Wicanders Cork Flooring
Without a doubt, the use of wicanders cork flooring has no ill effects, save for the face that it cannot absorb humidity. With that aside, this type of flooring can be placed just about anywhere, without compromising elegance.
First used as wine stoppers, cork has become a highly sought after material to be used as flooring. As opposed to wood flooring, the cork floor has air pockets, making the area more comfortable to walk on.
The cork floor has been known to relieve discomfort caused by placing extra stress on body parts most commonly associated to standing up and walking such as; the back, the feet, the calves, and the joints.
Cork floors are also more resistant to fire, insects, and dirt. Harvesting the cork involves only a process of scraping dead cells and other material that have naturally accumulated on the bark of the tree.
There is no need to chop the tree down, allowing the tree to live out its five hundred year lifespan. In the Mediterranean, where the cork oak trees grow, harsh laws protect the logging of these trees, except to get rid of the non-producing ones. Such is the value placed on the cork tree as a natural resource.
Wicanders cork flooring is one hundred percent naturally made. The cork is harvested only once every ten years.
This process not only yields around a few hundred kilograms of cork per harvest; it will also ensure that the cork oak will still be able to produce more bark for many generations to come.
In fact harvesting this cork utilizes special skills and tools, handed down by cork tree farmers to their children for several hundred years. As a material harvested from nature, cork is a prime example for a self-renewing, self-sustaining, natural resource.
There are many types of cork floors to choose from. These vary not only in size, shape, and material, but in color as well.
The most recent and up-to-date version of the wicanders cork flooring is a narrower cork tile, making it more appealing to the American market.
This new innovation is both versatile and can easily be patterned to fit other hardwood designs without a hitch.
