Hi Paul, We've been dancing and teaching on our Pergo basement floor for ten years. Pergo's pretty much indestructible under normal conditions in our experience, and very easy to clean. For several years it appeared to be perfectly smooth. The we had a massive storm hit while we were on the road somewhere else, and the basement leaked a little, I'm told. This brought a LOT of moisture up into the Pergo installation, and resulted in it not being mirror-finish anymore - you can see and very slightly feel the seams between the "boards" - but for tango in high heels it still compares very well with a good-quality wood floor. We expect many more happy years of dancing on it.
Good luck with your project, Brian Dunn Dance of the Heart Boulder, CO USA www.danceoftheheart.com "Building a Better World, One Tango at a Time" -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PAUL SATO Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Tango-L] FLOORING: HARDWOOD OR LAMINATE? I'm looking at redoing the floors in the den and spare bedroom for dancing. Any opinions out there on Laminate and/or engineered wood flooring compared to Hardwood? Is the dance experience noticeably different on hardwood vs laminate? Den is in the basement so unless moisture levels are surprisingly low, I'm thinking laminated ("Pergo") flooring, unless dance experience is really much worse... Thanks Paul _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
