I will soon be installing a Wilsonart floating floor in my kitchen, so I'll
have some first hand experience. So far as the joints are concerned, the
modern machining is amazingly good! Of course it helps to have a uniform,
stable product to machine in the first place. Modern heavy duty woodworking
machines (not your typical cabinet shop table saw or shaper) are very very
stable and accurate.
My discussions with installers is that the joints are so straight and even
that the panels go together very well. A major trick is to evenly apply the
proper amount of glue to the edge so that the joint will come tight, yet not
be "starved" of glue. Flooring wholesalers also carry band clamps to pull
the panels together while the glue sets.
Formica even has an installation video.
Oliver Filippi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Weeks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of VACList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 11:25 AM
Subject: [VAC] Re: Pergo vs Wilsonart and Formica
> Thanks, Oliver. As a former buiding editor, I agree with you about the
> substrate qualities. Problem is, those mfrs don't yet offer a glueless,
> snap-together t&g joint, and my info tells me that amateurs like
myself--and
> even the pros, according to a couple of installers I interviewed for a
story
> on the subject--get tighter, more uniform joints with the glueless, and
that
> failed joints and glue haze are pretty much eliminated. Pergo presto
> glueless has a rubbery seal in the T&G that is said to seal pretty
well--and
> seems to, so far, in my limited experience.
>
> Dan
>
> > From: "Carol and Oliver Filippi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 07:54:07 -0700
> > To: Multiple recipients of VACList <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [VAC] Re: Pergo vs Wilsonart and Formica
> >
> > Suggest you look at Wilsonart and Formica brands of "laminate style"
> > floating floors.
> >
> > As a cabinetmaker, I can tell you that the substrate under the laminate
> > surface is important. The Wilsonart and Formica products have a
superior
> > substrate to Pergo.
> >
> > Pergo uses a particleboard material with a so so glue (binder).
> >
> > Formica and Wilsonart use a finer grain, higher density material with a
more
> > water resistant glue. Pergo will wick water and swell up more readily
than
> > the Formica or Wilsonart. Obviously, you aren't going to flood the
floor
> > with water, but a trailer might have greater exposure to dampness than a
> > normal fixed dwelling.
> >
> > It goes without saying that it is very important to get a good glue
joint
> > between the panels so that water cannot seep in from the top when
washing or
> > mopping the floor.
> >
> > Oliver Filippi
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Weeks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Multiple recipients of VACList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 5:05 AM
> > Subject: [VAC] Re: Pergo
> >
> >
> >> Will do, Jim!
> >>
> >> Dan
> >>
> >>> From: "Jim Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:46:36 -0400
> >>> To: Multiple recipients of VACList <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> Subject: [VAC] Re: Pergo
> >>>
> >>> Dan and Jeff, please keep me in the loop on the Pergo Presto
> > installation. I'm
> >>> headed thay way when I get to the floor.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Jim Greene
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: Jeff Griffin
> >>> To: Multiple recipients of VACList
> >>> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:20
> >>> Subject: [VAC] Re: Pergo
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dan:
> >>>
> >>> Please keep me posted on your progress. My wife and I just purchased
all
> > the
> >>> necessary materials and tools required to lay the Pergo Presto in our
> > 1968
> >>> Caravel. Any pointers you could give (in addition to those in your
> > previous
> >>> e-mail) would be greatly appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> Jeff
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> From: Dan Weeks
> >>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>> To: Multiple recipients of VACList
> >>>> Subject: [VAC] Re: Pergo
> >>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:00:44 -0500
> >>>>
> >>>> Charles: Having just put down pergo in my house, I love it and am
about
> > to
> >>>> do the same in my trailer. Have a couple of thoughts: first, make
sure
> >>>> you've sealed all leaks before you install the stuff, as it won't
> > tolerate
> >>>> moisture. And use the installation method recommended for
> > moisture-prone
> >>>> areas, which involves caulking the expansion space around the floor's
> > edge.
> >>>> 3Second, I've done quite a bit of research on Pergo-like stuff, and
> > applied
> >>>> Pergo Presto, currently only available through HOme Depot, in my
> > kitchen.
> >>>> This stuff snaps together and requires no glue around the edges of
the
> >>>> boards as does traditional pergo. My information says that seams are
> > tighter
> >>>> and thus more resistent to surface water than glued seams, problems
> > with
> >>>> joint failure and glue haze on the floor surface are eliminated, and
> > that
> >>>> the installation is easier. My installation was VERY easy, and the
> > result
> >>>> looks great and is the easiest floor I've ever had to keep clean.
Lets
> > stay
> >>>> in touch with one another on our flooring progress, and share
> >>>> trailer-installation related tips.
> >>>>
> >>>> Dan
> >>>> 75 Argosy 26
> >>>>
> >>>>> From: "Charles Willson"
> >>>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 16:48:43 -0700
> >>>>> To: Multiple recipients of VACList
> >>>>> Subject: [VAC] Source Wanted for Cabinet and Floor Plastic/Vinyl
Edge
> >>>>> Moldings
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am getting ready to rip up an old glued down carpet from my 64
> >>>>> Globetrotter. I intend to replace it with Pergo laminate/fake wood
> > flooring.
> >>>>> The current edge molding where the cabinets and wall meet the floor
is
> >>>>> pretty distressed. Does anyone have a source for this 3/4" wide
> >>>>> plastic/vinyl stripping? The cabinets also appear to have a 1/4"
> > plastic
> >>>>> molding strip where they meet the curved wall.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Charles
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ------------------------
> >>>>> Charles Willson
> >>>>> 1964 Globetrotter
> >>>>> Santa Cruz - California
> >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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