Cork Floors
Cork floors are starting to become very popular in the United States and offering a beautiful and unique finish. You can lay cork floors anywhere in your home including in our kitchen and bathroom. When you are considering replacing your current flooring you must think about choosing cork floor.
Cork for flooring is harvested from a cork oak tree. It is a lot different then using hardwood because the tree is not cut down to produce the flooring. The cork from the cork tree is harvested every nine years. One side of the tree is stripped of the cork and this is the cork that is used to manufacture the flooring. In turn the tree is not killed and the forest is unharmed, like new floors. It is a good choice for the environment if you chose cork floors.
Cork trees can live for a couple centuries this is because they are not killed in this cork harvesting process. The process that is used to obtain hardwood floors is one that kills the trees and the new trees need to grow for up to fourty years before becoming mature. Also the cork floors are produced from the waste products from corks from wine bottles, which is not to be confused with old hardwood floors. So the cork is retained in an environmentally way and it has been made form a product that would have been thrown away.
Remember that this doesn’t mean that the cork floors are not attractive because they are some of the most beautiful floors that are made today. There are many options that are available when choosing cork floors. Any color and many patterns to choose from such as cork, hardwood, or marble, and old hardwood floors. The finished product of your cork floors can come in an array of different patterns.
If you decide that you are going to install cork floors you will be doing the environment some good. Your cork floors will also be a conversation topic for many years.
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