LYCOS RETRIEVER Retriever Home  |  What is Lycos Retriever?  

1. Cork Flooring -- Natural Cork
   Cork flooring is cushion-like, made as it is of about 50% air that is locked into microscopic compartments which act as natural shock absorbers. This can be quite beneficial when you’ve dropped dishes and glasses. It can ... a positive effect when accidental human falls occur. For areas used by children or the elderly, this can be a major benefit.
2. Cork Flooring
   Whether you like it classic or contemporary or perhaps somewhere in between, Cork Flooring has the look to satisfy nearly any interior theme. Cork is an environmental flooring option as it renews once harvested from the tree. Now available in larger pre-finished, no wax floor panels. Installation is made easier with the precision milled glueless locking joint system and pre-attached cushion.
3. Cork Flooring -- Trees
   Cork flooring is made from the renewable bark of the cork oak tree with its supply is virtually endless. Cork is a "green" product and it's environmentally friendly. Besides its remarkable regenerative capability, cork bark has other outstanding attributes. It is non-toxic, anti-microbial, and it resists mold, mildew and insects. As a floor covering, it's ... hypo allergenic, does not produce static electricity, and it's flame retardant. And thanks to new finishing techniques it's easier to care more than ever.
4. Cork Flooring -- Colors
   For some people when it comes to installing new flooring, they stick with the standard wood, but others know that cork flooring can be a great alternative. A cork floor may make some people think of a bulletin board in their old school, but it's really nothing like that. Cork is beautiful and comes in almost every shade and color you can imagine, it will fit with any décor. You can get a cork floor in a wide array of textures and patterns too. Some make you think of pergo flooring and havea faux marble or wood grain pattern.
5. Cork Flooring -- Products
   Natural Cork has selected some manufacturing partners with modern facilities to produce its flooring according to rigid specifications, using adhesives and finishes meeting or exceeding the environmental requirements. Natural Cork’s company employees work full time in the plants to inspect the different stages of production and control the quality of the finished products.
6. Cork Flooring -- Tiles
   Cork flooring is applied with adhesives. If you decide to purchase a refinished cork flooring material, it is absolutely critical that the subflooring is perfectly smooth. If the subfloor is not smooth, you may experience slight raised edges where the tiles abut one another. Once again, exercise common sense. As in anything, the finished product is only as good as the foundation upon which it rests. Your subflooring is the foundation for your cork flooring.
7. Cork Flooring -- Materials
   Cork flooring is an excellent material for kitchens, bathrooms, hallways, family rooms, entry halls, etc. It can withstand heavy traffic. Because of it's excellent sound deadening properties, it is the flooring of choice in noisy areas. When finished with urethane, or purchased with a factory applied vinyl wearlayer, it will not be easily damaged by ordinary spills in kitchens and bathrooms.
8. Cork Flooring -- People
   Selling discount cork flooring on eBay is a good idea for your own business, providing you can make a profit with your cork sales. There are people who would like to buy flooring on the Internet, risking that it won't look exactly like on a picture for only one reason – they hope for better prices.
9. Cork Flooring -- Installations
   Because of the hard wearing qualities of Cork, there are flooring installations that have lasted for over 100 years. It is ... one of the floorings of choice used in the United States Library of Congress. Cork has excellent insulating properties, so good in fact that it can help reduce heating or cooling costs. This makes it a very good flooring material for basement floors for example. Cork flooring is a good sound insulator too, a fact well known in the building industry for years and useful for home owners in reducing noise transfer from floor to floor.
10. Cork Flooring -- Kitchens
    Cork floors do not work well in high traffic areas like entrances and hallways. This is because lots of foot traffic tends to damage the cork and leads to premature wear. However, cork flooring works just fine in other areas of the home, such as the kitchen, bathroom or family room. In fact, the kitchen is one of the most popular rooms in the home to install cork. This is because cork is composed mainly of air cells, making it very soft. One can stand for long periods of time on cork flooring without feeling fatigued (such as when cooking).

« PreviousPage 1 of 27 Next »

SEARCH

Retriever Web