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Can you reuse cork flooring?
Comments (2)I love my cork! I think there was one company that mentioned reusing their floating cork, though I can't remember which one. I spent months looking at about a dozen different brands, it all kind of blends now. I think the glue down would be harder to reuse, the prep might take a lot of work. But I'm not sure....See MoreWood tile floors, cork floors, porcelain floors?
Comments (32)Prior to our 07 remodel, we had cork floors in kitchen, DR, entry and adjoining powder room for 18 years. I loved this floor! We didn't treat it with much care and didn't receive care information when the cork floors were installed. So, they received a far amount of water when washed, no added finishes or refinishing. We also have a 22 pound dog who managed to scratch up a lot of woodwork around window areas. The floors held up well. If you'd look close (like eyes a foot away), you could see many scratches from a variety of sources. The excess water caused some seams to curve up a little (only noticeable with bare feet). I really wanted to put in new cork floors, but, got talked out of it by a KD who said colors/patterns weren't right for our new look. We put in porcelain tiles and standing on them hasn't yet been a problem. I probably don't stand on them for more than 90 minutes at a time. If I were to put in cork again, I'd use the floating kind and panels or planks. When replacing the old cork floor, everyone was predicting big problems if we had to deal with glued down panels. The old floor came up easy because no glue. Cork is much more forgiving on uneven subfloors than tile. It took about a days work to even out the subfloor for tile (involved replacing some plywood and a lot of sanding). One of my friends just put in a high end glued down cork tile and they now wish that they had gone with the floating option....See MoreLooking for real world photos of Adura Max Napa Dry Cork
Comments (36)@Jenny Medinger I hear you! I have agonized. Napa Dry Cork was actually one that I thought for sure I'd be installing. Def buy a box of whatever you are thinking of b/c the sample boards really don't give you enough of an idea. I spent $140 on a box and glad I did. The planks do look great -- it's a beautiful floor. But the light pieces were too grayish/yellowish for my house. I then decided to get a box of Napa Tannin since it looked warmer to me. But the dark planks were a little too dark for my house. So I decided that while I love both in other people's pics, I knew that having planks with that much variation were going to do it for me. I'm 99.95% sure I'm going with Coretec's Hayes Oak which is wider, with very low variation between planks. Again, even though boxes of unused LVP sucks to spend the $ on, it would suck worse to install something that you don't like once you see it in your home....See Moreunderlayment for a floating cork floor?
Comments (9)@Tyler G - all cork floating floors have an integrated underlayment. The thickness will vary between price points but they all have them. The issue is the wonky subfloor. That's your biggest issue. To reduce the effects of this problem, you would want to use the 1/4" cork to get rid of *SOME of the issue. You will still have some movement in the floor (a snick of bounce when you walk over a low spot) but not as bad as when laying a floor straight over top. To get the most benefit out of your situation, the cork floating floor + 1/4" underlay will offer the "most for the least". That is to say the most comfort/acoustics/price advantage/longevity for the least amount of work/disturbance to your rented home. You can't do the work on the subfloor that is needed (it really is needed if you want the floor to live 20+ years). So you have to do as much as possible to reduce the effects of the wonky subfloor. And that means investing in a decent, rigid underlayment like cork. Even though the cork sheets are flexible, the cork itself is rather rigid. It doesn't "squish" down very much (it is actually rated for porcelain tile installation). That means it will even out the wonky subfloor - just enough to get you a cork floor that should live 15 years or so. Please remember to use transition strips at all doorways. This is another way to ensure your floor will get you more than a decade worth of life....See Morecpartist
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