“Many of the flooring products sold in the UK today feature our innovative installation systems such as 5G fold- down,” he said. “We are now once again able to offer something very new to the market with this range of finished hardened wood flooring products in XL and XXL sizes.”
The new hardened wood floors are made with oak, ash and walnut from sustainable timber sources of timber with FSC certification. The unique Woodura technology makes the manufacturing process much more efficient and environmentally friendly in terms of timber usage than traditional processes.
VÄLINGE SHAKES UP THE HARDENED WOOD
FLOORING SECTOR Välinge Innovation UK is rewriting the rules on engineered wood flooring, introducing the Välinge Flooring brand to the market this year.
The company’s new range of hardened wood products features the technologies of Woodura and 5G Dry, representing the next generation of highly innovative engineered wood floors.
Woodura is a patented surface technology which gives outstanding durability and is also highly sustainable.
TILEMASTER REVAMPS
ECO-3000 RANGE Tilemaster Adhesives has revamped its Eco-3000 adhesives range which now includes two adhesives for the resilient flooring industry. Tilemaster Eco-3000 HT is a universal high- temperature, solvent-free adhesive suitable for use with a wide variety of floorcoverings such as LVT, PVC, sheet vinyl and PVC-backed carpet onto many different substrates.
Tilemaster Eco-3000 HT is ideal for use with underfloor heating and in glass-fronted buildings, or conservatories, for example, where the floor is exposed to direct sunlight. It has a high shear bond strength and dries to a hard final set. It is a wet-set product, and its 40-minute working time is ample to install floorcoverings.
Tilemaster Eco-3000 PS is the newly launched Pressure Sensitive adhesive,
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5G Dry is a premium water-resistant fold-down system which is unique among hardened wood flooring products on account of its ease of installation and its water resistance.
“Välinge is already well-known on the UK and Irish markets”, said Simon Darbyshire, who has joined the company as general manager. He brings 30 years’ international management experience in the wood-based panels sector to the business, including 14 years as managing director of the UK subsidiary of the multinational manufacturing corporation Pfleiderer, specialising in branded wood-based panels.
making it ideal for installing LVT floorcoverings. It has been specially formulated with a short open time to give it excellent initial grab, making it ideal for intricate designs where it is important that there is no movement within the installed LVT. Eco-3000 PS has an excellent final bond strength ensuring a firm hold between the floorcovering and the substrate.
Tilemaster Eco-3000 PS has a fast-tacking off time meaning that installation can begin after as little as 10 minutes. It is suitable for use on a variety of substrates including cement- based smoothing compounds, calcium
Simon Darbyshire said: “The patented Woodura technology involves the fusing of a thin sheet of real wood with a wood fibre core through a powder mix layer. Compared to traditional wood flooring, the durability of the wood wear layer is massively increased, and our hardened wood floors use timber much more efficiently.”
The use of patented 5G Dry™ , Välinge’s
fold-down locking technology, prevents water from penetrating through the joints between the panels. No other engineered wood flooring has the overall capabilities and product specifications offered by this new range, which makes it unique on the market.
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sulphate-based smoothing compounds and flooring-grade plywood.
Contact Tilemaster Adhesives’ commercial team for more information about their range of professional flooring products, all of which are stocked in Leyland, Lancashire, and for advice on your particular project.
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