Cork Flooring Products

I am interested in putting in a cork floor in my bathroom in Arizona...would that be adviseable???
Thanks!

Natasha,
Sure, you can use cork in bathrooms so long as the water from tubs and showers stays inside the fixtures and does not slosh onto the floor. Use common sense. Pay attention to any cautions published by the cork manufacturer. The type you buy may not be approved for wet areas.

My nephew wants to fashion a dartboard of an unusual shape. What is the best material to use? If cork what kind is best and where would I find it? Thank YOU.

We had prefabricated wood floors in our basement that" bubbled" 11 months after installation and now we are trying to come up with an alternative. Will a cork floor work in a basement with moisture seeping thru concrete floors? (This assumes we install it w the floor dry first). The house has a good climate control in it but the concrete floor must still get damp some how.

Two Questions:

1. Need to refinish 40 year old glued down 12 x12 cork tiles. What is the appropriate finish and application?

2. Carpet was installed over cork years ago and since removed. The carpet tacks have left "good-sized indentations" in the cork along baseboard. How would I fill them?

My husband & I are putting down an oak floating floor throughout L.R., D.R. and Kitchen.
We have been looking at cork type pad to place underneath the oak flooring. What we have seen is very little and the information from the various company provide very little. THe depth of the cork is less than 1/16 approx and it crumbles. Obviously there is no binder attached.
If we decide to go with a thicker cork pad, is there information about the binder that has been used? What do you think of using cork as underflooring pad?

CORK FOR COMMERCIAL STORE

Your cork articles says "Urethane coated cork flooring probably offers the best finish. The urethane is no different than the material you might put on your hardwood floor." NO DIFFERENT??

I am wondering how much you have researched different grades of urethane? We renovated our natural foods store with new cork installed in August of 2009, and the installer swore that the finish he put on was "commercial grade and would last 5 years". It is already totally worn off in a year and a half so we are disgusted. He's now asking more than $3000 to refinish it - likely with the same crap!

I have talked with Duro Designs in Laval, Quebec Canada who say that the installer likely purchased a very cheap grade of urethane for somewhere like Home Depot that was around $30 per gallon and meant for WOOD floors. (His opinion was that the installer used cheap stuff so that he could put all the labor profit into his pocket which could be true.) He says Duro Designs patented finish is the only one made in North America and has an added catalyst that is gently stirred in each gallon as used, and although 4-5 times more expensive will last a long time with a much better finish for a commercial application. Go to their website if you are interested and see the beautiful commercial applications for cork flooring from gyms and churches and stores.

What is your opinion on "better" quality urethane finishes for commercial such as the Duro Designs MP 765? Does their claim appear valid? We would much rather pay the very top quality finish and apply it ourselves over a long weekend when the store is closed than have crappy quality put on again as we are not scared of manual labor and are very particular about doing things the right way.

Thank you!
Sylvia