pergo floor issue

[copterdoctor]

So we have pergo flooring in our house. there was a "nail hole" or some sort of defect in one piece, in a high traffic area. We found it when we did the walk around b4 closing on the house. The builder has tried filling it with a putty, but it still looked like ****. the corner of this piece is now "pulled up" and peeled a little piece off of the corner. and it is now easier to catch a sock on because it is seems to be pulling up... the laminate is what chipped off, but the whole board seems to be pulled up in the corner...
So my question is, how hard is it to remove a piece of pergo from the middle of a room, and put in a new piece? like i said, it's in a high traffic area (going from the living/dining, into the kitchen)
is it going to be more suseptible to being damaged if it's replaced? or should we just deal with the defect and leave it as is?
gonna attach a few pics, hopefully it explains it better than I can. lol

 

[copterdoctor]

having upload issues with the pics..... so imageshak it is...

By null at 2010-12-27

By null at 2010-12-27

By null at 2010-12-27

 

[copterdoctor]

holy humoungous pics.... at least they show my problem.... lol

 

[930dreamer]

Can you get a replacement plank? We have Pergo in the family room, I have an install video that shows how to do a repair.

 

[TimeWarpF100]

So we have pergo flooring in our house. there was a "nail hole" or some sort of defect in one piece, in a high traffic area. We found it when we did the walk around b4 closing on the house. The builder has tried filling it with a putty, but it still looked like ****. the corner of this piece is now "pulled up" and peeled a little piece off of the corner. and it is now easier to catch a sock on because it is seems to be pulling up... the laminate is what chipped off, but the whole board seems to be pulled up in the corner...
So my question is, how hard is it to remove a piece of pergo from the middle of a room, and put in a new piece? like i said, it's in a high traffic area (going from the living/dining, into the kitchen)
is it going to be more suseptible to being damaged if it's replaced? or should we just deal with the defect and leave it as is?
gonna attach a few pics, hopefully it explains it better than I can. lol

I have installed a bit of Pergo. THat does not look like pergo but a imitation.

Just contact Pergo to see what they say.

I always used the Pergo glue on the joints. Nice job but made it difficult to replace partials. The Pergo held up EXCELLENT unlike other imitation brands tried. I have Armstrong here in my office and its below JUNK in quality.

 

[copterdoctor]

Can you get a replacement plank? We have Pergo in the family room, I have an install video that shows how to do a repair.

yes, we have 2-3 boxes of excess material....

 

[copterdoctor]

I have installed a bit of Pergo. THat does not look like pergo but a imitation.

Just contact Pergo to see what they say.

I always used the Pergo glue on the joints. Nice job but made it difficult to replace partials. The Pergo held up EXCELLENT unlike other imitation brands tried. I have Armstrong here in my office and its below JUNK in quality.

I believe it's pergo brand.... but now I'm not 100% sure... I'll go check...

 

[copterdoctor]

yep... pergo brand

 

[cowboyjosh]

Call the builder, its a warranty issue, and its a kinda, sorta, pain in the *** to fix. I would insist that the damaged boards be replaced, not patched. Its a trick to replace any damaged flooring (hardwood boards, pergo, broken tile) thats in the middle of the floor, and its easy to cause more damaged trying to fix the damage you already have, thats why I'd insist on a builder repair if this is a new home.

Of course the damage has to be in the middle of the floor, never fails, huh?

 

[Traditional hotrodder]

The only "proper" way to replace a piece of laminate is to take up a side of the room until you reach that damaged board. I've made several attempts at removing a board in the middle of the floor with no luck. Even if you could get all 4 edges to be flush with the surrounding boards it would only be a matter of time before an edge gives, there's simply no shear strength without the boards being locked together. I've installed hard surface floor covering for 15 yrs. with laminate being approx. 10% of my work.

 

[Vicegrip]

someone tried to fix a pop up by driving in some brads. This let water under the sealed surface. Get builder to repair or pay to repair. Expect to be able to see repair. I replaced some glue in by cutting the plank out by routing the plank close to the ones to be kept then carefully cut in to the joint. Cut the edges of the replacement section and glued it all in weighting it down during the cure.

 

[ishiboo]

Cut the plank down the middle and remove it, on the new plank you need to cut the BOTTOM of the groove out so it will slip in. This is where the Pergo glue mentioned comes in. Since it's laminate, done right you should not see the repair at all and you do not need to pull up additional pieces.