Pergo Flooring How To Choose the Perfect Floor Looking for laminate or hardwood floors for your home? It's easy to chase your tail when you're trying to decide on a floor. Let's face it, there's a lot to consider about both laminate and hardwood floors. We can help make your flooring decision a little easier by following the steps below. 1.  Consider the floor type you'll want in your home. Pergo laminate floors look and feel just like real wood but offer outstanding durability and strength from an expertly engineered design. Easy to install on all grades Wood, tile & unique looks Variety of styles & colors Richly realistic looks & finishes Pergo hardwood floors offer the beauty of natural wood with the convenience and durability of Pergo. Choose from a variety of styles and widths with engineered hardwood or solid hardwood construction. Up to 5 times more durable than ordinary hardwood floors UltimateShield™ resists everyday dirt and spills

Style and performance to match chaotic lifestyles Real wood with natural knots and graining Pergo Max offers DIY installation and SecureLockTM technology Pergo Lifestyles offers new style options and multi-width planks Pergo American Era offers solid construction and classic style START BY SELECTING A COLOR. Do you want a light floor, a dark floor, or something in between? You'll find there are lots of color options available for both laminate and hardwood floors. Dark floors add drama. Consider a dark floor and a lighter wall for a stunning contrast, or a dark floor and a dark wall for a rich, cozy feeling. Light floors can lighten and brighten a room. To make a small space appear larger, consider a lighter floor and wall color. Do you want the finish texture smooth like a classic floor or finished with a detailed wood grain? A wide variety of textures are available for both hardwood and laminate floors. Pergo floors come in a range of finishes — from matte to satin to gloss — designed to complement the surface texture of the plank.

No matter what surface you choose, you'll find all of our finishes are as durable as they are beautiful. 3.  Learn about Pergo installation, maintenance and warranties.Balinese Cats For Sale Michigan *Wear claim compared to standard AC-3 laminate flooring and measured by NALFA/ANSI LF-01-2011 and/or EN 13329:2006+A1:2008Houses For Sale In Hendon North London 1. Results based on average of 10 random scores for each like product tested and in accordance with principles of the ASTM D 4060. Indoor Water Fountains In MiamiTests conducted on similar products using S-42 abrasive strips affixed to S-32 rubber wheels and changed every 500 cycles and between sample change-overs. Each wheel was loaded with a 500 gram weight (Q4 2013).

It’s an amazing manufacturing process by which four layers are fused together in a single press operation at high heat at over 300˚F using direct-pressure laminate (DPL) construction. DPL is the most typical fusing method used to manufacture residential laminate flooring. Let’s review each of the four layers starting with the bottom layer [labeled “D”]. At the base of every Swiss Krono laminate flooring plank is a bottom balancing layer that keeps the board straight. The backer seals the back of the laminate board so its dimensional stability isn’t compromised in any way, for example by moisture. Some Swiss Krono laminate planks have foam padding added, eliminating the need for an underlayment; underlayment or padding enhances the acoustical quality of the floors when you walk on it. Layer C: HDF core or board The core layer of Swiss Krono laminate flooring is high-density fiberboard (HDF). There is also medium-density fiberboard (MDF), which Swiss Krono does not use in the production of its laminate flooring planks.

Both HDF and MDF are made from softwood fibers that are broken down, combined with a wax and resin binder, and formed into panels using heat and pressure. However, HDF offers superior stability and strength compared with MDF for the production of laminate flooring; it makes a better floor. During the manufacturing process, the HDF core will be milled to absolute, micron-precise tolerances. The edges of each plank will be cut to specific profiles to make them easily and consistently fit together for a snug, reliable installation according to one of four locking systems. The extreme micron-milling precision required for these locking systems panel profiles is only possible with an HDF core. Next comes the decor or decorative-paper layer. The decorative paper is a high quality printed design that gives the laminate plank its distinctive appearance. That appearance can be a realistic reproduction of wood, stone or marble in a multitude of colors and patterns, as well as such non-traditional designs as leaves or grass, artwork or paint splatters.

Layer A: Wear or overlay layer The top laminate flooring layer is the wear or overlay layer. Aside from putting the finishing, lustrous touch on every plank, it serves several important functions that enhance the floor’s durability: You’ll notice a range of finishes (from near matte to high-gloss) in the wear layer depending on the desired style of flooring. 

As you can see, a lot goes into laminate flooring to make it such an ideal floor for wear and affordability as well as beauty. We put all those important elements and more into every plank we make at Swiss Krono. “Laminate has a lot going for it. It’s easy to install. It’s competitively priced, and its visuals are among the most realistic in the industry.” So says Jessica Chevalier, Floor Focus Magazine editor in an article titled “Laminate 2013” in an issue about the laminate-flooring industry. It’s an article we think you will enjoy. Ms. Chevalier did extensive interviews with flooring retailers around the country for her article, asking them about laminate flooring.

The article specifically addresses: Here are highlights we found particularly interesting and worth bringing to your attention: As the Floor Focus article states, “Among the retailers with whom we spoke, the durability of laminate seemed to be the most important selling point. For active households, it is second only to ceramic for durability. It is resistant to scratches, dents and staining. In other words, it’s able to stand up to abuse from both kids and pets.” You can’t beat the realism of high quality laminate flooring! Realism was noted by another trade journal as an important trend. Floor Focus shares this marvelous story: “Booth (a regional sales manager from another laminate flooring company) shares a story from the National Wood Flooring Association show. The flooring in one booth was a mix of hardwood and laminate. Some of the hardwood experts at the show expressed interest in buying the laminate product, not realizing it wasn’t hardwood. So, at the high end, the realism of laminate can be very convincing, even to the expert’s eye.”

A big reason for the jaw-dropping realism of laminate flooring products (especially Swiss Krono’s) has to do with continued technological improvements in printing. Or, as one individual in the article puts it, “Baldwin (a retailer product manager) believes that laminate flooring will continue to dominate in the DIY category, and he predicts that the category’s visuals will continue to improve, ‘Every time we think that the printing reaches its peak,’ he says, ‘it gets even better.’” One dealer interviewed for the Floor Focus article had an interesting observation regarding the advantage that laminate can be installed over an existing floor: “He emphasizes to customers that not having to install a subfloor means that they are investing their money in a product, not in preparing for a product, and that the saved money can be put towards a higher quality floor covering. Says Donohoe, “Many vinyl customers will upgrade to laminate when they find that vinyl may require a subfloor.”