'Bang on trend' at the mo and ticks all the enviro boxes. I thinking of laying a floating floor using cork t&g panels with a HDF heart.
I have zero experiences with cork floors - Does it live up to the hype?
Welcome to the 1970s look !
Growing up our morning room ,kitchen and bathrooms had cork tiling !
Always warm to the foot and so my parents used to say a plate won't smash incase it drops on the floor !
40 years later and still in place so durable it is !
Go for it !
My parents had cork tiles in their kitchen in the 70s and that's where it belongs, in the 70s.
Whats wrong with Flotex?
Cork is more sustainable, literally growing on trees. I have it on the radar for our bathrooms once I can get the carpet tiles unstuck from the floor.
Ah, folks have already picked on the 70s. That's where cork floors belong.
i put down those cork floor panels, like cork laminate flooring with mdf centre
been down 6 years, look as good as when fitted, in a shower bathroom, sealed them with satin varnish
We had one when we moved in, it was taken out as part of the 'bathroom debacle', then new cork tiles in a very tasteful grey were laid. Then they all peeled up off the floor. Some investigation was undertaken which involved having the entire bathroom suite sitting in the back garden for a week, downstairs bathroom ceiling caved in and the combi boiler blew up due to reassure loss from a persistent leak caused by a series of nails put through the bathroom radiator feed. Once we'd had a new floor put in, replaced the downstairs ceiling, had the bath out in the back garden again due to a tap feed not being correctly fitted we had Marmoleum laid which in the end we preferred. Since then we've had to have the bathroom electrics replaced including a shaver socket wired so that the earth goes to the correct terminal and the led down lighters wired correctly so that each £70 fitting didn't blow in order over a period of months.
In the final event we think we prefer Marmoleum to cork.
Wife is not convinced as she thinks it will go tatty straight away. I like the look and love the idea of it being a soft floor.
Bedroom makes lots of sense but I'm not sure how well it will handle a hallway.
I'm going to give it a go.
Mum has had it upstairs for about 20 years. Does not really seem to wear, has faded though!
I laid cork tiles onto a concrete bathroom floor in our first flat.
Sealed the floor, good adhesive, and vanished the tiles afterwards. Stayed very nice for a good long time - still good when we sold.
The problems with cork I think are actually with water / dirt getting between the tiles and into the adhesive.
Don't get the pre sealed or self adhesive tiles, let the adhesive go off properly, seal the floor as a oner with a couple of coats of good floor varnish.
Should last well.
My parents' cork floor in the kitchen and hall are still in perfect nick after 45 years.
I'm not sure it dates that bad, really. Warm, easy to clean, quieter than tiles
Thanks all - good ammo.... 🙂
Fitted it in my kitchen which is not square at all and I liked the ease of fit/cutting
Easy to fit, warm underfoot and I like them
Who cares if it was used in the 70s or not
We have it in our dining room and it's fine. Easy to lay, cheap, and like stated it's quite warm. I like it?