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Cork Floor in the Kitchen

Beyond the Bottle Stopper

Through today’s technology, cork is enjoying its “Second Renaissance” as a flooring material. Yet the old myths, born mostly out of the ‘70s, still abound: Never use cork in the kitchen. This mantra, most common among long-time contractors, is no longer applicable.

Through industry innovations, such as High Density Fibreboards (HDF), water-based polyurethane and “Factory Finishes” cork is now well on its way to becoming a routine flooring material.

Unlike laminate floors, cork floating flooring can be laid in a kitchen; thus removing the need to settle for linoleum or ceramic tiles for your kitchen. Cork flooring planks and click-together systems utilize the strength and durability of High Density Fibreboard (HDF) to construct the flooring system. HDF has an absorption rate of roughly 5-7% and expands/contracts in all six directions. This makes the HDF the ideal construction partner for cork.

Whether cork tiles – squares or rectangles constructed out of 100% cork – or cork floating flooring, it is always wise to seal a cork floor when it is being used in a “wet” room such as a kitchen. The polyurethane varnish acts as a seal along the floor’s seams; protecting the subfloor (or the HDF layer if it is a floating floor) from moisture damage.

Cork flooring products now come in dozens of factory finishes and are ready to install. Cork Flooring, or floating flooring, is now to the same industry standards as laminate flooring; even utilizing the same patented “click-together” systems as laminate floors.

Cork is a natural fit in the kitchen. At time where Super-bugs and dangerous viruses are being discovered at an alarming rate, cork’s natural anti-microbial properties come as a welcome “bonus”. It is water proof. Its ability to prevent evaporation and spoilage has been used by vintners for centuries.

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