Total annual global harvest of cork adds up to 300,000 tons with over half coming from the Iberian peninsula. Of these, about 60% are used for the production of cork wine stoppers. Although synthetic corks and screwcaps are increasingly become popular as wine closures, most of the over 20 million tonnes of wine produced each [...]

Cork is a fine material for bathroom floors. It is warm on the feet even when wet. It is also soft to step on and it actually compresses as you step on it, thus absorbing some of the impact of your footfall. Cork is harvested from cork oak. When harvesting, the tree is not felled. [...]

Plenty of people would argue that cork floors are the best for bathroom use. They can be as durable as wood when given the proper coating. They are soft and quiet to step on, and they are also warm even when your feet are wet. Cork also resists molds, mildew, and bacteria. And, of course, [...]

Cork has plenty of properties that make it an excellent material for flooring not only in your living room or bedroom, but in the bathroom as well. It is elastic, impermeable, and resistant to mold, mildew, and other pests. Owing to its elasticity, cork bends back when it is stepped on, absorbing much of your [...]

Cork, like any other flooring material, looks great when new but if it is not taken care of, it will inevitably go to seed. This, however, need not happen, as there are quick and easy ways to properly maintain cork and keep it looking clean and brand new. You do not even need special tools [...]

There are several reasons why cork is increasingly becoming popular as a flooring material for the bathroom. For one thing, it is considered environmentally friendly, coming from the bark of the oak tree that regenerates after each harvest. For another, they are always warm to your feet, even when you have just stepped out of [...]

Installing cork floors in the bathroom is well within the capabilities even of beginning do-it-yourselfers. The job does not require specialized tools and neither is it physically demanding. There are two ways by which cork tiles or planks can be installed. Some of them require the use of adhesives for gluing them to the floor. [...]

Cork is harvested from the cork oak tree. As the tree is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa, almost 90% of the world’s cork production comes from the area, with Portugal producing over half of total production and Spain following at approximately 30%. A small percentage also comes from the Chinese Cork Oak that [...]

Cork is an excellent choice for a bathroom floor. It has a soft surface and thus it is easy on your feet. It is also warm to step on even when your feet are wet. Perhaps best of all, cork is an eco-friendly material as it comes for the bark of oak cork. It can [...]

Arguably, the most environmentally friendly of all the materials currently available as bathroom floor materials is cork. It comes from the bark of the cork oak, which regenerates after the bark is harvested. Also, it can be easily recycled into other products. Apart from these advantages, it can also stand on its own when compared [...]