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direction of laying laminate flooring

16 years ago

I have mixed information as to the direction in which to lay the laminate flooring. When you walk into our home the laminate planks are vertical--as you continue straight through a short hallway it leads into the breakfast area--to the left is the family room with the fireplace at the center wall--to the right is the kitchen and through another threshhold is the dining room--i had a flooring guy come and do an estimate and he said they put the pergo in the wrong way--it should have been laid horizontally instead so that the planks go from the family room to the dining room (think of a bowling alley)--and then another flooring guy came out and said it can go either way--is there a right way or a wrong way?

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