infiniteMPG | 2009-12-20 | 12:26:13 PM wrote:

We're about to do 5 rooms of Pergo in the house and have a few
questions. We have the first room about ready to go, did self
leveling floor coating and all cleaned. Have the vapor barrier all
ready, too. We have found hints and info on how to lock the panels
together and things like that, but we were wondering if there was a
good site saying how to best cut around doors and closet opening,
where to start with an entrance door (don't want the locking lip left
on the door opening and also don't want a very narrow piece in the
door opening for sure) and things like that.

Does anyone have a good link to get info on things like that?

A few suggestions:

* Measure carefully to get the planks to come out the way you want
them. There's no other solution.

* Remove the baseboard, then replace it after the floor is down. You
can skip putting on quarter-round that way.

* Consider putting an expansion joint in the middle of every doorway.
You have to have expansion joints every so far anyway.

* Undercut door jambs instead of trying to fit the planks to the
molding. Put a Pergo scrap and a layer of padding down next to the
jamb, then lay your hand saw flat on the Pergo. This spaces everything
nicely so you can slide planks under the door jamb.



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Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX USA