Cork floor installation by own hands

Folk wisdom says: "If you want to do something good - do it yourself." This principle can be applied in the repair of a house. At least, by trial and error, you can acquire new skills, save money, and do not have to modify for non-professional masters.

In this article we will learn how to lay the cork floor with our own hands. Many mistakenly believe that the floor of the cork tree is very impractical, because this soft material is unstable to mechanical damage and prone to deformation. In fact, the cork cover well restores the shape, you can even boldly walk on it on the stiletto heels. Cork has many more advantages - for example, the material is environmentally friendly and has very low thermal conductivity, so that in a room with such a floor it will always be warm. This is ideal for a bedroom or a nursery.

Manufacturers also foresaw the option that someone does not like the look of the floor cork panels. Thanks to photo printing technologies, you can lay the cork floor, which looks like natural wood. Thus, you get not only practical, but also fashionable flooring.

How to make cork floor?

There are several ways how to put a cork floor: glue or laying on a substrate. In our case, we'll look at how to put the cork floor on a substrate (you can buy it in any construction shop).

1. The substrate, which serves to absorb the floor, is spread over the entire area of ​​the room.
2. Attach a stapler to the surface. You can do without a backing if the floor is covered with linoleum.
3. The most convenient option - laying the cork floor by the principle of laminate, or "floating" way, as the professionals say.
4. Do not forget that the cork coating requires free air circulation, so you need to leave a so-called "temperature gap" near the skirting - 3-8 mm.
5. The technology of laying the cork floor is as simple as assembling a puzzle. To cope with this task is easy, even without having special skills - we take two tiles, add them to the "lock".
6. If necessary, use a hammer to secure the panels.
7. Even if you are engaged in laying the cork for the first time, you can collect the floor in a room of 20 square meters in 3-4 hours.

Now you know how to make a cork floor, and you can start to work safely.