Cork floor for kitchen?

[dramalamma]

Has anyone got a cork floor in the kitchen (or elsewhere)? Do you like it? Is it wearing well?
Ive got the builders in doing us a new kitchen and other building work and I'm really struggling on flooring. I saw the other thread on engineered wood and that was my back up but sounds like it's not the best option (ive 4 kids and we're hard on floors!) I don't want tiles as we're not having underfloor heating so it will be cold and hard on the knees. The other option is a good laminate/karndean but I'm not so keen on the look. Any recommendations gratefully received! 😁

My parents had one in the bathroom years ago. It needed regular varnishing back then (think the modern cork floors need less maintenance) but was warm and gorgeous. I'm planning to put one in our main bathroom when we redo it. Last thread I saw people were very negative about it but it's a much more environmentally friendly option than the MN favourite LVT (and Mum now has Karndean in her kitchen and it's very hard and is only not cold because of the under floor heating).

We loved our cork kitchen floor in our last house. Warm underfoot and we found it really low maintenance.

We laid one in our old house. I loved it, warm underfoot, soft, sustainable, cheaper than wood. It did scratch badly though (corkfloor.co.uk). I would lay a commercial grade if I did it again.

Love cork flooring. Reminds me of the bathroom floor in the houses I grew up in

We have engineered cork floor tiles in our bathroom, which looks great and strikes warm underfoot. We do have to be careful not to let it get too wet because it damages the joints and they swell up. A damp mopping is okay but not a soaking.

I started the last thread on this subject! Still not installed our cork floor yet (extension build starting next month), but having investigated other options, including bamboo, we're still planning on the cork option.

We are planning to use the "Corka" range from Colour Flooring, which is apparently waterproof (am going to speak to the supplier about what happens with joints between planks). The Corka range appears to be identical to the Wicanders "Wise" line supplied by other sellers, I've got samples of both and can't see any differences. Colour Flooring's version is cheaper than I've found elsewhere, but the colour and finish range is more restricted.

It ticks lots of boxes for us, not least the environmental ones, and modern cork seems to be light years ahead of the old-style tiles in terms of durability.

Ha, I'm still in the throes of the same dilemma! Ideally I'd like cork, but DH doesn't like how corky cork looks, so I was trying to find some that looked more like wood than cork (ie the really expensive kinds), and still haven't found the answer.

Off the back of the other thread tho I have found bamboo parquet, which we both would like the look of. However, it's not soft like cork, and doesn't provide thermal/acoustic insulation - and I couldn't even use cork underlay with it as it needs to be glued down. So torn!

Resurrecting this thread to ask what you went with in the end?
Having lived with cork flooring in the kitchen for 3 years I’m impressed with how well it has held up despite really terrible DIY installation (around cabinets, wasnt easy)
Bamboo seems easily scratched and is harder on the knees, not as warm.