Has anyone either glued down their pergo floor or heard about it? I heard that you can't do it anymore and we are very interested in doing it. Thanks for any help!!
2006-11-30 11:51:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
You can NOT glue a laminate floor down to the subfloor. If you do and the temperature changes just a few degrees it will tear its self apart. The old laminate could be glued together, but never glued down.
2006-11-30 14:48:26 · answer #1 · answered by rlbendele1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do not say what the sub floor is, but I would never put ceramic tile over a Pergo-type floor, as this is asking for trouble. If the subfloor is plywood or some other wood base, what I would do would be to lay down a cement board underlayment, such as Durock, as a base for the ceramic, installing it as per manufacturer's specs, and then tile over that. You are likely to have troubles with the tile in a few years if it is set over Pergo. All you need is a few spots where the Pergo is not down as tight as you think, giving some up and down movement, and you could end up with a lot of cracked and broken ceramic tiles. The best bet, though, is to scrape up all the Pergo tiles and then set down the cement board as an underlayment. If you keep laying floors on top of floors eventually your head will be hitting the ceiling and the doors won't open. If you have to keep cutting off more and more off the bottom of the door in order to clear the successive layers of flooring, when the bottom of the door gets up to the door knob it is time to re-think your position. Every extra layer of flooring is an increased chance of up and down movement, something you certainly do not want with ceramic tile.
2016-05-23 06:20:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pergo and other laminate hard wood flooring is floated on top of a thin cushion/vapor barier.
If you want to glue down you will need to updrade to at least engineered wood if not real wood.
Glueing is expensive and messy, why do want to do this. The glue normally costs $1 per square foot.
2006-11-30 11:54:44 · answer #3 · answered by yesmynameismud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You had to glue the old stuff but now it is a floating floor on an underlayment pad. I would guess you could still glue it down - you actually do glue it when you're doing stairs.
Just putting it down as a floating floor may be easier.
2006-11-30 11:55:23 · answer #4 · answered by Obsean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got a couple friends who have laminate; one put their own down, one had it done. No, you don't glue it down anymore... that made a mess and glue seeped out... Now they put a thin sheet of styro down, then the pieces snap-lock together. They are very sturdy and won't work loose. Don't try using glue! You dont' need it!
2006-11-30 11:56:23 · answer #5 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that floor is not supose to be glued it just floats as they call it.
2006-11-30 12:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by roy40372 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