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Cork flooring – beautiful and an eco-friendly choice for your home

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Are you thinking about replacing the flooring in your home? Perhaps tearing out your wall to wall carpeting and putting down a beautiful wooden floor?

That certainly seems to be the trend these days. I can even say that my own home has no carpeted floors. We tore them out when we first moved in because we both have allergies to dust mites, cats and dogs and the former home owners had had a cat. We were also lucky enough to discover that the flooring beneath the carpeting was in fairly good shape and only needed a little bit of work in order to regain it’s former beauty.

If we’d found that we had to replace the current flooring we might have chosen to go with cork. I’ve actually thought of replacing the not so nice looking laminated fake wood flooring that’s in our kitchen with cork flooring.

Have you ever thought of using cork flooring? It’s durable and comes in many different styles and colors from natural honey tones to red, green, chocolate, black and many other shades. Have a look at three different types I’ve selected to show you:

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The first image is a natural bamboo style cork flooring, while the second cork flooring image is called Stone Cream (both by Valencia) and it almost looks like marble doesn’t it? The last image is called Mediterranean (by DaVinci) and it has a rich red tone to it.

You could easily purchase a style and color of Cork Flooring to suit any room in your home.

As someone who tries to live green the idea of using an easily renewable product such as cork flooring in my home is appealing.

When cork is collected for use in the creation of flooring and other products no trees are cut down. No. Instead, the bark is peeled from parts of the tree without harming the tree at all. New bark grows back within nine to ten years and is ready to be harvested once again.

See how environmentally friendly cork flooring really is? No trees are cut down or harmed at all. The fact that the trees remain in place and standing likely means that the delicate eco-systems that live in an around the trees probably have very little disruption.

Floormall.com carries several cork flooring lines made by some of the top manufactures in the business. Valencia, Da Vinci, Natural Cork, Wicanders, and APC cork floors are featured cork flooring manufacturers at the Floormall.com. I believe the majority of the cork flooring styles sold at the Floormall.com website are glue-less joint systems, which means they should be easy to install in your home.

If cork flooring sounds like it might be a great choice for your home visit the floormall.com. You can talk to a live service representative 7 days a week/ 24 hours a day if you have questions.






A flower in the rain

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Clematis Jackmani close up

A lovely Clematis Jackmani in the rain.

My oldest clematis vine is the Jackmani. Each year it grows in two directions along our wooden fence and reaches 15 to 20 feet each way. It’s huge. I drape the vine across the top of the fence as it gets fuller and heavier and when it blooms there’s a rich thick carpet of deep purple flowers.

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Professional carpet cleaning – Southern Counties Cleaning

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We have very few carpets in our home because both my husband and I have allergies to dust and mites. So you can imagine how important it is for the two of us that the carpets that we do have, and that the rest of the house remain as clean as possible in order to keep our allergy symptoms at bay.

That’s one of the main reasons why I decide to write this for Southern counties cleaning.co.uk. SCC specializes in carpet cleaning. They provide their carpet cleaning services to the following areas within the UK – London, Surrey, Kent and west Sussex.

You may be thinking “I vacuum regularly and we don’t have allergies, I don’t need a carpet cleaning service.” but did you know that having your carpets professionally cleaned regularly will help keep them looking good longer, and perhaps extend the life of your carpet? Carpeting a room or a whole house is an expensive undertaking. Isn’t it wise to protect your investment?

What about spots and stains? I’m sure that most people with carpeting in their homes have had a spill on the carpet that’s left a mark. Oh sure, you’ve tried to remove it with products you’ve purchased in the market, but they don’t always work well do they? That’s just one more reason to have your carpets professionally cleaned. Professionally carpet cleaners are often able to remove the spots and stains that we can’t – no matter how hard we’ve tried.

Sand, soil and grit will eventually take a toll on your carpet by damaging the fibers as they are repeatedly walked upon. Bacteria within the carpet can cause odours, and dust mites can cause or exacerbate allergies. Having your carpets professionally cleaned regularly will help control these problems, and as I said earlier extend the life of your carpet.

Have I convinced you yet as to why you should get your carpets professionally cleaned every now and then? I hope I have. In my husband and I’s case it’s a matter of maintaining our health. That’s a good enough reason for us.

SSC carpet cleaners service private homes and all types of premises. If you live in the Southern Counties of the UK consider hiring them to clean your carpets.

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