Cork Kitchen Flooring is Environmentally Friendly and a Great Pick For Your Family

September 16th, 2009 by Steve T

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.

Cork kitchen flooring does not come in the wide range of options that some other kitchen flooring materials which is changing quickly because of its growing popularity. It is available in planks as well as tile options to offer a wide enough range of looks and feels to apply to most people and kitchen styles. Naturally cork does not come in many colors but it can go thru a special type of baking process that can give it other colors and styles.

Positives of Cork Flooring:

-Easy on the joint but also strong and durable to impacts

-Absorbs both heat and sound

-Fire and water resistant (water resistance depends on if it properly installed and sealed)

Negatives of Cork Flooring:

-Lacks the number of options as other materials

-Tends to fade in the sunlight

-Most have a pad under anywhere you are going to have heavy appliances sit

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 Flooring or general Kitchen Flooring Choices available for your kitchen check out my website.

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