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Lowe's has awesome Pergo's that look real. Ours look like actual cherry or something along that line. It's based on Malaysian Kempas. The underlayment was attached, and we just had to lay the plastic vapor barrier on top of the jibcrete. Which, by the way, is the stupidest word ever... "jibcrete". Ugh! The first row took almost 16 hours because we (Ha... "HE") had to do a doorjamb, hallway, and stairwell transition within five feet of the first wall. AFter that, until the last row, it only took us 12 hours (both of us) to do a 12.5' x 26' room. I laid 300 square feet by myself while he cut the boards for the ends. All in all, it was pretty dang easy and the underlayment that is attatched is really quiet. i just wouldn't recommend the skinny (3 5/8" ? ) boards as it took 33 boxes of Pergo. We did the whole thing including buying a saw, transition pieces and the quarter-round to finish the room for around $1200. And we got the expensive Pergo. LOVE it. I've dragged stuff across it that scratched the tile in the kitchen, but not the laminate. Yes, it was an accident. No, I didn't know it was scratching, and yes, I was in big trouble, buster.

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