Harvesting Cork Flooring

Cork flooring is actually made from the cultivated waste of the cork wine stopper manufacturing process so it is a recycled product.

Harvesting cork flooring.

Here is an interesting short film which explains how cork is harvested. All of amcork s sustainable cork flooring and wall covering products are all natural cork made by harvesting only the bark of the cork oak. The cork tree is never felled. The bark requires periodic harvesting in order to preserve the longevity of the tree.

Cork flooring is cut from the bark of the cork tree with no single tree being felled. The first stripping of the cork bark occurs when the tree is between 15 and 20 years of age with subsequent yields at 9 to 10 year intervals. The tree itself is never felled. Experienced cork strippers use a specialized cork axe to slit the outer bark and peel it away from the tree.

It is first boiled and then it is baked. Environmentally friendly as harvesting doesn t harm the well being of the tree. A cork tree regenerates its precious outer layer 12 or 13 times during its 150 year lifetime. The bark is removed from the tree about every 10 or 11 years.

Durable enough to withstand heavily repeated foot traffic. Bottle stopper corks are punched from the best material in the harvested cork bark slabs. Cork harvesting does not harm the trees and is a highly regulated process to ensure sustainability. It takes 25 years for a cork oak trunk to start to produce cork and be profitable.

The bark regenerates after harvesting and the process can be repeated for years. The next harvest takes place after nine years which is a shorter period than what trees usually take to mature. Harvesting takes place during the most active phase of growth of cork between the middle of may or beginning of june until the middle or end of august. It is removed by hand.

Versatile enough to meet virtually any design vision. Cork flooring pros and cons. It takes 25 years for a cork oak trunk to start to produce cork and be profitable. Cork flooring costs.

This accounts for the cork floo. Harvesting takes place during the most active phase of growth of cork between the middle of may or beginning of june until the middle or end of august. Professional installation is fairly economical adding 1 to 2 per square foot. Low maintenance as it doesn t require any special care.