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11-12-2013, 04:04 PM
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Location: Cold Springs, NV
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After the first of the year I'm going to tear into my living room, and hallway for new paint and floors. I've chosen to use Pergo XP with a 4 7/8" width. Each piece is 47.625" in length.
Question? Would you stagger joints every 16", or every 12"? 16 creates the same joint every 3rd board, or 12 being every 4th. I'm leaning toward 12 to reduce repetition in the look. Any thoughts?
BTW, FWIW, i've always built my projects like this in my head prior to assembly. If you visualize it first it is much easier to minimize errors.
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11-12-2013, 04:31 PM
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Location: East Side Milwaukee
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Originally Posted by MrWillys
After the first of the year I'm going to tear into my living room, and hallway for new paint and floors. I've chosen to use Pergo XP with a 4 7/8" width. Each piece is 47.625" in length.
Question? Would you stagger joints every 16", or every 12"? 16 creates the same joint every 3rd board, or 12 being every 4th. I'm leaning toward 12 to reduce repetition in the look. Any thoughts?
BTW, FWIW, i've always built my projects like this in my head prior to assembly. If you visualize it first it is much easier to minimize errors.
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I don't have experience with pergo although I have laid 5 floors using traditional hardwood flooring.
I would think if you staggered the joints at such specific intervals it would look weird. Is this a aesthetic question or is there something about Pergo where it needs the joints to be so specific? If the latter, consult a manual and not a message board. |
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11-12-2013, 04:41 PM
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Location: southwestern PA
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Originally Posted by Jesse276
I would think if you staggered the joints at such specific intervals it would look weird.
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Same here.
My hardwood floors have randomly staggered joints. |
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11-12-2013, 06:25 PM
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Location: Knoxville
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What do the Pergo installation instructions say?
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11-12-2013, 07:09 PM
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Location: Spring Hill, Florida
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Count me as another vote for random. I did new flooring in two bedrooms here myself, and had a pro do my living room and dining room. All of them are have random staggering of the joints. It just looks "right" that way, at least to me.
Best of luck.
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11-12-2013, 08:22 PM
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Location: Mount Laurel
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I've always used different length left over to start a new row. This may solve you problem.
Just word of advice. My experience with the pergo brand laminate is that they expand more than the other brands I've used in the pass.
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11-12-2013, 08:50 PM
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Location: God's Gift to Mankind for flying anything
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Originally Posted by MrWillys
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OK, I give up and play dumb.
What is wrong with it ? |
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11-12-2013, 09:43 PM
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Location: On the plateau, TN
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Originally Posted by HWTechGuy
Count me as another vote for random. I did new flooring in two bedrooms here myself, and had a pro do my living room and dining room. All of them are have random staggering of the joints. It just looks "right" that way, at least to me.
Best of luck.
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Thaty's the way I did my tongue & grove floors.....total random....  |
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11-13-2013, 07:40 AM
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Location: Cold Springs, NV
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Originally Posted by irman
OK, I give up and play dumb.
What is wrong with it ?
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First, thanks to all who responded, and clearly random is the consensus. As a Carpenter I cannot do that myself, so let me answer this quoted question, and maybe you'll understand why.
In the video I posted Pergo shows a full board being used as the first piece, and the second row being started with the cutoff of the last piece. in the PDF, Pergo contradicts itself by saying the joint offset should be 1/3 to 1/2 from the first joint, so unless your first cutoff is 24" or greater up to 32" it doesn't work. This layout advice so far from Pergo all pertains to the longitudinal (length) direction of the room, and they never even comment that typically boards are placed parallel to the length of the room.
Now, In the transverse (width) direction Pergo starts with a full width board showing the connection tab being cut off. What happens if the dimension of the room ends up with a 1" piece or smaller at the other side of the room? Too me, that just wouldn't look right.
So, as a Carpenter you are taught equal margins, and to look globally at what you're trying to accomplish. You wouldn't install siding on a house starting with a full sheet, and ending with a 3rd when you could start with 2/3, and end with 2/3 looking more equal.
So, I will equal my margins in the transverse direction, but I'm still tossed with 4 ea 12" offsets, or 3 ea 16" offsets. I would much rather see symmetry than a random pattern, and was hoping someone out there had a similar opinion. |
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