An Environmentally Friendly Choice Cork Kitchen Flooring is a Great Pick for you Kitchen Remodel
Cork kitchen flooring is a quickly growing trend in kitchen flooring. Made from the bark of the cork oak tree it is incredibly durable as well being environmentally friendly. A cork oak tree can grow in 9-14 years and the bark is removed and used to produce the cork, this process does not harm the tree, and it actually regenerates itself. Cork flooring is also very soft under foot and some people compare it to walking on air, due mainly to the million of air cells inherent to cork.
One downside to cork kitchen flooring is that it does not come in as wide a range of colors and options as some other flooring material but it is growing in popularity so that will change quickly. Available in planks and tile options while cork does not offer the greatest variety it does offer enough to appeal to most people and kitchen styles. Cork does not naturally come in many colors but it can have a special type of baking process applied to it to give it a wider range of options.
Upsides to Cork Flooring:
-Soft under foot while being strong and durable to impact
-Heat and sound absorbent
-Fire and water resistant (water resistance depends on if it properly installed and sealed)
Downsides to Cork Kitchen Flooring:
-Lack of the same variety of options
-Tends to fade in the sunlight
-Special padding is required where you are going to place heavy appliances
Cork flooring has many positive features that it brings to any kitchen remodel and price is one of them. At a starting price of around four dollars per square foot, after installation, and raising from there depending on the color and style that you choose. Considered to be an environmentally friendly option for kitchen flooring it is durable, soft, and resist most types of mold, bugs, and fungus which all combine to make cork kitchen flooring a great choice for your family.
Steven Tikas has dedicated himself and his website to helping to inform and educate as many people as possible about kitchen remodeling pitfalls. For more specific information about Cork Kitchen Floors or general Kitchen Flooring available for your kitchen check out my website.
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