"Tekkie®" wrote in message
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Oren posted for all of us...



On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 16:50:31 -0500, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote:

I am going to have Lowes put down about 300 sqft of Pergo Laminate
flooring.
I have a quote from them and it seems reasonable.

They did not seem to specify any underlayment for the flooring. Should
there be some ?
If so what type should it be ?


Likely depends on the sub-floor - concrete or wood. Check the
manufacture's web site. You want to reduce a hollow sound and flex,
too.

+1 What's under there now?

The house has a basement and this floor is going in a room over the
basement. The floor has carpet on it now which will come out and under that
is some partical board type flooring. Over the floor joists there is a
layer of either OSB or plywood. Hard to tell as I did not want to pull the
fiberglass insulation back enough to get a good look at it.