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aemeijers says...

Heathcliff wrote:
On Dec 3, 2:25 pm, wrote:
My husband and I are ready to replace the nasty black and white
checkerboard vinyl floor in our kitchen, but we're having a hard time
getting a definitive answer: *Is it safe to install Pergo in the
kitchen?*

We have a dark cherry colored Pergo in the living room and it would be
nice to carry that into the kitchen and dining room. I'm hesitant,
because we're only going to be in this house a few more years, and I
don't want a stupid mistake to ruin our resell value in an already
unstable market.

Thanks for your input!

We put Pergo in the kitchen a couple years ago and from a practical
point of view it has been fine; no problems with warping or anything,
it seems immune to spills and chairs scraping and it cleans up fine.
I have to say, though, that both my wife and I came to regret it from
an aesthetic standpoint. The fakeness of it just started to grate on
our nerves after a while. Just a personal reaction, I know lots of
people love it. -- H
Oh, I quite agree- I saw lots of fake floors while I was house shopping,
and the faux-woodgrain laminates always felt like I was walking on a
countertop.

Worse, since it has a little bit of 'spring' to it. Although Pergo-lovers tell
me that's part of its appeal - 'easy on the feet' and all that.

To me, put a decent sheet linoleum down if not tile. Wood, fake or real,
doesn't belong on kitchen floors.

But a lot of people feel otherwise. I can't tell you how many people sung the
praises of Pergo kitchen floors to me when I was making that decision.

Banty (a good porcelain tile, with dark grout, for me)