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INTERIORS


How flexible design transforms retail environments R


etail design strategically utilises space,


aesthetics, and functionality to enhance the shopping experience.


Zentia’s Prestige suspended ceiling tiles offer a wide range of colours to align with brand identity and seasonal themes. Their easy installation and adaptability enable quick changes to store layouts without compromising aesthetic or acoustic quality, ensuring a seamless and inviting retail environment.


Retail design directly impacts the customer experience and a shopper’s willingness to buy a product. It encompasses everything from store layout and organisation to interior design and colour selection. Acoustics and the careful use of colour play an important part in this.


While colour can be used in retail interior design to enhance a brand, it is important to use it thoughtfully. Too much vibrant colour can cause sensory overload and make it difficult for customers to focus on products. Too much dark colour can make a store feel gloomy, causing customers to exit before purchasing. The Prestige family of products


is an excellent product to use in retail ceiling design. It offers three different levels of sound absorption and is available in six different edge details. It can also be ordered in 34 different colours, as well as white. It is one of our most flexible product ranges for both acoustic performance and aesthetics. Prestige acoustic ceiling panels are quick and easy to install, especially when used in combination with Gridline, our suspended ceiling grid.


Choose a Board edge for a flat ceiling installation that completely exposes the ceiling grid, or a Tegular24 or Tegular15 edge type to create geometric shadows across the


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αw 1.00, the Prestige hA+ tile provides settings with a dose of calm and quiet. It is ideal for banks and other high street environments that are usually quiet. This tile is available in white only, so it suits interiors that require a more neutral colour scheme.


For retail environments that need a more lively atmosphere, the classic Prestige ceiling tile are Class C rated in sound absorption, with an added sound attenuation rating of 33 dB, a combination that helps manage ambient noise levels in open plan spaces. Prestige ceiling tiles maintain superior aesthetic standards while providing crucial acoustic benefits,


ensuring a pleasing


shopping experience that minimises and manages disruptive noise levels.


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ceiling surface. Prestige ceiling tiles can also be specified in SL2 planks, ideal for corridors, as well as unique Integra and Conceal edge types, designed to eliminate shadows and conceal the suspended ceiling grid entirely. Rated Class A for sound absorption with


ARDEX and Polypipe Underfloor Heating join forces


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RDEX – one of the UK’s leading manufacturers


and suppliers of


high-performance building products for flooring and tiling – has partnered with Polypipe Underfloor Heating to provide a trusted solution for their water-fed underfloor heating systems.


ARDEX products have been extensively tested with Polypipe Underfloor Heating’s Overlay®


gypsum panels, Overlay® Plus


lightweight retro-fit boards, as well as their solid floor systems including the Red Floor Panel System, Clip Rail and Staple systems. ARDEX and Polypipe Underfloor Heating have joined forces to produce a comprehensive installation guide. Available to download by visiting ARDEX.co.uk and PolypipeUFH. com, the guide covers everything from subfloor


preparation and installation of


retro-fit board and solid-floor systems to tiling and resilient flooring installation guidance using ARDEX products. Emma McDonald, ARDEX UK technical


Manager, said: “After a long process


involving extensive testing of Polypipe Underfloor Heating’s warm-water systems with our products, we’re delighted to be able to announce this partnership.


“This is one of the first partnerships of its kind in the industry, providing a recommended system when tiling or flooring onto these kinds of retro-fit systems to help ensure problem-free installations. “The system covers everything from the preparation of subfloors prior to the installation of these systems, right to the


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products needed to fix tiles or lay resilient flooring. ARDEX solutions have also been tested and are recommended for use with Polypipe Underfloor Heating systems for use in solid or screeded floors.


“Whether you’re installing warm-water UFH or laying a floorcovering over an existing system, our partnership provides clear guidance and will help you overcome common installation problems.” Stuart Wood,


product manager –


sustainable heating from Polypipe Underfloor Heating said: “We are delighted to be working with Ardex, ensuring our customers receive the best advice on floor preparation both before and after the installation of our Underfloor Heating Systems. ARDEX have worked tirelessly with us over the last few months to create a comprehensive guide that really supports best installation practises for the industry.”


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