Description
CorkArt Cork Concept Flooring CTPB WC
– Glue Down Flooring
In a world of heightened environmental awareness, CorkArt uses cork, an environmentally friendly, renewable and sustainable material to create warm, comfortable and luxurious interior decorating styles that will fit with any home.
From a traditional look to a contemporary style, enjoy the silent, naturally textured and relaxing ambience of CorkArt floors.
CorkArt floors are a wonderful fusion of the characteristics of cork with design and exclusivity.
CORK CONCEPT
Cork Concept brings amazing natural designs to cork flooring, combined with all the advantages of cork, including comfort, thermal insulation and sound reduction.
CorkArt Cork Concept Flooring CTPB WC is an enhanced variation on the traditionally accepted ‘raw’ cork flooring that we have grown to know and love. CorkArt has taken the concept of cork flooring and completely transformed it. CorkArt have used the shock and sound absorbing characteristics of cork as the basis for a fashionable flooring plank having the beautiful natural finish of raw cork. Cork Concept floor planks use a high-resistance ‘Natural Shield’ water-based urethane varnish to provide the ultimate surface protection. Complementing the beauty of the natural cork finish, CorkArt uses a variety of fashionable hard-wearing colourised finishes to complete the product range.
CorkArt Cork Concept Flooring CTPB WC is just one of the many fashionable flooring designs available from within the ‘Cork Concept’ Collection. This amazing product range is now available in Australia, direct from CorkArt – located at the home of the world’s Cork Oak forests in Portugal.
CorkArt Cork Concept Flooring CTPB WC is available as a 6mm thick Glue-Down floor-board of dimension 900mm length x 190mm width. Each board covers an area of 0.171 square metres and boxes contain 33 boards providing 5.643 square metres in coverage.
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BENEFITS
Cork is natural, recyclable and biodegradable. No natural or man-made material replicates its properties. In a world of growing environmental awareness, the cork oak survives without the use of chemical herbicides, fertilizers or irrigation. Moreover, it’s the only tree that regenerates after harvesting. Cork retains unique qualities of flexibility elasticity and compressibility. Its extreme resilience, impermeability, lightness and insulating efficiency make it ideal for a wide range of applications
PROPERTIES
Cork is the outer bark of the evergreen cork oak (Quercus suber). This variety of oak grows mainly in Portugal, Spain, Southern France, Italy, and the Maghreb. It consists of a tight web of up to 40 million cells per cubic centimetre. The cell membranes retain gas, giving cork its capacity to float, insulate and re-expand quickly after compression.
CHARACTERISTICS
Cork is a natural raw material, is 100% recyclable and biodegradable. It is an exceptionally light raw material. Furthermore, no natural or man-made material replicates its properties.
In a world of growing environmental awareness, the cork oak tree survives without the use of chemical herbicides, fertilisers or irrigation. Moreover, it’s the only tree that regenerates after harvesting. It is very flexible and has elastic memory: it can be compressed to around half its thickness, without losing any flexibility, and once decompressed it returns to its original shape. It is also practically impermeable to liquids and gases. It is highly decay resistant, particularly to moisture. It is an excellent thermal, acoustic and vibration insulator.
In construction, it has clear advantages with regard to the quality of buildings, indoor air and comfort, and may be used in the waterproofing of infrastructure, foundations and underlays, in acoustic and thermal insulation and the final coverings for floors, walls, ceilings and roofs.
USES
Due to its characteristics, cork is ideal for a large number of applications, such as a closure for wine and spirits. Cork is used in industries as diverse as floors (floating floor and cork tiles), shoe manufacturing, construction (insulator planks), automotive (gaskets), leisure (fishing rods), upholstery (cork textile) and a wide range of cork finished articles (handbags, wallets, accessories)
HEALTH ADVANTAGES
Research carried out by University of Porto reveals that cork has antioxidant and anti-carcinogenic properties. When applied to flooring and footwear, cork contributes to improve posture and reduces physical effort.
