Cork Flooring

Such type of flooring is perfectly noiseless, and is utilized in libraries, theatres, art galleries, broadcasting stations etc. Cork, that is the outer bark of cork oak tree, is available in the form of cork carpet and cork tiles. It is fixed to concrete base through inserting a layer of saturated felt. Cork carpet is manufactured through heating granules of cork along with linseed oil and compressing it through rolling on canvass. Cork tiles are manufactured from large grade cork bar or shearings compressed within moulds to a thickness of 12 mm and baked then. They are available in several sizes (10 cm × 10 cm to 30 cm × 90 cm), several thicknesses (5 to 15 mm) and various shades.