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Natural cork grain with a white stain.
Notice: We strongly recommend two layers of our Top Layer Polyurethane to protect the floor’s surface.
Bleached Birch Cork Glue-Down Flooring
A creamy, white-washed birch look in an 8 mm all-cork glue-down tile: the floor that lets you carry one colour through the whole house, bathrooms included. Bleached Birch is a creamy tan off-white cork in the ribbon pattern made famous by Silver Birch. The colour reads as a white-washed plank rather than a flat grey or white: think of it as a warm, lived-in "dirty white" that hides everyday dust and softens a room instead of washing it out. The tile is simple and honest: 8 mm of 100% cork with a stained surface, sealed in a high resistance Natural Shield water-based polyurethane finish. Each tile measures 610 mm x 305 mm (24 in x 12 in) and glues straight to your subfloor with a square, straight-cut edge and no bevel, so the finished floor reads as one continuous surface. Because this is an exact colour match to the 12 mm Bleached Birch floating floor, you can run the floating format through living areas and switch to this glue-down tile in wet rooms without changing colour or pattern. That same-floor-everywhere look is usually the preserve of high-end renovations; here it just takes a little planning. Underfoot, it does what cork does best: warm, quiet, and resilient. It is water-resistant and suited to bathrooms, kitchens, entranceways and laundry rooms, and its low-slip, cushioned surface is kind to seniors and children.This tile cannot be sanded or refinished. If the surface needs renewing, the factory finish can be lightly abraded and recoated with water-based polyurethane. Solara is the only solid cork floor tile we offer.
Why this floor
- 16 dB impact sound reduction: keeps noise from travelling down through the floor or up through the ceiling.
- Rated Commercial class 31 and Domestic class 23, so it stands up to light commercial traffic, not just home use.
- 100% cork, 8 mm thick, with a high resistance Natural Shield water-based polyurethane finish.
- Exact colour duplicate of the 12 mm Bleached Birch floating floor, so one look can flow through the entire home.
- Low VOC emissions and made with formaldehyde-free adhesives; cork contains suberin, a natural waxy substance.
- Compatible with hydronic and underfloor radiant heating, and its thermal insulation helps keep heat in during winter and out during summer.
- Water-resistant, stain-resistant and impact-resistant, which is why it earns its keep in bathrooms, kitchens and entryways.
Flooring
Cork Underlayment
Supplies & Guides
Pierre S. (verified owner) –
Bought these for the kitchen because it takes the traffic. Tiles are dense at 5/16 and cut clean with a straight edge. Chair doesn’t dig in and the space is usable in winter.
Vincent T. (verified owner) –
Glued this down in the mud room with contact cement both sides. Rolled it properly and there’s no lifting at the edges. Delivery split across two days, which slowed the job.
Bob Granado –
Put in a master bath, the instructions said “a glue down cork tile floor always requires site finishing”. We applied two coats of poly. The instructions said “Let cure 5 days”, but it dried out very fast. We can walk on the cork after 8 hours without shoes. We love it.