Cork is a material for any home, although some condo associations require cork underlayment where floors are installed. As it’s a rapidly-renewable resource, alameda County Waste Management Authority recommends cork for Bay Area building jobs. Cork insulates cushions and helps control the sound from walking floating, engineered timber floors. Underlayment installments, which are typical for floors, need only a small amount of adhesive around the room’s perimeter. Less glue means odor and fewer fumes compared to fully-bonded underlayment.

Pry off baseboards, if any exist.

Unroll the cork underlayment and flip it with all the ends curving toward the ground. They shouldn’t curve up.

Cut 2-inch-wide strips of cork off the border of the unrolled underlayment with a utility knife. Lay a straightedge . Twist the edge of the straightedge with the border of the cork. Draw a utility knife along the edge of the straightedge to make clean, straight cuts.

Apply bamboo flooring glue comprising urethane, rubber latex or acrylic to a narrow border of a 2-inch-wide strip of cork.

Place onto the ground against the wall with all the edge touching the ground and the remainder of the strip extending the wall up. Where a baseboard would go, the place of the strip is. Surround the room’s perimeter with glued strips of cork. This strip is known as the isolation barrier, which will help contain sounds.

Move the cork underlayment that is unrolled throughout the ground to its place against the wall, butting the underlayment contrary to the isolation barrier’s border.

Until the floor is covered unroll and lay underlayment round the space, butting the isolation barrier with the borders. Butt the sheets of underlayment together, but don’t overlap the material in the seams.

Trim cork off the sheets fit round the room with a utility knife.

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