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Would you like a warm, quiet floor on which you can walk comfortably
and which compliments your current decor? Should this flooring also be
easy to clean and always look as good as new? Ipocork cork flooring
will fulfill your requirements perfectly.
In addition to traditional patterns, why not experience the newly designed collection of colored cork floors with an inspiring selection of contemporary colors, from which you can select exactly the right floor for your home. Ipocork cork flooring is the ultimate comfort for
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| Cork is harvested from the renewable bark of the cork oak tree and is a
completely natural product. The trees are not damaged or felled during
the harvest - this 100% ecological product meets the requirements to
protect and conserve the environment.
In cork oak plantations, the first cork bark will not be harvested from
a tree until it is 25 years old. Today, cork oaks are stripped of their
bark by hand in the same way they traditionally have been for several
hundred years. The trees are not damaged in the harvest and the bark
grows back completely time and again, taking on a smoother texture
after each harvest. |
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| A cork oak can live for up to 200 years. Harvesting only occurs once
every nine years. Over the course of their long lives, cork oaks can be
harvested up to 20 times - it is one of nature´s truly inexhaustible
resources.
The ecological value of this raw material is evident - but what special
properties does cork offer? Cork´s structure is very similar to that of
a honeycomb: each cubic centimeter contains around 40 million cells.
These cells, and the spaces between them, are filled with a gaseous
mixture similar to air. That is what makes cork so remarkable. The
unique structure and composition of cork creates the three most
important characteristics in its application as flooring. Cork floors
offer pleasantly warm surfaces to walk on, are extremely elastic and
absorb sound. |
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