The cork has appeared on the building materials market for a long time, but only the last few years it has been actively used for finishing the floor and walls. The popularity of this material is largely due to environmental friendliness and spectacular appearance. The cork sticker on the walls is a creative process and designers manage to create whole panels and replace them with traditional wallpaper.
Cork cover on walls - advantages
Currently, this material is used for decoration of walls in three main versions: tiles, rolls or wallpaper. Tiles are made on the same principle as the cork substrate on the wall in the form of rolls. Plates are one- and two-layer, the top layer is covered with varnish or wax.
The fact is that the tube itself is not afraid of high temperature or humidity, but all the binding materials and paint have to be protected. Such a tile most often has a thickness of about 2 mm. If this is a two-layered version, then the pressed base is covered with a special glue and a natural or agglomerated veneer with interspersed colors of different colors is attached from above. The standard dimensions of such boards are 3х300х300 mm or 3х600х300 mm.
You can use even ordinary laminated floorboards. Of course, their direct purpose is to finish the floor, but if desired they are used even for walls. Here it is necessary to resort to the help of professionals, since the installation of such boards requires some skills and special tools.
Cork cover on the wall has a number of advantages:
- the material is natural, but its insulating properties are in no way inferior to those of the most progressive synthetic analogues;
- the plug practically does not absorb the vag;
- Cork board on the wall is resistant to the effects of various chemicals, about the same have many polymers;
- This coating does not take mold or rot, there are no insects in it.
So, if you are looking for a really reliable cover that should last at least several decades, safely give preference to the traffic jam. Modern technology allows you to produce tiles of different shades and colors. So you will be able to choose your option for both a chic country house in a classic style , and a small apartment with a modern urban renovation.
Cork substrate on the wall - installation highlights
Due to all the above qualities, the cork can be used in rooms with any level of humidity, temperature. If synthetic heaters such as mineral wool or foam polystyrene easily ignite and do not always cope with their task, then with a cork, you can be sure of keeping the heat and even with direct contact with fire it will not burn.
Mounting the cork on the walls is simple and it can be mastered by a person who has never dealt with the finishing of walls before. You can purchase a special glue and simply fix the tiles in the necessary order with simple screws. Another important point: if the heat source is located close to a heat source, the plug can accumulate it and give it away for as long as the source is turned off.
Cutting the required dimensions is very easy and enough for a conventional construction knife. If you decide to lay a corkboard on the wall for one call, you can do it without fear. There are no restrictions, as in the case of ceramic tiles: nothing will start to creep down. When working, it is advisable to start moving from the center of the wall and gradually move to the periphery. From the floor we retreat approximately 1-2 cm, so that later we can mount the plinth . Install tiles correctly without using crosses.
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