Pergo now makes an engineered hardwood floor that Lowe’s carries. Like most engineered floors, it’s multi-layered (five layers). My wife LOVES the caramel color and it’s reasonably priced ($3.50 a square foot). Does anyone know if this can be sanded once? I’ve logged an inquiry with Pergo—I’ll tell you what they say, but am curious if anyone has worked with it.
Note, this is not the laminate stuff—looks like other 5/16 engineered brands.
Thanks!
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Sanded? No. Scuffed? Yes.
I'm not sure if scuffed is the right term but it's basically just the process of taking off the top layer of finish and then reapplying a new layer. That can be done once.
I'll second what the last poster said. My floor finisher will scuff or "screen" those floors if I ask very nicely and don't hold him responsible for the results. He will not sand them unless the homeowner signs a waiver. The reason he gives is that because they are a floating floor, there is movement in the floor when the sander goes over it. Unlike a traditional floor that is nailed down and does not flex when walked on. Anyway, the floor flexes and the sander cannot sand evenly across the floor. It makes his work look bad so he doesn't do it.
Thanks for the advice. One thing, however. The Pergo Hardwood (according to the installation instructions) can be stapled, glued (down) or floated. So if it's stapled, that's not a floating floor, right?
Scuffed--do you mean "screened"?
Both stapled and glued are in the not-floating catagory.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
How thick is the finish layer of the wood?
I'm guessing a little better then a 1/16" of an inch?
I laid a similiar floor in my grandparents house, it was Bruce product, 5/16" and I stapled it do the subfloor. The finish layer was roughly a fat 1/16", Bruce claimed it could be sanded once, personaly I'd like to see that.
I personally didn't like the product but I wasn't the one buying the material either.
"Bruce claimed it could be sanded once, personaly I'd like to see that."What nobody tells you is the condition of the subfloor. If it's not flat or within tolerances, even a thicker veneer cannot be completely refinished as many times as they claim.
I never thought of that, though with a prefinished floor the subfloor pretty much has to be dead nuts doesn't it? , not that I haven't seen a fair share of not so flat floors..
I made sure there floor was dead flat before laying any of the finished floor, I had a bad feeling that any variation would cause lippage which in return would equal the wood chipping and cracking exposing the not so pretty parts of the planks.
The problem with trying to "fix" the finish on any engineered flooring is applying a new finish. The stuff they use in the factory is way tougher than polyurethane and is applied under controlled conditions that you aren't going to match in a house.
I had a job where the customer wanted a lighter finish on previous installed Bruce flooring. There are only two outfits that sand and refinish in this area. Neither one would do this job. Both said the same thing, Bruce flooring cannot be sanded and refinished to a first class job. Both had attempted too in the past.As a result the floor was left as is, the condition was fine, the color is all they were concerned about.
mike