How To Install Pergo Flooring On Wood Subfloor

Underlayment is a thin foam layer that goes between your subfloor and your new floor.

How to install pergo flooring on wood subfloor.

Begin the first row of flooring by placing the planks with the tongue side facing the wall. To install pergo flooring start by covering the floor with with vapor barrier sheets all the way to the walls and taping any seams. Pergo hardwood must be installed above grade. You ll need to know how to level a floor.

Thoroughly vacuum the existing floor and use a long floor leveler and tape measure to ensure the subfloor is level within 3 16 inch for every 10 feet. Although no home has perfectly level floors pergo requires that the subfloor not slope more than 1 inch every 6 feet. Only a few diy tools are needed to install pergo. When you come to the end of the first row cut the length of plank needed to complete the row.

Then starting in the far corner of the room lay the first tile down against the wall removing the tongue so it s flush with the wall. Just sand any high spots and fill the low spots with leveling compound. Essentially underlayment acts as a cushion between subfloor and floor. No previous installation experience needed.

Pergo floors can be walked on as soon as they re installed. After removing your original floor you ll lay the underlayment on top of the subfloor and then install your new floors over it.