Re: [VAC] Floors and Countertops

[Rob Super <rms@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>I'm looking at cork for the floor.

>Any comments?

Glad to see someone else is interested in this. It is, indeed, light and 
flexible. It is also  cushioning, sound absorbent, a thermal insulator, 
durable, and esthetically appropriate to our vintage trailers. We've been 
planning for some time on installing cork flooring but have not settled 
on a source. (Chief obstacle, though, has just been *time*!)

>Jade Mountain has cork flooring for $4 a square
>foot.

Thanks for the link. Also check out 
http://www.naturalcork.com/Products/product.html. More different shades 
and patterns than I knew existed.

>tile on their countertop? Upside? Downside?

No experience in this application, but I'd wonder about weight and joint 
cracking. You could of course pretty well avoid the latter by using a 
sufficiently sturdy substrate (3/4" ply + cement board?), but then you 
really have a weight issue. I'm wondering about the thinnest Corian 
(Avonite, whatever), which means 1/4", reinforced at intervals w/Al 
channels applied w/ adhesive (Gorilla Glue?).



Rob