Can I lay laminate flooring over cork tiles and omit the underlay normally needed?
“Cork is unique in so many ways: it is light, buoyant, compressible and elastic, ROT-RESISTANT, fire-resistant (in its natural state), impermeable and yet soft. Yet it is a completely natural material which cannot be emulated by any synthetic material. It is no surprise that it is highly sought after in a variety of applications, in particular stoppers and floats, due to its honeycomb structure, flexible membrane and lightweight properties.” from this website http://www.floorideas.co.uk/CorkFloors.h… and this one also gives good info on cork http://www.greenbuildingsupply.com/Publi… and heres a you tube clip on laying laminate with a cork underlay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdkyZP_g6… So long as the cork was laid properly and is secure (a
