Here's the deal on the Pergo floor thing.

I recently decided to take on a project at Dina's in the form of some renovation work. Dina had some Pergo floor that she had ordered for one of the spare bedrooms quite some time ago. The kids had finally moved out of that area of the house, so it was time to enjoy a nice new floor. I volunteered to take on the project along with one of her daughters boyfriends who enjoy taking projects on with me. We started by pulling all the carpet and padding out of the room. WOW - what a dust and debris container carpet turns out to be! I would rather have a hard floor in my house any day of the week. It also seems to be perfect flooring for people with electronic gadgets. My computers and other devices seem to create a lot of dust. After removing all of the old carpet and the removal of the base molding we began to lay out the plan on the new floor.

We had to place a moisture barrier between the concrete floor and the new Pergo. This comes from Home Depot in 3 foot wide rolls and is essentially just plastic. We cut strips and overlapped them until the entire surface had been covered. The seems where taped with special tape that resembled the same material as the barrier only with sticky backing. It was time for the wood flooring. I expected the process of actually laying the floor would be much more complicated. You decide the direction and start laying the planks. Everything is interlocked using a proprietary tongue and groove system. When you reach the end of a row, you measure the length need for the last board. Cut to fit! You then start the next row with the leftover piece of the last cut. This helps create a random pattern so that one can not see the seems. Pretty cool. The only other exciting part of the project where some areas that required detailed cut ins form the jigsaw. We completed the entire project in 6 hours. Not bad for our first time.

Well, that was my exciting Thursday. Bye.