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The old laminate in that 90s house finally gave out on me
Honestly, it was a 1998 install in a split-level over in Bothell. The locking system just crumbled when I pulled the first board, like dry leaves. Tbh I had to cut out a whole 8x10 section because the tongues were dust. Ended up floating a new vinyl plank right over the subfloor after scraping for two hours. Anyone else run into that era of laminate just disintegrating?
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wren7286mo ago
My buddy had that same "crumbled like dry leaves" thing happen in his '96 rambler.
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masons276mo ago
Yeah, read a whole thread on a DIY forum about that exact problem. They called it "brown lock" failure from that time period. The plastic just gets brittle and falls apart.
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