Cork Flooring For Children’s Rooms

By Author: Vikram Kumar
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Children’s areas are the ideal rooms to finish with cork flooring. Cork flooring provides a soft, durable, noise reducing floor that provides the perfect surface for young bodies to live, play and sleep on.

Cork reduces the echoes of busy feet and excited voices from bouncing down hallways or through walls. This is because of its distinctively layered structure, which makes it absorb sound. Should a tea-setting drop or a foot slip, there is no harm done. Cork’s impact resistant surface protects the ever-import tea set from breaking or the banged knee (or worse yet, chin) from being anything more than a bump on the road to the next adventure.

This layered structure of cork flooring also makes it feel spongy under the feet thus making it more comfortable to walk on. This can be a boon to somebody who has been on their feet all day and in a kids room it is a relief for parents to know that even if their toddler falls down, it will be a soft landing.

The health benefits of cork are often overlooked in all the excitement of raising a family. Young lungs are especially vulnerable to environmental irritants ...
... such as mould, mildew and dust. Carpets provide these irritants with a perfect surface to thrive. Unlike carpet, cork is a natural barrier against microbes and it does not produce off-gassing or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). Our cork products have been tested and found to be free of VOCs and have been ranked as “Formaldehyde Free” by the ECO Institut in Cologne Germany; a testing facility that is world renowned for its exacting standards.

Cork’s waxy composition is due to the production of suberin. It is this suberin that makes cork an unappetizing place for microbes to live. Even insects find the suberin to be uncomfortable product to live in or around. Many clients have even commented that the amount of spiders in their homes has noticeably reduced once they installed cork flooring.

By installing cork flooring in your child’s bedroom or play areas, you are ensuring your child enjoys the best indoor air quality.

Another plus point in favor of using cork flooring in a kid’s bedroom is that it is more durable than most other flooring choices so your children can enjoy plenty of roughhousing and you do not have to worry about it becoming damaged within a few weeks or months. Moreover, this type of flooring is pretty easy to clean. Regular sweeping and mopping with a damp cloth is all that is needed to keep it looking good. It is a good idea to place a mat at the entrance of the room so that dirt and sand can be dusted off before entering room. This way you can be sure your kids will be playing in a room that is soft, safe, comfortable and dirt-free.

With CE certified cork flooring and the patented Uniclic® Locking System you can breathe easy while indoors. You can find out more about our health and safety certificates on icorkfloor.com.

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Cork Flooring for children rooms is a marvelous home décor idea. You will find a wide range of cork floors, cork floating flooring and cork glue down tile as well as cork floating flooring at iCork Floor.