I'm looking for a good price on laminate flooring, I prefer Pergo, but another brand is fine so long as it's decent. Anyone know of a good place to buy other than Lumber Liquidators (I don't know anything about the brands I see on their site), Lowe's or Home Depot in the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area? Also, what brands would you recommend other than Pergo? This will be a DIY project. I appreciate any help or advice on where or what to buy.

Edited March 7, 201412 yr by Run To State

Which product type you choose is based on where it's going in your home.

 

For example: the new vinyl floor planks are much better for a basement application then a laminate would be.

 

What are we doing?

builddirect.com

 

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empiretoday.com

 

Are places I or friends have done business with.

Which product type you choose is based on where it's going in your home.

 

For example: the new vinyl floor planks are much better for a basement application then a laminate would be.

 

What are we doing?

It will be a dining room continuing on into the kitchen. Any brands other than Pergo you recommend? I appreciate your help!

I put down the Home Depot brand, Allure Flooring, in my kitchen/dining room when I bought my house....Insanely easy to install, and quite a bit cheaper than Pergo. So far we've had no issues. It also comes with a 25 year warranty, so if anything were to ever happen, it's covered.

I'm looking for a good price on laminate flooring, I prefer Pergo, but another brand is fine so long as it's decent. Anyone know of a good place to buy other than Lumber Liquidators (I don't know anything about the brands I see on their site), Lowe's or Home Depot in the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area? Also, what brands would you recommend other than Pergo? This will be a DIY project. I appreciate any help or advice on where or what to buy.

 

I just put the LL Kensington Manor laminate in my basement. I've had it in the kids' playroom down there for over a month now. I have a large stack in my dining room to put in the other half. I love the look of it, and it seems like a good quality product. I researched prior to buying, and you really can't go wrong with the LL products and price.

I put down the Home Depot brand, Allure Flooring, in my kitchen/dining room when I bought my house....Insanely easy to install, and quite a bit cheaper than Pergo. So far we've had no issues. It also comes with a 25 year warranty, so if anything were to ever happen, it's covered.

 

I agree, save the money and buy the home depot brand. I put it down in my previous home with no issues and my current home with no issues. It looks just as good and it has survived alot o traffic between our kids and dog without any wear issues.

Which product type you choose is based on where it's going in your home.

 

For example: the new vinyl floor planks are much better for a basement application then a laminate would be.

 

What are we doing?

 

I have vinyl planking in 2 of my bedrooms. Had to with Dad in his last years. Most people can't tell it's vinyl and it's extremely easy to keep clean. I'm going to do the office and the other bedroom in it, too. No carpeting after that.

 

RTS, my sister has laminate in her kitchen. Dishwasher slow leaked, got between the laminate and the moisture barrier. Nobody knew of the leak until the laminate started bubbling up. The whole kitchen floor had to be replaced. Oddly enough she put laminate back down.

 

Bug, my niece, though practically a genius, is an absolute slob. Sis has found places where Bug let an ice cube(s) melt and the laminate has bubbled. Just sayin'.

I think I would go vinyl plank in a kitchen.

 

Armstrong and Vesdura are good products.

Great info, guys! So appreciated!

 

I guess I could go vinyl in the kitchen and laminate in the dinning room (although I really wanted a continuous floor from one room to the next), not sure I'd want vinyl in the dinning room since it's a dinning room/family room.

Question, how does the vinyl hold up with weight like that of a refrigerator? What about dropping things like knives and such?

Great info, guys! So appreciated!

 

I guess I could go vinyl in the kitchen and laminate in the dinning room (although I really wanted a continuous floor from one room to the next), not sure I'd want vinyl in the dinning room since it's a dinning room/family room.

Question, how does the vinyl hold up with weight like that of a refrigerator? What about dropping things like knives and such?

 

I would go with the same flooring in both rooms. Aesthetically, it's going to look better, and it's going to help on resale. The vinyl plank will handle the weight of a fridge just fine. A knife dropped point down has a chance to put a cut in it. If you really want the hardwood look with good durability that can handle the dropped pots and pans, I would consider a strand bamboo. Whenever the time comes, that is what I'm going to replace my entire first floor with. I took various laminate, hardwood, engineered, bamboo, and strand bamboo floor samples from various locations last year and took a key to all of them. It tore every hardwood, engineered, and bamboo sample up. The laminate showed signs of the key marks. The strand bamboo, you could barely tell where I took the key to it. I was very impressed as I have 2 dogs and 3 kids, so I need the durability.

I just put the LL Kensington Manor laminate in my basement. I've had it in the kids' playroom down there for over a month now. I have a large stack in my dining room to put in the other half. I love the look of it, and it seems like a good quality product. I researched prior to buying, and you really can't go wrong with the LL products and price.

 

Just wanted to note that I used DMX 1-step as an underlayment in the basement. It's a dimpled underlayment that keeps the moisture away from any flooring you lay, including the ability to put a subfloor overtop to lay carpet.

Thank, nees1212! How would it do if it got wet, like the situation swamprat eluded to? Also, are there different types of strand bamboo? I see Strand Bamboo, Strand Woven Bamboo, Strand Carbonized Bamboo and Ultra-Strand Bamboo. I'm so confused. :lol2:

Go take a look at some of the vinyl planks. The good stuff looks better than laminate IMO

Here is one of the bedrooms with vinyl planking.