Anyone have cork flooring?

[Mark42]

We are thinking of using cork for the kitchen floor. Either the glue down solid cork tile, or the 12"x36" floating floor style. Both have about the same thickness of cork, usually about .16 to .19 inch thick.

I like the idea that it will be easy on my feet, and I can install it myself, and when sealed it is waterproof.

Anyone have this in their house?

Mark

 

[MikDee]

Re: Anyone have cork flooring?

Just a heads up, Yrs ago I came across baby teak parquet flooring reasonably, and decided to put it in my small foyer,,, I finished it off with hi-gloss poly, It was beautiful, but a big mistake, because, teak is a soft wood, and every imperfection from normal wear, & tear, showed up, even while it still held the gloss finish, needless to say, the gloss enhanced all the little pockmarks Any wood you use will be easier on the feet then ceramic tile, or concrete.

 

[newbie4life]

Re: Anyone have cork flooring?

We are thinking of using cork for the kitchen floor. Either the glue down solid cork tile, or the 12"x36" floating floor style. Both have about the same thickness of cork, usually about .16 to .19 inch thick.

I like the idea that it will be easy on my feet, and I can install it myself, and when sealed it is waterproof.

Anyone have this in their house?

Mark

I installed the floating floor version in a home, I guess it was 2 years ago now.

They absolutely love it. The sound is so nice. It wears very well too. I can't remember for the life of me if it was the heavier or not of the two... but I'm guessing not. I loved the look of it.

 

[PierBridge]

Re: Anyone have cork flooring?

The home I currently live in has the whole upstairs done in cork and its awesome from a look and feel veiwpoint.

I'm guessing Cork is pretty spendy and it appears to me it could/would scrtach pretty easily, mine seems pretty soft and I could see a big gouge or chunk would not be to hard to attain.

Good Luck!

 

[Mark42]

Re: Anyone have cork flooring?

The home I currently live in has the whole upstairs done in cork and its awesome from a look and feel veiwpoint.

I'm guessing Cork is pretty spendy and it appears to me it could/would scrtach pretty easily, mine seems pretty soft and I could see a big gouge or chunk would not be to hard to attain.

Good Luck!

How does handle having chairs and table legs on it? I am wondering what will happen where the kitchen table and chairs are always being dragged around.

 

[jsfinn]

Re: Anyone have cork flooring?

I don't know much about cork flooring other than when I was talking to the guy at a Lumber Liquidators about it, he said it would scratch easily and he wouldn't put it in his house .... keep in mind, that was just one guys opinion who might have been trying to sell a more expensive product. The product is supposed to be very "green" though, and probably insulates the room and dampens sound pretty well.

Unrelated - my folks' house was built in the 60's. Their basement rec room walls are covered in dark cork (...it went really well with the orange, brown, and blue striped carpet they used to have...yiiikes). It was great when we were kids because we would bounce right off of it. It would chip off often, but a little white glue would fix it right up and it was unnoticeable after repair.

Cork floor is much more dense than what they have on the wall (so I don't know if you could cut a piece out and glue a new piece in for repair)...and looks a heck of a lot better too.