Real wood is a beautiful, natural material and people use it to create amazing outdoor entertainment and relaxation areas such as outdoor decking. It is also used alongside the pool or on terraces with pergolas.
Satinder Chawla, managing director of Span Floors speaks on why wood isn’t always considered ideal as a surface and how his company is striving to correct this misconception.
What are the prominent trends in flooring design in the hospitality sector?
We often get this request – Can we do away with the profile at the junction (where the wood floor meets the other flooring)? The request is understandable as the Designer or the End user have their focus on how to make the flooring and the details look best! So how do we reconcile the need for aesthetic with practical considerations?
WPC or wood plastic composite decking had been proclaimed as the answer to problems with wood decking. It rose in popularity during the last few years as a solution to the challenges natural timber offered in terms of maintenance in outdoor exposed applications.