I am in the process of planning to lay my first laminate floor. I
would like advice on lating a moisture barrier on top of my wood sub
floor prior to installing the laminate floor. I will be laying a
Pergo product with pad attached. I have read that you can lay plastic
sheeting down on the sub floor prior to installation. I would be
interested in your thoughts and suggestions.

Thanks.

"Tom" wrote in message
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I am in the process of planning to lay my first laminate floor. I
would like advice on lating a moisture barrier on top of my wood sub
floor prior to installing the laminate floor. I will be laying a
Pergo product with pad attached. I have read that you can lay plastic
sheeting down on the sub floor prior to installation. I would be
interested in your thoughts and suggestions.

Thanks.

Buy the poly stuff on a roll designed for flooring. You don't need it as a
moisture barrier over wood, but it will act as a buffer to avoid squeaks.

Tom wrote in news:5cd9a0c4-2ec8-42b2-a644-
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I am in the process of planning to lay my first laminate floor. I
would like advice on lating a moisture barrier on top of my wood sub
floor prior to installing the laminate floor. I will be laying a
Pergo product with pad attached. I have read that you can lay plastic
sheeting down on the sub floor prior to installation. I would be
interested in your thoughts and suggestions.

Thanks.

Laminate floor is one of those things where you should follow the mfgrs
instructions for the individual product IMO. If the answer to your question
is not in the documentation, call them. Sort of a whimpy reply but, oh
well.

"Tom" wrote in message
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I am in the process of planning to lay my first laminate floor. I
would like advice on lating a moisture barrier on top of my wood sub
floor prior to installing the laminate floor. I will be laying a
Pergo product with pad attached. I have read that you can lay plastic
sheeting down on the sub floor prior to installation. I would be
interested in your thoughts and suggestions.

Thanks.

read this http://www.woodfloorsonline.com/tech...e_barrier.html.

Tom wrote:
I am in the process of planning to lay my first laminate floor. I
would like advice on lating a moisture barrier on top of my wood sub
floor prior to installing the laminate floor. I will be laying a
Pergo product with pad attached. I have read that you can lay plastic
sheeting down on the sub floor prior to installation. I would be
interested in your thoughts and suggestions.


It may not be necessary, but it can't hurt. I'd do it.

As an aside, make sure you have one of these laminate flooring clamps

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=90416

No matter how much you cuss and beat on the planks with a rubber hammer,
there will be those that simply refuse to snap together. This device will
solve that problem.

I am in the process of planning to lay my first laminate floor. I
would like advice on lating a moisture barrier on top of my wood sub
floor prior to installing the laminate floor. I will be laying a
Pergo product with pad attached. I have read that you can lay plastic
sheeting down on the sub floor prior to installation. I would be
interested in your thoughts and suggestions.

Thanks.

The instructions always come with the flooring. Visit your local supply
shop and look at the instructions. Not hard to understand and will be
more reliable than a bunch of opinions from here. The only real hard &
fast rule is not to have multiple moisture barriers as they'll trap
moisture between then and it needs to go somehwere (down).