Cutting Pergo Max Flooring

This is the ideal tool and can cut perfect 90 degree cuts or any other angle up to 50 degrees for most saws.

Cutting pergo max flooring. Because it is more resistant to moisture and humidity than solid hardwood it can be installed on all levels of the home. Calculate the total square feet of each room. Pergo laminate and locking engineered planks simply click together. We asked my husband s apprentice to assist since he has a love for all things diy related and.

Pergo max is an engineered hardwood that features a supportive core in the center of the floor surrounded by beautifully stained layers of real hardwood. The best way to do this is to cut a 2 foot 0 61 m 60 96 cm length of plank and start the second row with it. He asked me if a hardi board blade might fair better and i didn t have an answer for him. Find the online flooring calculator on the product page of each pergo floor.

No glue no nails no mess. He said he usually uses a standard carbide tipped blade but by the end of the job the blade was shot from cutting the hard laminate. You can use either a sliding model or a non sliding model just make sure the blade is large enough to cut the entire width of the laminate flooring in one pass. A waste factor is the additional amount of flooring you ll need to cover errors cutting waste and future plank replacement in the event of damage.

For uneven walls trace contour on tongue side of plank and cut. This post will be about how to install pergo flooring and my first suggestion is to have at least one other person there to help you. Pergo floors make it easy because. Assemble the first row tongue side toward wall.

Pergo laminate and engineered flooring can be installed on any level of your home. Insert the end tongue into the end groove and rotate downward to assemble. Pergo max premier install instructions site and material preparation a door frame cutting line wallbase casing 1 inch 2 5 cm b. Add 10 waste factor to the total square footage for each room.

Pergo can be installed directly over most hard surface flooring. Some pergo laminate products feature attached underlayment. Stagger the length of the planks in the second and following rows so that none of the planks end at the same place.