It looks like you love interesting, eclectic and the unexpected. How about real copper penny tiles for your flooring?

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Tile with the proper COF is NOT slippery. It comes in the most varied patterns available from Moroccan lanterns to printed images of snakeskin or grass. Revisit tile. It is the only thing that works well with under floor heat.

I just finished caring for my dying sister. When fragile bones meet tile floors the bones lose. Resilient floors are far more merciful. It seems like there must be other options out there.

Not with under floor electric heat.

Wondering what they use in hospitals & nursing homes.

But not suited for wetroom.

Actually 100% cork tiles (top to bottom =cork) are purpose built for bathrooms ...cork glued down (no HDF core...100% cork) that is butted together and then site finished = water proof. You can stand dripping wet on that thing for hours...no problems. The FLOATING floor (click-together with HDF core) are NOT allowed in "wet rooms" such as bathrooms. The HDF core is what makes people think cork is not allowed in bathrooms.

Two different manufacturing processes for two different situations. Cork = bottle stoppers. Cork tiles (100% cork...NO MIDDLE core of HDF/MDF) is the same idea as a wine stopper = water proof when done properly.

Thank you VERY much! I will look further into cork for a shower floor. Do you know where I should be looking for more information on long-term sustainability?

Cancork Floor -- I love the look of cork. Could I use a solid cork floor in a shower, over an electric heated floor? What would I use to seal it and keep it non-slip? How often would it need to be resealed? Outgassing from the sealer? My wet-room is just over 6 feet wide and 10 feet long. THANK YOU!

You'll note that nothing about a shower was mentioned. You're NOT going to put cork in a shower and have it survive a year without looking gross. You are headed down a world of hurt with this design. You cannot have it all here. Something has to give. Engineering is against you.

I don't believe Cancork recommended the cork flooring be used for a shower floor -- just the bathroom floor.

Nope...showers = not allowed. BATHROOM floor = allowed...SHOWER FLOOR = not allowed.

Showers required some form of stone/tile/concrete. Sorry. No cork in the shower itself.

I've had ONE person attempt cork INSIDE a shower...against ALL ADVICE. He was a MASTER BUILDER from Sweden and he mounted the cork on the WALLS of his shower....not on the floor. He had slatted wood on the floor.

I've never heard from him again...he lives somewhere in the Northern Territories of Canada...no phone service. Everything was done by email and by Canada Post. Never heard about it...it has been 4 years.