>However. They have problems with moisture. Also and wood or laminate
>> flooring is going to add weight. So that's a minus for me. I've
>> decided that we should go with vinyl. A wood floor design but not the
>> downside of laminates.
Bit of a followup on my last message about parquet floors. The concern
about weight regarding wood verus other materials is "immaterial". Some
weeks back we had a discussion and various weight of products was shown
and the variance in weight per sq. ft. really makes this a non-issue. If
I recall their was a difference of 60 or 70 lbs between the lightest and
heaviest. I can't dig all this data up but you can check it out
yourself with specs. available from your flooring supplier. Taks a bit
of simple arithmetic but is not a rocket scientist problem.

All the rumors being spread about Pergot and water damage is just that.
No one has yet shown it to be fact and a lot of conclusions are drawn
simply because the material is a laminate. Look at our a/s trailer
floors, they are all the plywood laminate. The same arguements were
made years ago when it came on the market. I think many of our trailer
owners because of inexperience in the use of water due to limitations of
fresh water holding tanks have developed a psycohis (sp) about water and
are convinced that even a little bit of water is distructive..

Roy