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    Posted: March/11/2007 at 4:43pm
Okay so here is a question, my husband and I put laminate flooring down in the kitchen. I had heard it's suppose to be really durable and pretty decent. The question is has anyone elso bought this stuff and had a problem with the floor chipping or scraping easily? It's kind of a waste to lay this and have to turn around and repair or replace it because it didn't hold up. I'm not happy with our flooring for just this reason. In a lower traffic area there are chunks(not huge chunks, but chunks just the same) out of the flooring for what seems to be no reason at all. Strange.
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is this a pergo floor? if so, i myself don't think pergo is all that it's supposed to be, and have seen it dent, chip, and crack easily. for the price, i'd rather get a natural wood. at least you can re-finish wood.
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ya, we might have to look into that. I just don't know if the cheaper stuff will hold up with 3 kids and a dog. We want to do the living room. Carpet is just not sanitary in my opinion. You can clean it but you never get all the dirt out.
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Have you tried to fill in those cracks and dents with anything? Obviously that tile is going to need a hard surface to stick to - what kind of floor is it at the base? Concrete? Squirt some mortar repair stuff in there. Even using a little cut of tile to make the crack even with the rest of the floor is preferable to just laying it down.

I hope I'm not stating anything too obvious.
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