If you are thinking about "renovations" have you considered a cork floor for your kitchen?
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If you are thinking about "renovations" have you considered a cork floor for your kitchen? We put one in 18 years ago and I still love it. We went with dark green and yellow cork. It's so nice to stand on. It's like wood but better.
I was worried about water and cleaning, but for the kitchen it was fine. I'm now curious if it could be used in a bathroom (Probably not I think.)
Globus Cork manufactures these tiles right down the street in the south bronx. (not sponsored LOL)
I would love to see an 15 year old cork floor in a bathroom. (To see how it holds up. Not testing this myself, thank you) Globus does seal their cork, and I think this looks best on their colored cork. It's a bit like linoleum in durability, but more natural and less "hospital"
I kind of like linoleum? Why is it so rare in homes?
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I would love to see an 15 year old cork floor in a bathroom. (To see how it holds up. Not testing this myself, thank you) Globus does seal their cork, and I think this looks best on their colored cork. It's a bit like linoleum in durability, but more natural and less "hospital"
I kind of like linoleum? Why is it so rare in homes?
@futurebird it's a little expensive, I have linoleum and I love it.
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I would love to see an 15 year old cork floor in a bathroom. (To see how it holds up. Not testing this myself, thank you) Globus does seal their cork, and I think this looks best on their colored cork. It's a bit like linoleum in durability, but more natural and less "hospital"
I kind of like linoleum? Why is it so rare in homes?
@futurebird some of it used to be made with asbestos, maybe that helped the fashion change? (It isn't now though)
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@futurebird some of it used to be made with asbestos, maybe that helped the fashion change? (It isn't now though)
That was probably it. It's a very sensible material, not too hard, easy to clean, durable, last for a million years...
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@futurebird it's a little expensive, I have linoleum and I love it.
Cork is even more expensive, but not by much. However, when doing a NYC space the expense of materials is worth ignoring. Kitchens are so tiny that it's just not a big deal. Get whatever you want, you are only buying like 2 sq feet. anyway.
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If you are thinking about "renovations" have you considered a cork floor for your kitchen? We put one in 18 years ago and I still love it. We went with dark green and yellow cork. It's so nice to stand on. It's like wood but better.
I was worried about water and cleaning, but for the kitchen it was fine. I'm now curious if it could be used in a bathroom (Probably not I think.)
Globus Cork manufactures these tiles right down the street in the south bronx. (not sponsored LOL)
@futurebird with some radiant heating underneath, that would be amazing.
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@futurebird with some radiant heating underneath, that would be amazing.
Cork stays warm naturally, so I don't think it'd work with heating, or need it?
But in a big coop apartment you don't really have a cold floor problem, The floors are always warm.
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That was probably it. It's a very sensible material, not too hard, easy to clean, durable, last for a million years...
@futurebird my Dad laid floors for a living. Apparently it was nothing but lino for 25 years, and then they've been pulling it up for the last 20.
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If you are thinking about "renovations" have you considered a cork floor for your kitchen? We put one in 18 years ago and I still love it. We went with dark green and yellow cork. It's so nice to stand on. It's like wood but better.
I was worried about water and cleaning, but for the kitchen it was fine. I'm now curious if it could be used in a bathroom (Probably not I think.)
Globus Cork manufactures these tiles right down the street in the south bronx. (not sponsored LOL)
@futurebird Its not porous? It looks porous.
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@futurebird Its not porous? It looks porous.
It has a seal, it's like leather in terms of how porous it is.
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@futurebird my Dad laid floors for a living. Apparently it was nothing but lino for 25 years, and then they've been pulling it up for the last 20.
@keira_reckons @futurebird it was also somewhat cheap and cheap-looking. Modern composite flooring is essentially the same thing, but successfully approximates the feeling and look of varnished wood, instead of sticky white splotches that can't ever seem to get clean after a few years
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@keira_reckons @futurebird it was also somewhat cheap and cheap-looking. Modern composite flooring is essentially the same thing, but successfully approximates the feeling and look of varnished wood, instead of sticky white splotches that can't ever seem to get clean after a few years
I like the splotches. They are honest. I do not like the Not Wood. It is a lie.
