Homeowners who own pets tend to stay away from cork flooring for two reasons. Pet owners are under the misimpression that the cork floors will get easily marred from their pets claws and think their pets would find it difficult to walk on the spongy cork surface. Actually, the truth is, with pets, especially the big ones, you will find they have an EASIER time on cork! They no longer have to use their claws to grab hold as they stand up. They will have less impact on your cork then they would on a hardwood floor. Cork has the ability to compact and then spring back as weight is added and removed.
It is a sayingamong industry experts that pets dont scratch the surface of cork floors; they leave linear dents/dimples. With cork, dents are RARELY permanent. With hardwood or laminate, dents equal a damaged plank!
When a hardwood floor is scratched, a sharp or offending object cuts into …