ABOUT CORKART
CorkArt Group is a private, family owned company founded by José Correia Neves in 1987. José Correia Neves amassed many, many years of experience working in the cork industry prior to founding Corkart in 1987.
All operations are headquartered in Vendas Novas, Portugal, a town located in the heart of the Portuguese cork oak forests, approx 1 hour south of Lisbon. With a covered area of 20.000 square meters, CorkArt employs more than 120 people. State-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, excellent design and highly trained, skilled and experienced workers are just a few of the benefits of dealing with CorkArt.
CorkArt uses excellent raw materials in order to achieve superb results and high quality products and is permanently searching for new flooring solutions, applying new innovations and investing in new equipment. This ensures that CorkArt is able to maintain its excellent product quality, remain highly competitive and continues to enlist the trust of all its business partners. CorkArt’s mission is to provide the highest quality product, whilst respecting the natural environment and showcasing to the world the unique characteristics of cork.
CorkArt is always searching for the ultimate ecologically sustainable product and for that they count on the continuing support of CorkArt’s staff, suppliers and clients.
INSTALLATION PREAMBLE FOR CorkArt Cork Concept Flooring CTPB WC
You must read and understand the attached pdf instruction sheet completely before beginning installation. The following details are provided as an introduction only. The “Glue-Down Floor Installation Instructions” sheet pdf link is to be found beneath this written Product Detail.
Responsibility for the suitability of Cork Concept Flooring for each individual installation cannot be assumed by CorkArt, since CorkArt has no influence on the installer’s method of application. Should an individual Cork Concept tile be doubtful in appearance or dimension, the installer should discard this piece and CorkArt will send a replacement in a timely manner.
‘CorkArt Cork Concept Flooring CTPB WC’ is a natural cork product. Just like wood, Cork Concept tiles and planks will vary in shade or pattern definition. Also, while not as prevalent as with wood, cork is subject to the normal behavior of minor expansion during periods of high humidity and minor contraction during periods of low humidity.
With cork, expansion and contraction can be kept to unnoticeable levels by stabilizing the building through temperature and humidity control, allowing for proper acclimatisation of the product prior to installation, using only approved adhesives, and providing the recommended expansion space (detailed per the “Glue-Down Floor Installation Instructions” pdf, attached).
INSTALLING ON CONCRETE SUBSTRATE
‘CorkArt Cork Concept Flooring CTPB WC’ can be installed over concrete on or above grade. Concrete substrates are required to be sound, smooth, level and flat with a maximum variation of 3mm in 3m. Subfloor should be free of dust, dirt and soils.
Any uncorrected irregularities will telegraph through cork parquet tiles. All cracks, holes and control joints must be patched with a Portland cement based compound. Follow the compound manufacturer’s instructions fully and make sure patches are completely dry and well adhered. Use of gypsum base compounds is not approved. Check the concrete slab for moisture. The concrete slab must be properly cured. Check the slab with a Calcium Chloride moisture test. Moisture content cannot be more than 3 pounds per 1,000 sq. ft. per 24 hours (1.5kg per 100m2 per 24 hours).
INSTALLING ON UNDERLAYMENT-GRADE PLYWOOD OVER A BASEMENT OR RAISED FOUNDATION
The sub-floor must be inspected as only underlayment grade substrates are approved for installation Cork Concept Flooring. Install smooth 6mm or greater underlayment grade plyboard. Fill cracks and sand uneven areas. Any uncorrected irregularities will telegraph through Cork Concept Flooring. The sub-floor must not exceed 14% moisture content (electrical resistance method). To avoid damage to Cork Concept Flooring caused by moisture, check basements and under floor crawl spaces to be sure they are dry and well ventilated. For buildings with crawl spaces, install ground cover of 6 mil polyethylene sheets, overlap seams 8”, and tape sheets together.
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
For further instructions on how to lay your ‘CorkArt Cork Concept Flooring CTPB WC’ please refer to the attached pdf – “Glue-Down Floor Installation Instructions”
