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(DIR) Post #B0CZHNw6ZIbdwBm0qu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-13T11:44:46Z
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If you are thinking about "renovations" have you considered a cork floor for your kitchen? We put one in 18 years ago and I still love it. We went with dark green and yellow cork. It's so nice to stand on. It's like wood but better.I was worried about water and cleaning, but for the kitchen it was fine. I'm now curious if it could be used in a bathroom (Probably not I think.)Globus Cork manufactures these tiles right down the street in the south bronx. (not sponsored LOL)
(DIR) Post #B0CZRREl9Ohh4SICvI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-13T11:46:39Z
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I would love to see an 15 year old cork floor in a bathroom. Globus does seal their cork, and I think this looks best on their colored cork. It's a bit like linoleum in durability, but more natural and less "hospital"I kind of like linoleum? Why is it so rare in homes?
(DIR) Post #B0CZrDTuuqKdwDfsPI by keira_reckons@aus.social
2025-11-13T11:51:14Z
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@futurebird some of it used to be made with asbestos, maybe that helped the fashion change? (It isn't now though)
(DIR) Post #B0CZyeA07hJqhwtyro by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-13T11:52:36Z
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@keira_reckons That was probably it. It's a very sensible material, not too hard, easy to clean, durable, last for a million years...
(DIR) Post #B0CaUC2WD7YSlARclU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-13T11:58:15Z
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@neckspike Cork is even more expensive, but not by much. However, when doing a NYC space the expense of materials is worth ignoring. Kitchens are so tiny that it's just not a big deal. Get whatever you want, you are only buying like 2 sq feet. anyway.
(DIR) Post #B0CahP2VBnB2qHjfwe by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-13T12:00:42Z
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@Affekt Cork stays warm naturally, so I don't think it'd work with heating, or need it?But in a big coop apartment you don't really have a cold floor problem, The floors are always warm.
(DIR) Post #B0Cb1KaDT0xcoU0XSK by keira_reckons@aus.social
2025-11-13T12:04:18Z
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@futurebird my Dad laid floors for a living. Apparently it was nothing but lino for 25 years, and then they've been pulling it up for the last 20.
(DIR) Post #B0CbA8ssKiJH8Sw9LM by Extra_Special_Carbon@mastodon.world
2025-11-13T12:05:54Z
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@futurebird Its not porous? It looks porous.
(DIR) Post #B0CbFPvgO1qxRrlVcO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-13T12:06:52Z
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@Extra_Special_Carbon It has a seal, it's like leather in terms of how porous it is.
(DIR) Post #B0CcULynSCavUpuLiK by Limnobotanik@norden.social
2025-11-13T12:20:45Z
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@futurebird @leipoa got a linoleum floor some time ago. I love it! Seems to be quite sturdy as well.
(DIR) Post #B0CfXmdd5tKuuLKmps by cm@chaos.social
2025-11-13T12:54:58Z
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@futurebird Oh yes. Ours (cork-colored) is more than 30 years old and still holds up well. It is however showing the stains that accumulated over the decades. We also have it in the hallway, but for the bathroom we chose tiles...
(DIR) Post #B0ChdCsHAwlxdNtmfw by trachelipus@masto.ai
2025-11-13T13:18:21Z
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@futurebird @keira_reckons Back in the day linoleum had a reputation for being high maintenance. Both spouse and I remember our mothers sealing it with liquid floor wax. Then she'd haul out a machine with two spinning pads to buff the wax. Periodically they needed to use a special cleaner to strip the wax buildup.
(DIR) Post #B0Cv4FuvGmp0IHMgym by tekul@glasgow.social
2025-11-13T15:48:53Z
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@futurebird There's a lot of nice linoleum about now. I got some in the hall and bathroom and it's amazing how the guy fitted it so well with only one join (it's an L-shape with five doorways and a cupboard). The colours are wild.I really like this BBC documentary on the history of the linoleum industry, its fall to vinyl and how it's started up again https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ze2kYyY9cEk
(DIR) Post #B0DibpXqVY8rmuVbNI by wilbr@glitch.social
2025-11-14T00:57:48Z
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@keira_reckons @futurebird it was also somewhat cheap and cheap-looking. Modern composite flooring is essentially the same thing, but successfully approximates the feeling and look of varnished wood, instead of sticky white splotches that can't ever seem to get clean after a few years
(DIR) Post #B0DibqwhIdcC8H8xkW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-14T01:04:02Z
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@wilbr @keira_reckons I like the splotches. They are honest. I do not like the Not Wood. It is a lie.
(DIR) Post #B0DtdP6yr9ILshtab2 by smathermather@mapstodon.space
2025-11-14T03:07:33Z
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@futurebird I personally love linoleum and cork, but none in the house yet. SIL has had cork in her bathroom for 10+ years and still loves it.