How to Install Pergo Outlast+®

Learn the correct way to easily and securely install Pergo Outlast+ in your home using this helpful step-by-step visual guide.

[kyleknickerbocker]

Thanks for showing how to install pergo outlast + without showing literally how to install one plank lol

[jonmichael]

I have a tip to consider. I've found this product very frustrating to install, constantly having gaps form as I'm installing and doing entire rows over again. I decided to shoot a finish nail in each end of each board of the first row. Every row after that was a piece of cake because the first row didn't budge, so I could tap each additional board in with my rubber block and hammer as much as I wanted without forming any new gaps. No lifting, no sitting on boards, no trying to angle them in awkwardly. If you're concerned about losing the "floating" capability, consider tapping finish nails in with a hammer and leaving a little exposed so you can remove them when finished. It saved me a great deal of time and frustration.

[davelittlefield-ckos]

Just finished installing this product and it came out perfect. I Will say it was challenging at some points, such as fitting under door frames for the closet, but came out great. I removed the stained baseboards, sanded and stained them which cleaned them up like new and avoiding a 1/4 round trim. The planks never just clicked in by hand, I had to tap them with the block to close the seams nice and tight. Well worth the effort. Just need patience when installing this type of flooring. I am happy with it.

[mikehicks]

The video leaves out one minor detail you should know: Installing this flooring would make a nun swear! The first few rows go fine as you do your little spacers and get things good and straight. Then you move you'll move into rows 6 and 7 an amazing thing starts to happen- rows 2 and 3 start to develop little gaps and pull apart. As you continue into rows 8 and 9 you grow hopelessly aggravated trying to keep your once perfect starting rows from looking like uneven barn wood. No matter what process you use the result is the same, room after room after room. The product itself might wear decently and look fine, assuming of course you can manage to get through the installation of it without throwing a hammer through the window or burning it in a bomb fire. Should you decide to give it a go you'd better be prepared to test the limits of your patience. As for me, I'm almost half way through the whole house with it and am 100% positive Pergo was designed more for anger management therapy rather than do-it-yourself flooring. Moral of the rant-There has got to be a more user-friendly floating floor product out there to self install rather than Pergo

[keithdill]

Hey great video, thanks. Going to try installing ours this weekend!

[shannontate]

Is the backer rod & sealant necessary for every application? The installation guide only mentions it when installing in kitchen, bathroom & laundry room

[philiphurban]

Not sure why you didn’t show how to click it together because I tried and it felt like I was going to break it. Almost like v where it won’t go flat to the floor. We need another video to show us that!

[jillxz]

I just read that this product already has an underpayment attached and doesn’t need another. This video showed an underlayment

[MervsServiceSecrets]

Is the silcone perimeter necessary? Seems to me, sealing it that way does keep water from getting under the floor, but it also traps moisture underneath with no escape.

[georgefleszar]

This video leaves out a lot of critical information. 1. Unless the dimension of your room is a perfect match so that uncut boards can be used you're going to need to cut boards to make them fit the length and width of the room. Info on how to best do that would be nice. 2. I'm not a contractor and I know the boards need to be staggered so that the joints don't line up. It would be nice if the video addressed and showed you how to do that. 3. No mention whatsoever of leveling the floor, nor 4. the requirement of a vapor barrier. I thought the video would supplement the instructions. Instead it falls way short. Unless of course the purpose was to tell you to read the instructions in which case is about 2.5 minutes too long.