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Hi. I am well into a refurb of a Victorian semi and considering flooring options for bathroom and kitchen. I have used and enjoyed cork floor tiles in other houses but am interested to know of other member's experiences of rubber flooring products. This is available in tile or sheet form. It's green credentials seem ok'ish but I wondered if it has any serious draw-backs when in use in a domestic situation. Any info greatly appreciated.
No advice but I'll watch this space also. I've been looking hard options for a large new kitchen/living area. Cork is high on my list. It's got impossible to find from retail outlets, but several web sellers will supply.
I'd also be interested to find the producers (Portugual? Spain?) with the possibility of getting a pallet load potentially cheaper than retail. I'd be after probably 60M^2 and that's expensive.
It's interesting that cork can work out much more costly than some natural stones such as (for example) filled travertine which is big in the sheds at the moment, yet needs to be mined, cut, filled, polished, and the massive weight transported. - Carbon footprints?
Re rubber. The business where I work used some sort of rubber floor tiles in stairwell areas and it took a couple of years for the solvents to disappear. Was smelly, can't be healthy, but I haven't researched it.
You can get poured rubber too...no gaps/lifting. I too am interested in these options....funny enough for the same reason of having experienced cork floor!
We recently used sheet rubber flooring (recycled) as a wall covering in a bathroom. The adhesive was a two part type using a rather smelly activator but very low overall VOC. Very expensive and has an open time of about an hour, so we had to work very fast. It looks great, works well, smells slightly rubbery. Obviously won't get much wear.
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