New PERGO® XP™ Provides Double the Wear Resistance, Double the Durability for High-Traffic Homes

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- From high-heeled shoes to dog paws and kitchen spills, your home's flooring faces tough challenges every day. New PERGO XP, from the inventor and most preferred brand of laminate flooring, is specially developed to better withstand the heavy traffic, spills and splashes that everyday life dishes out.

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"PERGO XP quite simply takes residential laminate flooring to a new level," said David Hartman, vice president of sales for Pergo. "Coupling unsurpassed durability with advanced surface protection, PERGO XP is designed to stand up to even the most active homes while maintaining its extreme beauty."

Extreme Performance

Available exclusively at The Home Depot, PERGO XP combines two exclusive PERGO technologies for the ultimate in superior surface protection. PermaMax™ Surface Performance technology provides improved clarity, as well as double the wear resistance and double the durability of ordinary residential laminate floors*, while ScratchGuard Advanced protection boasts over 30 percent greater scratch protection.

Extreme Beauty

There's 25 ultra-realistic PERGO XP decors to complement any room of the home – from multi-hued slates to whitewashed pines and rustic oaks to rich cherries – even exotic Hawaiian Koa.

Extreme Confidence

PERGO XP's 10 mm thick product build-up features a premium, high-density core for greater stability and attached underlayment for easier and faster installation and realistic sound underfoot. In addition, PERGO XP features PERGO Perfectfold™ joint technology – making it an ideal choice for do-it-yourselfers looking for easy installation.

PERGO XP also offers the protection of a limited lifetime residential warranty against wear, fading and stains – meaning that with proper installation and simple maintenance, PERGO XP will stay just as beautiful as the day it was installed.

In fact, PERGO XP provides such superior durability that it's also backed by a five-year light commercial warranty, making it ideal for retail shops, boutiques, small restaurants and businesses, child care centers and more.

"Laminate always has been an ideal choice for homeowners seeking the best in both performance and realistic good looks," explains Hartman. "PERGO Extreme Performance represents a new generation of laminate that takes beauty and durability to a whole new level and delivers the ultimate floor for today's high traffic homes."

For more information about PERGO XP visit www.PergoXPvs.com.

*Compared to standard AC-3 laminate flooring and measured by NALFA/ANSI LF-01-2008

SOURCE Pergo