Cork Flooring

Ben West

Ben West

rock corps
Joined
Oct 6, 2005
Location
candler nc
anybody here have any opinions on it. i was thinking about putting it in my kitchen area, but have no experiance with it.
i have seen some over 80 years old that was holding up good for its age. just not sure about being in a kitchen.

thanks
 
Funny thing, I was reading in another forum I frequent about home improvement stuff earlier today, and a guy was talking about how his favorite project was installing cork floor in his kitchen. He used the standard 12x12 tile, and said its great. Its held up well, and had no issue when they had to move the fridge to clean behind it.
 
My understanding of cork is that it really requires good sealing and maintenance. Otherwise it will absorb oils and such and stain.
In our house w/ kids, and my lazy ass, the only way to go is tile in the kitchen and a good quality laminate in the main room. Indestructible. But that may not be a problem for you.
We used a cork underlayment and I love it, but that's a totally different product.
 
i have just about tiled in a few times, but dont want the added cost of heating it. i have 5/8" carbonized bamboo on either side of it and like the look of the cork, i think it would compliment it well. hind sight being what it is i should have done that area in the bamboo as well, but it wasnt in the budget at the time. and now that it has been down for a few years i dont think i could match it up.
if i had the money i would put terazzo in there, but i dont.
 
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Thing that turns me off about ceramic tile in the Kitchen is if you drop anything breakable, consider it smashed to pieces before it even hits the floor. Most people are pulling glasses and plates from a high shelf at least once a day in the Kitchen. Plus there's nothing colder on bare feet. I'm all about laminate or hardwood floors in Kitchen though I don't know much about cork. I considered it before going with Sweetgum.
 
6BangBronk said:
Thing that turns me off about ceramic tile in the Kitchen is if you drop anything breakable, consider it smashed to pieces before it even hits the floor. Most people are pulling glasses and plates from a high shelf at least once a day in the Kitchen. Plus there's nothing colder on bare feet. I'm all about laminate or hardwood floors in Kitchen though I don't know much about cork. I considered it before going with Sweetgum.
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My parents have tile floor and granite countertops. My dad said he dropped a plate and it hit the counter and broke, then smashed on the floor. Said it was like powdered glass before it was all said and done. :lol:
 
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