We have Pergo in one room (done by a professional installer) about a year
ago and it came out great so we thought we would try our hand at laying
laminate.

We selected a 55 sq foot office for trial since if we messed it up it would
not really matter. There are two doors in the office, one to enter from the
hall and then one on the right hand side once you enter.

We laid it starting at the left wall and it went pretty fast up to within
one board of the right wall. On that wall is a door that enters a bedroom.
We eventually want to run the laminate through the door so we did not want
to cut a piece and then cover it with a threshold.

So, we cut the last piece such that it had a protrusion that fit into the
door entry way. Well there was no way for us to connect it to the previous
piece because it must be lifted and pressed downward and the door way
prevented that.

What are we doing wrong? Should we have started at the doorway and worked
our way to the left wall?


Also, we bought the 7 mm stuff and we have already chipped top layer in
about 7 different spots. Do not recall having the problem with the pergo.
Any thoughts?



Thanks in advance,

James