You can’t turn on any home improvement channel without being confronted with the topic of going green. It’s not a fad; it’s here to stay. If you’re looking for a way to really increase not only the value of your home, but its beauty as well, consider cork tile flooring.
As flooring takes up an enormous amount of space in every home, it’s an easy way to add a lot of “green.”
4 Advantages of Installing Cork Tile Flooring
- Environmentally Friendly: Did you know that no trees are cut down to make cork tile flooring? It’s true. Only the bark of the tree is removed, leaving the tree intact. The bark grows back within 8-10 years, which means it can be harvested again. So each tree provides a replenishable resource, the very foundation of what being eco-friendly is all about.
- Variety of Shades: A natural product, cork comes in the full abundance of colors offered by nature – rich honeys, velvety greens, warm reds, deep chocolates and rich blacks. You’d be hard pressed to find flooring so rich in so many colors.
- Long-Lasting: Cork flooring lasts for years, as long as it is properly installed and well maintained. And, maintenance is simple. All you have to do is apply polyurethane coating.
- Easy to Install: Cork tiles can be installed in a number of ways, eg, it can be glued over existing flooring (wood, concrete, etc.). Or, it can be installed using an interlocking system that doesn’t require any adhesive at all.
An adventurous do-it-yourselfer can tackle it. Or, a professional flooring contractor can do it in no time.
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