq feet. :p My friend said he'll lay it down, but now I'm thinking about a warranty if Home Depot actually does it. Now I'm all confused. :rolleyes:

Laminate is one piece of hardwood, Pergo is multiple pieces glued together to make one piece. (Pergo is a brandname.) They will run the same price wise, depending on what brand you go with. Pergo is a 'floating' floor (not glued or nailed) laminate is glued down.

If you are laying on top of a already wood floor, you'd want to lay Pergo for longer life.
If you are laying on top of concrete, you'd want laminate (glued down) for longer lasting life.

(Hubby used to own a flooring company.)

No problem, if I can get a quote today I will email you the info!

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We have some sort of wood flooring throughout the first two floors of our house. (I mean, every room, every where). The bottom floor (basement) is painted concrete.

Anyway, I HATE our floor....it is like Pergo, but not Pergo. We bought is from a warehouse so it was cheaper....it wasn't the cheapest, but it wasn't the higher end...I guess it was an inbetween one. Anyway, it was super easy to install...lay down the padding and snap the pieces together. We have some spots that have wrapped....don't know how or why, but they did. Also, some spots on the room dividers (it is a floating floor and for some reason, we were told to put the breaks at each new room...hate that), anyway, some of those have been scuffed...I guess because they stand alittle taller. Also, it is so shiny! We have mop and then hand dry w/ a towel to keep from seeing the mop trackes (no matter what we use to mop it....cleaner from the company, store bought, etc). And if you walk across the floor or the big dogs are in, you see prints everywhere. Course, we have TONS of big windows and glass doors w/o curtains or shades, so that doesn't help.

There are some really great ones out there....definitely do your research and take in everyone's comments......

Pergo Looks Beautiful
 

Well, that was a ugly trip to Home Depot. Not only did I get some nerd salesman that at first would not even let me ask a question, the price was MUCH higher than I expected.
This is what I found out about their 25 year "warranty". I have a small chip in my Pergo in my entry, it drives me nuts. I ask the man if it could be repaired when my floor is being layed. "Ah no", says he, you have to go through Pergo for that, and if it's not normal wear and tear they will not cover it. Normal wear and tear according to him is if the top of the Pergo discolors or comes off. Great! :( No doubt if I give these guys (that might lay my new floor) a few extra bucks they will fix it. It is the second board in, so it's not a huge job, it's an entry way for pete's sake. And yes, Home Depot did the original job 4 years ago.
So, on with the story. Check this out, I need 320 sq feet of Pergo including the extra 10%, they quoted me between $8 to $9 per sq feet to lay, including materials. That's almost $3000.00 with tax to get rid of my 4 year old Berber wee-wee smelling carpet if I go with the higher quote.
That's a lot of money. My parents offered to pay for it when I told them but geez, doesn't that seem a bit high? I will start to check around for more quotes, and other alternatives. I don't want to re-carpet, and I really don't want tile in our bedroom. I will look at vinyl, but I will probably still go the laminate route...........Tiki is 100% potty trained, but Surfie, bless his little heart just has not mastered the whole concept yet. He's maybe 80% there, but he will not hesitate to go if we go away for a few hours.........

$3000! :eek: I def. think I need my friend to install it. He told me that at Home Depot (he used to work there), they will just about take the materials you spend and multiply it by two if they are to install it! :eek:

That's just about right all materials considered.....I would rather fly my sister in from the UK and do it ourselves.........:rolleyes: I would save some money. My hubby is not so handy, but us woman are!

Check for unlevel areas before installing
 

I went with the Pergo
 

Today my two friends came over and installed the Pergo. Everything is done except the molding in the doorway and around the walls. But all the Pergo is down! First they had to put plywood to build to floor up to meet the hardwood, and that was a pain in the butt. The Pergo was easy to install!

Here's the finished product. :D And the pee stench is out of my room! Yippee!!! :thumbup:

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Wow, that looks fantastic!! I was disappointed not to see even one picture of the peeing culprit!!:rolleyes:

That looks great, I would like to pull up the carpet in my den and put in a wood floor but I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.

Ifyou don't mind what did it end up costing you? Waht do you mean when you say plywood to meet the hardwood.Thanks I'm thinking of doing this.

[QUOTE=BabyFidgette;1118098]Today my two friends came over and installed the Pergo. Everything is done except the molding in the doorway and around the walls. But all the Pergo is down! First they had to put plywood to build to floor up to meet the hardwood, and that was a pain in the butt. The Pergo was easy to install!

No prob. ;) My bedroom is 14x13 and it has two closets that are about 20sqft each. I bought 14 boxes of Pergo at Lowes(only needed 13, but am keeping one "just in case") at about $53.00 per box. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...066&lpage=none You also need to buy the door molding and the molding that goes around the edges of the wall. Plus an installation kit. That was all about $800.

Now, I have hardwood floors in my whole house except for the three bedrooms. When I ripped up the carpet, there was just plywood. When I put the sample Pergo down by the doorway it was a 1/4 inch shorter than my hallway floor. In order to do the Pergo, the floors need to be level. So we went to the store to buy the 1/4 inch thick plywood that needed to be screwed to the floor before putting down the Pergo. Now the floors are level. :thumbup: Plywood was about $200, so I spent a total of about $1000. Now, that doesn't include installation b/c my friends did it for me. But installation is between $800-$1000. :eek:

Here are some more pics of the process.

First pic, Dad helped me pull up the rug. See the plywood underneath? Miss Thing had to get in the way. Probably wondering what I was doing with all her pee pee! LOL
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Here my friends are screwing down the plywood.
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Here, Pergo installation and door measuring.
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