A Brief Digest on Cork Floors

Posted by GeorgeVelvet on July 15th, 2014

If you want to replace your house’s flooring that is full of dents, you can think of installing cork floors. Regardless of how good and expensive you current flooring is, if you are not happy with it and is showing its wear patterns, it may lessen the value or appearance of your property. In that case, it is always suggested to consider set up cork tiles. There are many companies who can assist you in the installation procedure.

What do you understand by cork flooring?

Cork is obtained from cork oak tree’s bark. Cork is harvested when the tree is of twenty five. Since an oak tree lives long, cork is therefore a renewable resource, thereby making it a superb option for all the eco-friendly consumers.

Corks are used for a wide variety of things, including flooring. Having wonderful elements, this can be an ideal option for flooring and also for wine bottles. Thus, you can consider installing cork floors.

How long lasting is cork flooring?

The first thing that comes to mind about cork is of wine corks of various shapes and sizes. As cork used in wine bottles breaks off easily into your wine, you may be wondering how strong a cork is for flooring.

Well, cork is definitely one of the strongest flooring options on the market. Floors made of cork can withstand more usage. Also, they have an excellent resistant power and resilient to any kind of pressure. When you stand on cork tiles, the surface may make an impression. However, the moment the pressure is removed, the floor will regain its actual shape without any impression. Moreover, if you wish to place heavy furniture on them, this can be easily done. Where other flooring type or carpet would leave an impression of the heavy furniture, your cork floor will look will look as good as ever. Additionally, dropping heavy items on floor may cause crack, but with cork floor this is not the case.

Cork has a natural element called suberin. This is a kind of waxy substance, which makes cork impervious to any liquids and also prevents it from rotting if it is exposed to liquids. Therefore, this is one of the other characteristics that make cork flooring the perfect choice for both kitchen and bathroom.

Also, if anything is spilled on cork floor, you will not have to get worried about staining and other damages. All you need to do is wipe the entire thing and the whole mess will be gone within a minute. You cannot get this benefit from carpet or any other hardwood flooring as then you will have to be constantly worried about stain or discoloration.

Can you install this all by yourself?

If you wish to install cork floors all by yourself, you can definitely take this as a weekend project. Making installation easy for innumerable house owners, innumerable manufacturers now produce cork floor tiles with glue-less technology. However, this has a particular methodology and therefore it is better to take a professional’s assistance. 

Want to install cork floors? We offer a variety of cork tiles at affordable prices.