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Cork Flooring Vs. vinyl Flooring
Cork Flooring: Possibly the main difference between cork and vinyl floorings is that cork is a
natural, renewable product that can be used in any room anywhere a resilient floor
is required. Cork is available as tiles, planks, or in sheets of various sizes.
It is very durable, offers acoustic and thermal insulation, is resistant to mold,
decay, insects including termites, moisture, and cushions underfoot. In addition
it is does not give off toxic fumes when burning. In fact, cork is fire retardant.
Cork is also available in a wide range of patterns, textures, colors that can be
found in natural, tinted, as well as an variety of custom colored shades. The life
span of cork is over 50 years when properly maintained, testimony to this is the
cork flooring installed in the First Congregational Church in Chicago, Illinois
in 1890, which is still in use today. Vinyl Flooring: Vinyl is made of synthetic ingredients, which in manufacturing produces dioxin.
In addition, it has high off gassing from petroleum distillates. Vinyl flooring
is neither a renewable nor a biodegradable product. When burned, vinyl will produce
dangerous toxic fumes. The average life span of any vinyl flooring including premium
grades is only 10-20 years. As we start to understand more about our personal health and all of the environmental
hazards that are associated with vinyl and the product that it is used in, we start
to realize the added safety benefits of cork.
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