which brand to choose? Sam's Lock'n Seal, Pergo, Armstrong, Vectra, Apex???
Hello, We're getting ready to purchase laminate and about the only thing we've been convinced on is 1) color grain (cuz we have to live with it) and 2) attached underlayment. Now we're shopping. Sam's club has a great deal on the Lock'n Seal, at about $1.50/ sq foot of 9mm, w/ underlayment attached. But is their Lock'n Seal (by Uniboard surfaces), which is warranteed for 25 years a good product that we'll be happy with? Pergo and Armstrong are the 2 big names sold at the local Lowe's store - should we stick w/ the namebrands? And FloorOne.com has an almost unbeatable deal on Vectra Apex. choose a laminate floor????????? Is there a 'consumer reports' for laminate flooring?? thanks in advance, patti We bought the Sams brand w/o additional padding a couple years ago and LOVE it!.. Also bought MoHawk clearence at Lowes w/padded backing for my office and it is also very nice.. I like the fact that it is textured where as Sams brand is smooth. When it came time to due our entryway and dining room we decided to go with the Sams w/padding mainly due to the fact that matched the existing flooring purchased at Sams. Hope that helps This summer I purchased 40 boxes of the laminat flooring from Sam's Club. We were removing the carpet from the first floor and replaced it with the Lock'n Seal product. We are very happy with the way it turned out. The only problem was that I had to make a lot of trickie cuts around the door ways. In doing the cuts I used my table saw which allowed me to make a lot of cuts that I couldnt get with my miter saw. My wife liked the way the first floor turned out she had me pull up the carpet on the second floor and put down the same flooring that we used on the first floor. Good luck with your project. choose the sams club...but before you lay it cut off the bottom of the door jambs..that way the floor runs under the jabs leaving a clean look..lay a piece of the flooring and use a saw laying on top to make sure the clearance you cut is not to much I don't have anything to compair it to as this was my first experience with laminate flooring, but I HIGHLY recommend Lock n' Seal. And you can't get anything any cheaper at this quality. I just installed about 400sqft of Lock n' Seal Premium Sonoma Cherry last week and it looks great. Only problem I've had is finding matching moldings, but on a Google search I found Floorhouse.com and they have every color and transition type (way more than the Sams website) and they're the same price. The install couldn't be easier. No padding to lay down. No glue. They cut great (no splintering). I couldn't be happier with it. I have an 80lb. lab that is doing his best to scratch them and dirty them any way possible and it doesn't even phase it. I suggest Lock n' Seal. But as I said before, I don't have anything to compair it to. Good luck with whatever you choose.
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