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Cork’s many air cells contribute to excellent acoustic benefit, providing efficient sound resistance above and below the floor. Cork is an effective way to muffle the sound of children playing in a room above, or reduce the echo found with “other” hard surface floors in a media room.

The cellular structure of cork also creates thermal insulation, inhibiting cold transfer from the subfloor. Cork performs excellently in basements, and in applications over slab or pier and beam foundations.

Cork has approximately 200 million enclosed air cells in every cubic inch, giving it resilience and comfort underfoot. Since walking on cork is like walking on air, adding cork to a room means adding comfort.

Cork is a 100% rapidly-renewable resource, made from the bark of the cork oak tree. Skilled workers carefully strip the bark off every nine years, during which time the the tree regenerates bark for a new harvest. We never cut down the tree!

Cork trees coat themselves with suberin (a sappy substance) to protect against mold, mildew and insects while bark regrows after harvest. This suberin grows into the cork and generates unsurpassed natural anti-fungal and hypoallergenic properties. This makes cork flooring beneficial for anyone sensitive to mold and mildew or has allergies.