When installing linoleum or laminate, a cork substrate should be used in those cases when you need an ideal flooring surface with a not very even base. In addition, this damping material provides a soundproof barrier between your home and the neighbors below. Cork substrate also provides certain additional advantages: the floor will become noticeably warmer even in winter; due to the elasticity of the cork, the probability of damaging linoleum or breaking some object when it falls is reduced.
Perhaps one of the few drawbacks of such a solution is the increasing price, but if there is not quite an even foundation, this may be one of the best solutions. It is worth saying that the use of a cork substrate for linoleum or laminate reviews has the most favorable, about all the advantages and disadvantages of such a solution, read below.