nEighter

Lowes has a sale on their Pergo 15% off, and the kind me and muh boy liked is Pergo.. It is the Indian Tigerwood, or KOA.. so I decided to help me get all the other stuff going I would go ahead and purchase enough to do the living room, hallway, and both our rooms. ~500sqft.

I bought just one package today to test it out on the floor. I put em all together (only 7 planks come in a package).. not the way they are supposed to be laid out, but just to get a feel for it and to pick the grain path. Here are the pics:





I am pretty sure this is the way they will go, although I am not sure... maybe I could get help from you guys to help me on direction





What is going to be so damn badass about this install is that I am going to be able to get it right up to the drywall's edge cause there is no trim installed on it right now. Once I have it all laid out I can install the trim and not have to worry bout putting 1/4 trim down don't like the look of that stuff, looks to last minute after thought IMO.

Can't wait!

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Sweet.

nEighter

yep. THat section right there was 50.00. 17.59sqft is in each box, which is laid out right there.. so that right thurr is 50.00 w/tax. I figured around 29 boxes.. If all goes well I will be ready to texture the ceiling by Monday night. We will see, son has his football tournament all weekend long.

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I'm going with the stuff from Sams that's $27 a box for 17.76 square feet and it's 10mm thick with the padding and vapor barrier already backed. Aren't you suppose to leave a 1/4" gap between the wall the edge of the laminate so it won't buckle?

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nEighter

yes you are, but the drywall sits above the laminate by a 1/16"-1/8" or so and really it has 1/2" to expand and contract under the drywall. That is cool, this stuff has a 8mm pad/V.B. on it, and the white floor is Zinsser BIN shellac paint.. it is actually a vapor barrier also. When the walls are done I am actually going to prime them with a Vapor Barrier paint from ICI Paints.





27.00 a box huh! That is a great price Son and I looked at the different types with like 5 or 6 pieces of the slate tile I am laying down and there were like 3 different types/colors of laminate that looked good.. this one, some darker one (which I didn't want at all) and some bleached birch or whatever it was. This was exotic looking and went with the theme I am trying to do for the interior REALLY well So it was this Here is a random picture of it I found:



cute kid

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I love the pergo in our rental home, its so easy to clean, dont have to worry about staining it, we get our own place its getting some

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nEighter

Hell yeah man! Good to hear it

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krly79

Sounds awesome. Can't wait until I get our living walls finished so we can start laying ours.

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slo65

quarter round ftw

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YoungGun

wood > pergo.

our old house had real wooden floors until it flooded.

I'll take pics of our laminate sometime for ya nate.

Chad

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nEighter

I know what you mean man talk about changing the whole appearance in a day!

I am going to be working on the walls tonight, and then tomorrow night, son's team won their game today so if they win in the morning it will be another game tomorrow afternoon also. I tried to find your thread the other day to bump it.. dude take pics and update!!! NOW!!











DO ET!!! Yeah hardwood is the shit, but really this manufactured stuff is awesome too Love the natural feel of wood ya know? I don't know if I will have carpet for a LONG time

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hardwood = $$$$ lol. most homes down here are tile or laminate the only place we have carpets is in the bedrooms.

if you drop something though not much of a chance for it survive the fall and glass goes EVERYWHERE!

problem with hardwood is the necessary sanding sucks, and the moisture effects it down here in the souf.

other than that like you said it feels better.

I'll take some pics here waiting for the batts to charge.

Chad

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cool. Having problems with my camera.. nothing short of beating it on something will get it to turn on. It's control buttons got mushed in and I took it apart and bandaided it.. so I can't expect much, it is lasting longer than it really should have after the mushing.

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carpet > hardwood > laminate > tile. i FUCKING HATE TILE!!!!!!



H-A-T-E TILE, fuck that shit!!!!! never... ever, EVAR in any house other than on the walls in my shower if i had my way.

but i just ghetto shampooed our carpet came out pretty good compaired to how it did look.

i just LOVE the cushieness and soft feel carpet gives over and hard surface...

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Yeah, I need to work on it some more. I have 5 seems on the ceiling to finish and four on the walls to finish, then sand, then paint, then lay the floor...in the whole house. I just have too many projects like my S10, my supra, my Mustang clutch. It just all piles up.

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nEighter

stop right there!!!!!!!! Enough said


T -minus 4.5 days till I pick up muh flooring

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So's I go get muh laminate today and somehow lost the quote.. no probs cause the manayer there is who hooked me up with the price. Okay.. have em pull it (28boxes) ~480sqft.. and the dude was like no probs I will hoook you up cause I was there when manayer was there.. and I small get a ton of shit from them..

So I go get a couple other things and was ready to plunk down 1400.00bigones and then dude was like uh... how much did they quote you? I was like $1183.00. He was like well best I could do is $1800.00 for just the lam.

Okay I won't get it now then... as I say I will be back in the morning and talk to manayer then.

Fuck. I have EVERYTHING except that damn piece of paper I guess the manager did an "off the grid double super secret" quote for me so there is no record = me.

S

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nEighter

WOOT!!!!!! MotherBRCHS!!

found it and it is $1144.07!!! HUUUUUUUGGGGHH!!! $1800.00 >

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krly79

Sweet! Stick it to 'um

Side note: I worked on my drywall today and am going to update my thread as soon as I can find it.

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nEighter

LOL yeah man!.. ugh.. I gots alot of work to do here.

On a side note, when I redo the kitchen I am putting a "winecooler" into the cabinet system, only I am more than likely going to get/put in the big special brew beers.. and maybe a bottle or two for the ladies when they come over

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Kickass man.

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nEighter

yeah dude! nothing like a hole in the wall disappearing before your eyes!

these threads will disappear with all the punntang threads I will start once complete.. all the chicks I will have over

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got em. Oh one thing I did find out.. that the company sometimes puts say 6 in instead of 7. So you ever get this stuff make sure the right number of planks are in the package.

Oh and scored a badass Larson storm door for $100.00 when it goes for $350.00

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on the storm door. So have you layed it yet?