Does anyone have any experience installing cork floors? Did you like them? I want to put cork in my bathroom but I don't know if it's a meme or not.
Does anyone have any experience installing cork floors? Did you like them?
Does anyone have any experience installing cork floors? Did you like them? I want to put cork in my bathroom but I don't know if it's a meme or not.
I've heard of people doing this but cork on the floor just sounds nasty. If you get a tear or cut anywhere it'll probably flake and crumb like a b***h. Your idea somehow makes it sound even worse, the feeling of wet cork on your feet is a repulsive thought.
I have a cork floor in my kitchen and entry hallway.
I didn't install it - it was here when I bought the house a couple years ago.
It's fine.
I don't love the look, but it's comfortable underfoot - softer than something like tile.
>If you get a tear or cut anywhere it'll probably flake and crumb like a b***h.
I haven't had this problem
>the feeling of wet cork on your feet is a repulsive thought.
It's sealed like a wood floor would be. It's not absorbant...
>I have a cork floor
How do you clean it?
Cork is naturally water resistant. The water literally just sits on top of it, but you have to seal it with poly so it doesn't stain.
I had a friend who had a very young dog piss on his cork floor, that room smelled repulsive and the smell never went away. why not just use wood?
I've heard the same about hardwood too. The problem is probably improper sealing.
>Don't like the look of it
This is my biggest problem. It can look really good or really bad, but I tend to like it and I like in the Southwest and think it fits in with the local aesthetic. I'm worried that when the time comes to sell the house, potential buyers will absolutely hate it. Everyone seems to have and like that neutral grey vinyl plank.
>Everyone seems to have and like that neutral grey vinyl plank.
Everyone is wrong.
No one likes it, but it's N E U T R A L so people selling houses put that in to cover the totally destroyed old floor. Anyone who actually picks it has an npc brain and is just following what they think is fancy(because they saw it in the fancy houses for sale near them)
Never installed it or heard of it before but I'd turn away a customer if they requested it. Looks like exposed OSB
I had cork floors in my parents house growing up and I liked it.
It's sealed, so it doesn't flake away like people in this thread are thinking it will.
>is it a meme
Yes. Well yes for a bathroom.
For bathrooms always use stone, tile, or vinyl because wetness, piss etc. Youll always want to be able to use harsh chemicals and aggressive scrubbing and cork wont allow for this
I thought this trend/fad/meme was already played out years ago.
>years ago
I haven't seen this in actual use since the early-eighties.
make sure it's natural cork and not gassing of any chemicals