Cork Floating Flooring: DIY Installation
Cork floors have become increasingly more popular of late for several reasons.
They look very good and they have excellent insulating properties, which help
keep the temperature in the home well regulated. Moreover, their cushioning
properties act as a shock absorber, providing a yielding surface to walk on that is
not detrimental to the knees and other joints.
In addition to its long list of benefits, cork floor is also environmentally friendly,
which can be a huge influencing factor with more and more people everywhere.
Today, everybody is looking for ways in which they can use environmentally
friendly products and cork definitely belongs to this category. It is made using only
the bark of the tree after which the tree is left alone for about nine years to regrow
its bark. This bark harvesting is done very carefully and with as little damage as
possible to the tree.
If you are a kind of DIY person and you would like to install your cork floor on
your own, you are in luck. These types of flooring are very easy to install. What
you need to do at first is to get cork floating flooring. You will see that these are
quite distinctive in that they are manufactured with a groove and ridge system that
allow the tiles to be interlocked with each other. This makes them easier to install
as the alignment comes automatically and you do not have to spend a lot of time
on that. Instead, you just have match the tongue and groove together and click into
place. They align automatically. Moreover, you do not even have to use any kind
of adhesive to glue them to the sub floor.
So without any further ado, here’s how you can install cork floating flooring on
your own.
The tools needed are:
Chisel
Carpenter wood glue
Measure tape
Saw
Wedges
Crowbar
Wooden battens
Ruler
First you will need to take measurements of the floor area. As with any project of
this type, it is important to take accurate measurements. Don’t just measure more
or less or you could get it entirely wrong and end up buying less or too many tiles.
Next you need to make sure that the surface area where you are going to lay the
tiles is even and flat and devoid of any moisture. Dampness on the subfloor can
seep into the cork tiles and damage them and an uneven subfloor makes for shabby
and bumpy flooring, which is definitely not something you want.
Now you are ready to lay down your cork flooring. When doing this, make sure
you start a few millimeters from the wall. Then start placing the panels one after
the other in rows till you have covered the entire surface. When you reach the end
if the entire tile does not fit into the space, you may need to cut it down. Do this
neatly with a sharp knife. That’s it. You’re done. Now let it set for about a day
before you walk over it.
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cork floating flooring is easy to install. If you are a DIY enthusiast, check out the
Cork Floor selection available at iCork Floor today.
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