THE COMPOUND EFFECT
Charles Taylor, Director at Composite Prime, discusses the benefits that composite products can provide to contractors and why they should invest.
Many contractors are beginning to recognise the benefits of composite flooring over other traditional materials such as timber and laminate. Composite products offer a durable and safe alternative for high-traffic areas and heavy-grade commercial developments.
Whether it’s the low maintenance and high value, or its durability, when it comes to choosing the right material to install on a project, it’s important to understand the benefits of composites and the products that are available. Composite products have been developed to offer the look and feel of traditional timber and stone without the hassle of high maintenance, or health and safety concerns. Due to the unique formula of combined materials, composite products don’t rot or splinter, or require any treatments or sealants.
Composite Prime has developed a revolutionary new indoor, luxury flooring system, Touchstone Flooring. The brand- new product houses a mineral core while the textured 3D surface gives the appearance of natural wood and stone, without any of the disadvantages of traditional solid or engineered products. The high-density wear layer and rigid core is waterproof, scratch, slip and indent resistant, making it suitable for heavy commercial projects including offices, restaurants and cafés.
Available in 16 wood and stone finishes, Touchstone Flooring is a complete system which comes with a 25-year guarantee. A UV layer protects from fading to deliver a colour stable product, while the patented one-piece drop-lock installation system eliminates the need for specialist tools.
Investing in composite products comes with a range of benefits, particularly with Composite Prime’s innovative Touchstone product – it’s a Class 33 product, suitable for heavy domestic and commercial use and is covered by a 25- year warranty. The patented, one-piece, drop-lock installation system also eliminates the need for specialist tools, enabling a quick and smooth installation process.
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Touchstone Flooring can be safely installed and used in high-traffic environments, including bathrooms and kitchens and can also feature an acoustic foam underlay which will absorb and suppress household sounds as well as supply compatibility with underfloor heating solutions. The versatility of colours and finishes available also makes composites a suitable option so that every project can create its own unique and completely bespoke design.
Touchstone Flooring has a number of USPs however, worthy of particular note is its waterproof credentials which enable it to be used in any room and won’t encourage mildew or ‘blow’ like traditional wood flooring alternatives such as laminates.
When it comes to developing and designing projects, making sustainable choices is crucial to ensure we begin to combat the growing crisis around waste. Composite products have a number of environmental benefits and as a result, consumers are choosing to switch to composite materials instead of using plastic, as they provide a much more sustainable and genuine alternative.
Composites are manufactured from a combination of recycled plastics and wood flour, which is a waste product of hardwood production. The wooden fibres and plastic shavings are then combined with colour pigments before being heated and extruded. The plastic content gives the boards a long lifespan without the need to treat or seal the flooring, while the wood content enables the product to retain its natural look and feel.
One million plastic bottles are bought every minute around the world — and that number will top half a trillion by 2021. Less than half of those bottles are recycled. As a result, consumers are switching to composite materials to encourage global challenges around plastic waste. Composite Prime has recycled the equivalent of 50 million plastic milk bottles and 121,500,000 plastic bottle caps from landfill, and 280 plastic bottles per square meter of decking are recycled.
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