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Pergo Flooring Gives Off Warm Feel of Hardwood Without The Expense
by GrantS on Jan.29, 2009, under Home Improvement
Pergo flooring provides a wide range of laminate flooring, with a focus on providing the warm feel of hardwood. With Pergo flooring, homeowners can rest assured with a floor that will both look great and last years. Laminate flooring takes very little upkeep, and will stay looking great for decades. The latest Pergo flooring reproduces the graining, knotting, texture, and color of genuine hardwood. Visitors will be hard pressed to know the difference between Pergo flooring and real hardwood or tile.
In addition to its wonderful appeal and enduring aesthetics, laminate flooring is incredibly simple to lay down. With its interlocking tiles, Pergo flooring can be installed without professional help. The tiles are manufactured with a tongue and groove system that allows the tiles to interlock without glue or other industrial adhesives. Provided a home installer has a tile cutting tool, installation should take very little effort. Interlocking Pergo flooring is also friendlier to the environment, as it requires no toxic adhesives, without any of the harmful chemical adhesives that other floors possess.
Home installation is easy enough for almost anyone to do, and can save thousands of dollars in professional installation fees. Pergo flooring is safer and healthier without the adhesives seen in many other types of flooring. Once a Pergo floor is installed, it should last for several years. Worn out and damaged tiles can be individually removed and replaced. Laminate flooring will not suffer in the same way from water damage and abrasion as hardwood. A hardwood will bow and bend over time when exposed to water. Cupping and crowning results from extended moisture exposure. This moisture can come potentially from spills and from water wicking up from the subfloor.
Pergo flooring is superior to carpet as well, offering both comfort and reliability that the former cannot. Carpet can soak up water and stains, making it difficult to keep clean. Over time, carpet can end up absorbing odors that stick around. Laminate flooring will not absorb any of these same smells, remaining in great condition for many years. Carpet, by contrast, will gradually become torn and dingy. The only means of repairing a carpet that has become frayed or worn is to eventually replace it, costing potentially hundreds of dollars for the consumer.