Quiet underfoot.

Yes. New Generation Cork is engineered for real traffic — a hot-melt ceramic coating over a dense cork core, pre-finished at the factory rather than sealed on site. It wears like a good hardwood while staying softer underfoot, and carries a 15-year residential warranty with lifetime structural cover.

It's one of the quietest hard floors available. Cork's cellular structure absorbs sound rather than reflecting it, so footfall is softened at the source and rooms read calmer — no underlay needed to achieve it. That makes it particularly good for bedrooms, studies, studios and upstairs rooms.

Genuinely. The bark is stripped by hand without felling the cork oak, the tree regrows it and is harvested again roughly every nine years for over a century, and it keeps storing carbon throughout. The forests themselves are long-lived habitats rather than plantations cleared and replanted.

Cork is water-resistant and copes easily with everyday spills, mopping and humidity. It is not waterproof, so for showers, wet rooms and fully tanked wet areas we specify microcement over a certified waterproofing system instead. Laundries and powder rooms are usually fine — we'll advise per room.

The tiles arrive pre-finished and pre-glued, so there's no sanding, sealing or curing on site. We prepare and level the substrate, then lay tile by tile with micro-bevel edges worked properly at every join. Once the last tile is down the floor is finished — you can walk on it straight away.